Summary:
Good for jobs around home. The easy2start works great and leaves you with more energy to cut logs instead of killing yoursef getting the saw started. I use it to cut smaller trees for firewood. I had heard a lot of good things about Stihl before buying one and they all were true.

Strengths:
Light, Fast ,Easy to start. Cuts up to a 12" diameter log easily.

Weaknesses:
Needs longer bar for felling trees.

Summary:
kick ass

Strengths:
nice saw I can run it all day and not get played out I use it to cut black and white poplar for fire wood thats all we have for trees around here just the right amount of power for those trees they never really exceeed 20 in in diameter

Weaknesses:
could have a better air filtration system like the bigger saws

Summary:
An excellant saw for cutting wood for heat or yard cleanup but not designed to cut huge trees or professional use. I have cut a dutch elm hardwood 28 inches in diametor but thats pushing this little saw to its limit. Pretty hard on the clutch and drive train it dont take long for it to heat up working that hard its not designed for huge timber remember its only 32cc

Strengths:
Excellant power to weight ratio i cant believe the power this little saw has. it always starts good and is easy to service and adjust chain tension it really cuts well with the narrower guage bar and chain an excellent saw for home owners not wanting to deal with sub par knock offs like homelite or poulin. This is a quality stihl product but remember its not a lumber jacks saw for the average joe its a great buy we have had ours for three years and do about 20-30 hours a year with it fencing and yard work and cutting wood to heat my shop (6 chords a yr)

Weaknesses:
only weakness is the air filter plugs fairly often you can tell when its stariting to get pluged because it will stall when idling almost like leaving the choke on it does this after about two hours of operations or less sometimes but its a minor detail

Summary:
I see no reason to pay a $ premium for a Stihl brand low end saw. Get another brand and save the $ if you are looking for a small home owner's saw.

Strengths:
Worked great for 1 cutting session. (2 tanks of gas)

Weaknesses:
Stored the saw away according to the manual instructions, didn't use for 1.5 years, now no start.