GoneChopping
New Member
So I'm completely sold on getting an ms201 (rear handle) to add to my saw tool chest. Here in the states, that's a 201 c-em, the 'e' standing for "EasyStart". I could work things out where I could import a ms201 C-M from the UK (not via a local Stihl dealer, this would be unkosher in Stihl's 20th century business model).
My question is, is it worth it? Not necessarily monetarily (thank you strong USD), it's not much more, but just in terms of not having EasyStart. Why, you ask. I've read a number of anecdotes claiming drop starting will kill the EasyStart mechanism. I know it is never recommended to begin with but let's be real, I generally drop start smaller saws. Could I change my ways? Probably. But I'm sure I'd forget at some point. Also, I don't feel like trying to tell anyone who borrows it to not drop start it either (inevitably, someone will need to borrow it, happens all the time, and I'm more than happy to lend a saw). Or is this all overblown? Is drop starting an EasyStart saw really not an automatic repair job and I just stumbled across the wrong internet story tellers?
ETA: Just had a realization, is it possible/easy to simply remove the EasyStart mechanism and thus convert to just the normal direct pull method?
My question is, is it worth it? Not necessarily monetarily (thank you strong USD), it's not much more, but just in terms of not having EasyStart. Why, you ask. I've read a number of anecdotes claiming drop starting will kill the EasyStart mechanism. I know it is never recommended to begin with but let's be real, I generally drop start smaller saws. Could I change my ways? Probably. But I'm sure I'd forget at some point. Also, I don't feel like trying to tell anyone who borrows it to not drop start it either (inevitably, someone will need to borrow it, happens all the time, and I'm more than happy to lend a saw). Or is this all overblown? Is drop starting an EasyStart saw really not an automatic repair job and I just stumbled across the wrong internet story tellers?
ETA: Just had a realization, is it possible/easy to simply remove the EasyStart mechanism and thus convert to just the normal direct pull method?