I grew up on a farm, and heated it with wood, and have used many different saws in my time. I have had some very finicky saws, and some very heavy saws. To be totally honest, my favorite saw was an old Poulan Wildthing with an 18 inch blade. The thing would start every time, no matter how little I used it, it was pretty light, and if you kept a sharp chain on it, it cut pretty nice for what I used it for. Now it was under powered, and the bar is not very sturdy, but for small stuff, it was an awesome saw. Today I still use it for smaller stuff, and hinge cutting 8 inch or smaller trees, or even branching downed trees. But for the bigger stuff, I use Stihl. I dont know if the new Poulan saws are junk, or maybe they all are, and I got lucky with mine, I am just stating my experience with a cheap, inexpensive saw that I have had for well over a decade, and have cut hundreds of trees.
