Echo / Gas
~$739
Echo CS-620P
50cc class
- 59.8cc
- engine
- 20 in
- bar
- 13.7 lb
- bare
Pros and serious firewood cutters who want 60cc professional build quality without paying Stihl/Husqvarna prices.
Professional4.2/5 Home Depot
The CS-620P with a full-wrap aluminium handle bolted on, which costs $30 and 0.4 lb and is either irrelevant to you or the only reason to buy this saw. A wrap handle gives you grip positions down the left side of the powerhead, so you can hold the saw level while it is on its side — which is what you want felling, limbing across a trunk, or cutting stumps low. Owners who bought it for that reason are unusually loyal; the recurring note in long-term threads is reliability, with more than one saying they sold their Stihls to fund it and never looked back. The engine underneath is the same well-regarded 59.8cc X Series unit: magnesium crankcase and sprocket cover, rim sprocket, decompression valve, and enough pull to hang 24 or 27 inches off the front. The honest objection is weight — at 14.1 lb for the powerhead it lands where rival 70cc saws do, so you are carrying 70cc mass for 60cc displacement.
Best for: Fallers and tree crews who need wrap-handle grip positions and will use the X Series build hard enough to justify it.
Specifications
Manufacturer figures except the engine class and single-pass cut, which are derived here. What each spec means
- Full-wrap aluminium handle
- Magnesium crankcase and cover
- Runs up to a 27-inch bar
What owners like
- Full-wrap aluminium handle with rubber grip gives left-side grip positions for felling and low stump cuts
- Same 59.8cc X Series engine as the CS-620P, with magnesium crankcase and sprocket cover
- Long-term owners describe it as incredibly reliable, several having replaced Stihl saws with it
- Pulls a 24-inch bar comfortably and is rated to 27
- Rim sprocket, decompression valve and G-Force pre-cleaner are all pro-grade standard fit
- 5-year consumer warranty on a professional felling saw
Common complaints
- 14.1 lb powerhead — as heavy as many rival 70cc saws, for 59.8cc of displacement
- $30 and 0.4 lb more than the CS-620P, and worthless to you if you never cut with the saw on its side
- Wrap handle makes the saw bulkier to stow and to carry through brush
- Starts at a 20-inch bar — no 16- or 18-inch option, unlike the standard CS-620P
- Sold through dealers, so there is no retail review aggregate to check
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