I use the stihl ht75, it is the older version of the ht131, it was $579.99(maybe $679.99, can't remember) when I bought it about 4 years ago but it has paid for it self many times on small elevation jobs. It's a pretty good saw, it fell off the rack one day (another story) while I was going down the road and just rolled, only damage was the spark plug was broken and the boot was torn plus the cosmetic scratches but it still ran even with the broke plug.