Chainsaws are tools. Buy the cheap crap and you get what you bought. Notice that professional people (who make their living with their tools) rarely have the el cheapo stuff?

I had a tour of a couple of the "low cost brand" chain saw plants. One told me that their design life for chain saws, string trimmers and blowers was 40 hours....one season. No wonder they are junk. But, we Americans demand low prices....whiz on quality, give me cheap!!

For me, I have two categories of tools. If I need it once, I might consider the junk and then throw it away. If I need it to last and to work, I buy the Stihl, the Snap On, the DeWalt, and such.