sfg.Foley
Super OPE Member
Hey Guys,
first - Maybe the text is going to be a little longer. Second: Yes, I l know that the perfect saw do not exist.
well after Husqvarna brought the 560 to the market I got so much trouble with it, so I replaced my Husqvarna Saws with Stihl saws when they Husqvarna's went down. Then also the Stihl quality went down, started with the 201. Hell yeah, I never cursed so much except when using this saw. To get this thing started when it was hot was a nightmare. My first 261 M Tronic was a really, really good saw. Hold up very well and cut down a lot of wood. Then I replaced it with the 2.0 version and again - trouble.
I then got a test saw from my Stihl dealer who also sell Echo. I really liked the Echo 620SX. Yea, a little an the heavy side but torque wise the saw beat the Stihl 362CM. So I trade my 362CM in and also my 261 for a 501 SXH. A while later I bought a 2511 and damn was this thing impressive. How could a saw have litterly no weight and can use a 25cm or 30cm chainsaw bar. I know, its a little under the Stihl 201 but you dont feel much a different without one big benefit: The 2511 starts always! The only thing when the saw don't starts is when no fuel is in it. I now have 2 2511 - one Echo, one Shindaiwa. The Echo is ported so the power is 1:1 like the Stihl 201CM.
Okay - All thees saws have one big "Bug". The Air filter's are crap. The 620 have the worst one. It like a filter from a 150$ hardware store china chainsaw. The 501 and 390 have the old Husqvarna 346XP and 357XP style filter's. But they are not thin enough. When we need to cut down those dry, dead spruces some wood particles get through the filter. For this kind of work Husqvarna have had different kind of filter you can buy. They have had a flocked version that was perfect for this kind of work.
Thats brings me to my question (and thank you for ready all of this - I know it was long): Does some other Air filters for the 620, 501 and 390 exist? I don't care if its original Echo or aftermarket or if someone made it in his garden house. Specially for the Life expectancy of the saws, those filters would be great. The saws will live longer when the wood dust stay out of the intake and don't get in.
BTW - Thats the Airfilter from a Echo 620SX. Looks like a joke, or?
Since Echo build the 7310 we all know that Echo can build good or maybe perfect air filters. The 7310 have a filter that's kinda like the Stihl HD2 filter's. They worke very well and are easy to clean with air pressure from the inside.
So compared to the US the European/German market for Echo pro saws are small. You could nearly saw that the market for pro saws are non existing. I think less then 10% of loggers use Echos. Tree care services you see Echos more often. Mostly the 2511 & 362. So thats the reason I ask in a US based chainsaw forum. I think Echo is fare more common in the US and maybe there are some aftermarkets solutions that would help me.
If you know some aftermarket solution that would help me - that would be so awesome.
Thank you for ready all of this - even with my bad English!
Greetings from Germany
first - Maybe the text is going to be a little longer. Second: Yes, I l know that the perfect saw do not exist.
well after Husqvarna brought the 560 to the market I got so much trouble with it, so I replaced my Husqvarna Saws with Stihl saws when they Husqvarna's went down. Then also the Stihl quality went down, started with the 201. Hell yeah, I never cursed so much except when using this saw. To get this thing started when it was hot was a nightmare. My first 261 M Tronic was a really, really good saw. Hold up very well and cut down a lot of wood. Then I replaced it with the 2.0 version and again - trouble.
I then got a test saw from my Stihl dealer who also sell Echo. I really liked the Echo 620SX. Yea, a little an the heavy side but torque wise the saw beat the Stihl 362CM. So I trade my 362CM in and also my 261 for a 501 SXH. A while later I bought a 2511 and damn was this thing impressive. How could a saw have litterly no weight and can use a 25cm or 30cm chainsaw bar. I know, its a little under the Stihl 201 but you dont feel much a different without one big benefit: The 2511 starts always! The only thing when the saw don't starts is when no fuel is in it. I now have 2 2511 - one Echo, one Shindaiwa. The Echo is ported so the power is 1:1 like the Stihl 201CM.
Okay - All thees saws have one big "Bug". The Air filter's are crap. The 620 have the worst one. It like a filter from a 150$ hardware store china chainsaw. The 501 and 390 have the old Husqvarna 346XP and 357XP style filter's. But they are not thin enough. When we need to cut down those dry, dead spruces some wood particles get through the filter. For this kind of work Husqvarna have had different kind of filter you can buy. They have had a flocked version that was perfect for this kind of work.
Thats brings me to my question (and thank you for ready all of this - I know it was long): Does some other Air filters for the 620, 501 and 390 exist? I don't care if its original Echo or aftermarket or if someone made it in his garden house. Specially for the Life expectancy of the saws, those filters would be great. The saws will live longer when the wood dust stay out of the intake and don't get in.
BTW - Thats the Airfilter from a Echo 620SX. Looks like a joke, or?
Since Echo build the 7310 we all know that Echo can build good or maybe perfect air filters. The 7310 have a filter that's kinda like the Stihl HD2 filter's. They worke very well and are easy to clean with air pressure from the inside.
So compared to the US the European/German market for Echo pro saws are small. You could nearly saw that the market for pro saws are non existing. I think less then 10% of loggers use Echos. Tree care services you see Echos more often. Mostly the 2511 & 362. So thats the reason I ask in a US based chainsaw forum. I think Echo is fare more common in the US and maybe there are some aftermarkets solutions that would help me.
If you know some aftermarket solution that would help me - that would be so awesome.
Thank you for ready all of this - even with my bad English!
Greetings from Germany
