Introducing the Echo CS-500P. Until recently I haven’t had much time using Echo products but I must say that the more I use their products the more I am impressed. The Echo CS-500P chainsaw is right on the heels of the Husqvarna 460 Rancher. The only downfall that I could really find was the price. With the Echo coming in at around $50 more. Other than that it is pretty much user/brand choice.
Features:
- 54.1cc Power Boost engine
- Available in 16″, 18″, and 20″ bar lengths
- G-Force Engine Air Pre-Cleaner pulls out dirt prior to air filtration
- Decompression valve for easier starting
- Digital ignition system automatically adjusts engine timing
- Heavy-duty, easy-access air filter system
- Automatic clutch-driven oiler
- Side-access chain tensioner
Get it Now for $525
This saw will cut through almost anything you throw at it with ease. Very powerful yet not over weight. Another plus is the easy starting.
25 Aug 2012, 5:37 pm
I am 60 years ols and have owned chainsaws ALL of my life. The chainsaws made NOW are JUNK!!! I bought FOUR Poulan chainsaws IN A ROW that would NOT START RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX BRAND NEW!!!!
I am telling the truth.
I bought TWO of them at Lowes, took them home fueled them up and neither would START. Amd yes I had fresh fuel and all of that, like I said I have 50 years experience. So I took them BACK and got the store manager outside and told HIM to start them. He could NOT. So I EXCHANGED them for TWO MORE. I brought my fuel with me. I took them outside, WITH the MANAGER and fueld them up, they would NOT START EITHER!!!!! I told him I wanted my MONEY NOW. So, I took my money and went to Home Depot (another store I do not like) and bought ONE ECHO saw. It cost DOUBLE of the Poulan, so I just could buy ONE. It started in the Parking Lot, but it was VERY HARD to WARM UP due to this NEW FEATURE the government FORCED them to put on all chainsaws that when you pull the throttle trigger it kicks the choke OFF. But after I FINALLY got it HOT I could kill it and restart it.
I have Only used that ECHO saw ABOUT FIVE times. It is a pain to start EVERY TIME and NOW it will not fire at ALL!!! It won’t even fire on ETHER!!!!! It is basically BRAND NEW but it WON’T Start!!! If it WON’T START it is USELESS!!!!! I am going to have to buy ANOTHER ONE!!! It is OUT OF WARRANTY of course. But it is BRAND NEW!!!!
When I take them to a small engine shop, they ALL say the same thing, “I charge $69 dollars per hour, and if I work on it TWO hours, you could have just bought another saw, so just go buy another one.”
You know, I NEVER had this problem when I had McCollough Saws. I could leave one of them sitting for two years, put some fuel in it and pull the rope ONE maybe TWO times and wham they would start. But all of the Foreigners put them out of BUSINESS.
I have had Stihl Saws too, they are the HARDEST to start saws I have ever seen. WHO in the HELL makes a chainsaw that will START?????
I am NOT in the CORDWOOD business, but when I NEED the SAWS I need them RIGHT THEN and BADLY. I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to go hire two guys to do some work and them hand them two chainsaws and NEITHER will START. I USUSALLY TEST RUN the saws before I get some help, but even THAT is not a guarantee.
As long as I had McCollough I did not have trouble, I used them for THIRTY YEARS. Now they are GONE.
The Worst one by FAR for STARTING is a STIHL. Shat has been MY EXPERIENCE.
I am going to buy an ELECTRIC SAW fro the time being, I KNOW it will start. I will run it on my welding machine. Please tell me a chainsaw that will LAST and will START!!! Bob Burnitt Ellis County Texas.
10 Sep 2012, 3:39 am
My old echo cs500 is 30 years old and I have had fair luck with it. I recently purchased a new echo made from plastic parts, the chain doesnt stay on. Your right about the saws today being junk. I am asking others like you are about what saw to buy but everyone says the same thing. These new saws are junk and not worth the price. I am thinking my bucksaw is the most reliable and has never refused to start. Alot of people have the same questions as you. Who can buy 30 saws to find a good one? If you find a reliable one let us all know Your electric saw is easier on gas I am sure.
25 Jan 2013, 6:14 pm
Part of the problem with today’s saws is the fuel now has ethanol…and it’s tough to find ethanol free fuel.
When I use ethanol free gasoline I find the professional quality saws run better that what I used 45 years ago.
Although Mcculloch made saws for years, and I had many, they too had some rear lemons. Notably their mini mac style saws…which were manufactured for 10-40 hours total use. Their reasoning being that the average homeowner uses a saw about 1 hour a year, thus after 10 years you might have only run it 10 total hours, but ‘I got 10 years out of the good ole’ saw by gosh’.
Regards, Scotty