562xp Mk2 or MS400c?

[Crowbar]

Have narrowed my choices for a 60ish cc all around midweight saw to these two saws. The new 562xp Mk2 looks like it just about runs with the 400. Pros/Cons? Which saw would you choose and why?

 

[damifino]

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]

Get the 400.

 

[Birchcrick]

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.

 

[bwalker]

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.

And have two antiquated saws .

 

[damifino]

And have two antiquated saws .

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]

Get the 400C and don't look back

 

[bwalker]

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

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.

 

[flxblx]

My 562xp outran a friends son MS400

 

[bwalker]

My 562xp outran a friends son MS400

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]

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.

 

[PJwoodcutter]

If it helps Husqvarna is having a 15% off sale right now on pro saws.

 

[sean donato]

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.

 

[Crowbar]

My 562xp outran a friends son MS400

Was it a 562xp Mk2 ?

 

[Crowbar]

If it helps Husqvarna is having a 15% off sale right now on pro saws.

Yeah, that's got me really thinking. For the price of the 400, I could pick up a 372xp or 572xp.

 

[Fellin Feller]

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.

 

[altatim]

Stihl 400, 462 or Husky 562, 572 cant go wrong.

 

[bwalker]

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.

362 is a turd. The 562xp is way better. The 400 in turn is better than the 562.
I could suffer with either a 562 or a 400, but if given the choice I would take the 400 every time.

 

[PJwoodcutter]

The 562xp is not the same size saw as the ms400. There is almost 8 cc's difference between the two saws. The 562 is 59.8 and the ms400 is 66.9 cc's. In my opinion the ms400 is a different class and it should be a stronger saw and the price reflects that. Both are great saws but the power to weight the Stihl is going to win and should have better performance in larger stuff. The ms362 is more apples to apples to the 562xp.

 

[Jusgunn3]

I would have to say the 400 even though i do not own a single Stihl saw. Have just heard heard negative things about the 562xp lately. I have a 550xp and a 572xp and love them both…