Echo CS-800 36" Chainsaw 80.7cc 2 Stroke High Performance Commercial

Excellent at what it does. It's a beast!

This saw is the biggest and best one that I have used in the past 50 years. Cutting through oak with ease and cypress 4’ across. Definitely a workout for a man old enough for social security but just the ticket for my purpose crosscutting logs. Use a regular long flat screwdriver in lieu of the wrench tool to adjust the chain. I’ll be buying from SLE in the future!

The saw performs as it should. It pulls the 36-inch chain in dry oak and cuts quickly. I used the saw to cut up a dry valley oak here in California, and the biggest cut was 30 inches in diameter. The saw also starts like the other Echo saws that I own; reliably when cold after setting. The saw does not have a compression release, but can be cold started easily if the owner holds the saw down with the left foot and right hand and pulls the saw through with the left hand. Once cold started the saw easily starts from the standing position.
The saw is a great value compared to the competitors. All of my Echo saws have run reliably for many years and been good values. To date, I am very pleased with the saw.

I have not yet had the chance to put the bar to wood with the 36, but I did fire it up and o-boy...80cc in your hands is some serious power. I upgraded from the 590 timber wolf. I will say though I did have to tweak the new saw. The first time I fired it up the saw was a slow response and sluggish. the trigger did not seem to move freely. I dissembled the top part of the handle to see what the drag was. It turned out that the two legs of the black plastic did not seat into the orange frame so it was actually pinching the trigger and not allowing free movement. After a scrape of a flat-file on the two inside legs and a spray of silicone and it was good as new. (which by the way it is) I could not see sending the saw back for such a minor problem.

The unit has a lot of power for a good value