I am a tried and true Stihl saw user. But, after 30 years, I found myself in the market for a new saw. I decided to give the Echo CS-501P a try. Good value: it's a workhorse for felling, limbing, and bucking the many trees damaged from recent storms in my area.
Saw Suppliers was a pleasure to work with; I feel 100 percent pleased with their above-and-beyond excellent customer service. I highly recommend supporting the business/vendor that knows the game of saws and the people who frequently use them. Thank you, Saw Suppliers!
I use this on a 371xp with Oregon skip chain for a variety of tree service functions. The balance is excellent for this combination and as a Rockies guy, I get to try to "stand up and buck" like I hear the east-coasterly arborists say. The bar is more rigid than I expected, which I am very happy with.
I ordered the CS-501P but it turns out it was not actually in stock, so saw suppliers reached out giving me a few options. I could either wait for the saw or they offered to upgrade me to another saw at no additional cost. Having some issues with some of my other saws, I decided to take the upgrade. They even threw in a few free-bees as a thank you. These are really great people and I will recommend them to others. You don’t get customer service like this anymore.
The service and shipping was great, and the cs-620p works great even pulling the 28” bar. I was planning on using the 28” on my larger saw and put it on the 620 just to see if it worked and I was impressed with its pulling power. For the price and level of service I couldn’t ask for more.
This is my second unit I loved the first and I'm sure I love this one so far it works great. The only bad thing about these is the top piece wears out pretty fast but hopefully you can just buy that piece.