Tree service friends of mine showed up last week to get some hazard to the ground with bucket truck/crane. They had two 362s. One sporting a 24" bar, the other a 32"
I asked what in the world they were doing with that bar on that saw. Apparently they'd just mangled the clutch on the 441. To me it was a sad display with either bar. I politely offered to let them run my Makita 6401 to save them some time, but they declined. Then come to find out they just ordered three more 362s and two 441s. The boss used to be a Stihl dealer so has some long ingrained prejudice. I've never run a 362 or a 441 myself, but seeing the way their 362s cut I know I don't need to. If somebody were to gift me one, it'd be in the trading post and I wouldn't even waist my time putting fluids in it. That would fund my 7910 top end my Makita needs. Of course it was my first saw and I got it for $275 so I may be a little prejudice, but its a cuttin' machine! I've got a 034 Super and a 12mm 044 on the rebuild bench for when things slow down. I will test run them, but I already know they will have no home in my permanent line up which currently goes ms200t, 026, dcs6401, 394xp. I'm not brand prejudice, but performance/weight prejudice very much so. I'd like to squeeze a 064 in there some day, but that's just because it was the reigning power to weight king for so long before the 7900 came along