If you look at many of the high selling pro saws the better sellers are saws you want/enjoy running. Sure the market is tiny for 120cc class saws but I bet if the new saw was a joy to use Stihl would sell a bunch more. As it stands many settle for less power and buy a saw they'll enjoy using like a 390/395 660/661. If the 881 ran as well as a 661 I'm sure many more would choose this class. At present the only 880 owners are those who absolutely NEED a big saw for big bars, wood & milling. The 880 is a well built quality turd put simply, the 084 was better. Look at a saw like the 462, its stealing sales from 60cc class and 80cc class saws. The 880 has never stole a sale from any class, its a saw purchased out of necessity. I hope they put a filter on new model similar to 395 filter, up the RPM, up the carb size, nice big clutch & drum, limit the ignition at 14.5k or don't, plenty of oil, increase fuel efficiency, loose some weight/bulk. Single piece shroud and a D-handle starter. This saw doesn't have to be an EPA apeasing boat anchor, with some good thought/engineering it could be a saw folks 'want to buy'. And bring back the Hi-toof .404 to go with it.
