562xp Mk2 or MS400c?
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damifino
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Okay I'll start this! Buy the Echo cs-590 and the Echo cs-400 and with the left over savings buy 3 loops each of quality chain.
Jumbo Jimbo
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Get the 400.
Birchcrick
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Stihl 400. Great power to weight ratio and you can easily run a 28in bar. It’s been my go to since I bought it.
And have two antiquated saws .Okay I'll start this! Buy the Echo cs-590 and the Echo cs-400 and with the left over savings buy 3 loops each of quality chain.
damifino
ArboristSite Operative
The "antiquated" Echo saws will perform as long as a "PRO" grade saw but at a fraction of the cost. Little slower and little heavier yes, but quality and endurance is the same. I bought a new Husky 372xp non x-torq back in the day and truly love it but would be totally content with a antiquated Echo 590. If I was a pro logger I would buy Husqy or Stihl. Keep your EGO out of the equation and you can have same results and save money. Peace
timberslayer
ArboristSite Lurker
Get the 400C and don't look back
Ego has nothing to do with wanting a saw with modern performance.
And the difference we are talking g about is what? $150 difference between the 620 and 562.
My 400c out ran a friend's 372 Xtork.
Mostly due to my chain being better.
While I never ran them both back to back I feel like my 400c is faster than the 562xp I owned. Others that have owned both are of the same opinion.
StoneyMeadowMaple
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I went and fondled an MS400, it’s a fine saw, but it just didn’t feel right to me, so I went and ordered another (#3) 562xp. I find a 24” bar to be the sweet spot for these. I do a lot of firewood, and I find that what the 562 lacks in grunt (it doesn’t lack much, but compared to the 390xp..) it makes up by having a great power to weight ratio.
Either would be a solid choice, handle
them both see which feels better.
Either would be a solid choice, handle
them both see which feels better.
PJwoodcutter
ArboristSite Lurker
If it helps Husqvarna is having a 15% off sale right now on pro saws.
Having owned both 562xp and ms400, I'd get another ms400 over the 562xp. Hardly anymore weight and more power. I wouldn't turn down a cheap or free 562xp, they are great saws, but the 400 has quickly come to be my go to saw these past few years.
Was it a 562xp Mk2 ?
Yeah, that's got me really thinking. For the price of the 400, I could pick up a 372xp or 572xp.
Fellin Feller
ArboristSite Member
Funny I have a MS400 and my brother has a 562, both with 20" bars. I like my 400. I previously had a 362 and the 400 is noticeably stronger.
My brother likes his 562 as well. Likely both good choices.
My brother likes his 562 as well. Likely both good choices.
