Lol, common sense just ain't so common these days.
You should have been here back when I joined in 2009. The echo bashing was 10 times worse. It was down right nasty. ST is really the only consistent basher left and he has never even seen an echo saw.I find it funny how, anytime someone says a good word about Echo, the elitist saw snobs show up to discredit such talk. If you do a lot of reading on this site and others, you will see this pattern. It's almost like Echo's price vs. performance is a threat to the big boys. Even Andyshine77 (590 vs. 361 vid) was skeptical of the 590/600/620 by reading some of his posts (here & other sites) before he bought his 590. His opinion sure changed afterwords.
It's also funny how guys who own Echo's are quick to say good things about not only their Echo's, but other saws as well. Not so the other way around. Kind of reminds me of the way our Country works right now. A certain crowd preaches tolerance yet they are the most intolerant.
That's another problem, there's a lot of Echo fanboys who refuse any critic.You should have been here back when I joined in 2009. The echo bashing was 10 times worse. It was down right nasty. ST is really the only consistent basher left and he has never even seen an echo saw.
The 500 you described there sounds like the one that is called 500ES over here, and share the 2.1 kW/2.9 hp specs with the 490.
http://www.yamabiko-corp.co.jp/echo_global/products/compare/?contents_type=26&compareItems=3599,3600,8303
Of course an echo would keep up with a 261. That's not exactly a blazing fast saw. Now put it up against my 550xp and we'll see a different outcome.
I'm an occasional user I know probably bother are overkill for the half a cord I cut a year.
LOL
You guys are really "helping".
Hope everyone has there big boy Internet pants on.
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I'm sure he got more than he bargained for, but he's been around long enough to have heard it all before. To be honest it's one of the reasons I held out for yrs before joining. Then I found a sale on another site and bought a bunch of big boy pants. I just wear the til they get dirty and throw them out.I wonder if the OP got a saw?
Regardless how fast your 550xp (3.75 hp) might cut, Stihl has the MS261 rated a 4 hp and the Echo CS500es is rated at 2.91 hp and yet they cut dead even. So much for published HP numbers Steve
There are so many other factor involved that a random video comparison doesn't really tell anything. You can basically "prove" whatever you want with such a video.
And published HP numbers mean nothing. Steve
There are so many other factor involved that a random video comparison doesn't really tell anything. You can basically "prove" whatever you want with such a video.
Yes 555XP with 562xp cyl and transfer covers and flash.Is it really an xp saw?
I thought it was just a 555, when did it pick up the xp designation.Yes 555XP with 562xp cyl and transfer covers and flash.
Muffler mod as well.
I thought it was just a 555, when did it pick up the xp designation.
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