price of MS 192 vs. MS 170.......what gives???

[leeave96]

Get the MS170 if you don't need a top handle saw. The MS192 is a rip-off (as is the MS200). Find yourself an Echo CS-341 for dead solid reliable top handle saw and a CS-360 if you want a more modern, speedier saw - which I think there is a thread on this site saying they might be marked down in price to make way for a new - likely cleaner EPA version.

Good luck,
Bill

 

[D&B Mack]

Correct me if I am wrong here, but there is a rear handle version of the 192 available, and I believe it is more money than the top handle version. Comparing the 170 and 192, as previously stated, is apples to oranges since the 192 has the newer, and "better", technology than the 170.

 

[imagineero]

I've owned and used both the 192t and 200t in every day use as a full time tree worker. I used to use the 192t and really liked it a lot. Aus trees are no laughing matter either, our eucs are plenty strong. I climb with a 200t now, and I like it a lot... I still use the 12" bar because it makes for a bit more confidence in snap cuts, you can really buzz them off. By the time I'm needing a 16" bar, I move up to a bigger saw. I don't chunk down spars with my T saws. Some guys say the extra bit of reach is handy, but I tend to think that reaching out and cutting with the tip of an extra long bar while up in a tree using a top handle saw (probably one handed if you've really reaching) is just asking for trouble. You're well and truly in kickback territory there. I just get close, and make the cut safe. There are days when my wrist mises the lighter weight of that 192. You dont always need a super powerful saw, and I'd rather carry the smallest possible thing up in the tree.

Shaun

 

[miking]

Correct me if I am wrong here, but there is a rear handle version of the 192 available, and I believe it is more money than the top handle version. Comparing the 170 and 192, as previously stated, is apples to oranges since the 192 has the newer, and "better", technology than the 170.

Mine is the rear handle version, the 192c, and I stand by my statement that is is not a bad little saw if used for what it's designed for. The 200 is its bigger brother and there is really no comparison between the two, but the OP's comparison was with the 170, and the 192 is lightyears ahead of that saw.