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Echo CS-680

Name: Echo CS-680
Brand: Echo
Price: 780 USD
Availability: InStock

60cc class

66.8cc

Engine

20 in

Bar

cuts to about 18 in

14.6 lb

Weight

powerhead only (dry, without bar and chain)

~$780

approx., with 20" bar and chain

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An old design, and the owners who like it like it for exactly that reason. The CS-680 is heavy, slow-revving and full of low-end torque — the phrase that keeps coming back is that it is built the way saws used to be built. Its 66.8cc sits between the 59.8cc CS-620P and the 73.5cc CS-7310P, and the honest consensus among people who have run all three is that the 620P will out-cut it on anything up to a 24-inch bar, which makes the 680 a narrow recommendation: it earns its place when you are hanging 24 or 27 inches off the front and want the extra displacement pulling it. Features are genuinely pro — rim sprocket, aluminium handle with rubber grip, PowerMatch bar, top-mounted tool-less filter cover, and an adjustable oiler with a manual override for long bars in dry wood. At 14.6 lb it is the heaviest Echo short of the 7310P, and it still uses a plastic sprocket cover where the 620P gets magnesium.

Best for: Cutters who regularly hang a 24- or 27-inch bar and want displacement rather than revs doing the work.

Specifications

Engine class: 60cc class (by displacement)
Engine: 66.8 cc
Bar length: 20 in
Bar range: 20-27 in
Single-pass cut: about 18 in (bar minus 2)
Chain: 3/8" pitch / .050" gauge (PowerMatch bar, rim sprocket)
Weight: 14.6 lb, powerhead only (dry, without bar and chain)
Power type: Gas
Use case: Professional
Warranty: 5-year consumer / 1-year commercial
Model: CS-680

Manufacturer figures except the engine class and single-pass cut, which are derived here. What each spec means

66.8cc torque-first engine
Oiler with manual override
Takes a 27-inch bar

What owners like

66.8cc with a low, torquey power delivery owners describe as built like saws used to be
Adjustable oiler with a manual override — genuinely useful running long bars in dry hardwood
Rim sprocket, aluminium handle with rubber grip and PowerMatch bar are proper pro-grade parts
Top-mounted tool-less air filter cover keeps in-field servicing quick
Takes bars up to 27 inches, covering real felling work
5-year consumer warranty on a saw in this class

Common complaints

Owners who have run both say the lighter CS-620P out-cuts it with anything under a 24-inch bar
14.6 lb powerhead and a slow-revving character make it tiring next to modern 70cc saws
Plastic sprocket cover where the cheaper CS-620P gets magnesium
An older design that Echo has not refreshed alongside the X Series saws
$779.99-$799.99 puts it above the CS-620P with no clear advantage below a 24-inch bar