Well the need and the want for a chainsaw finally aligned last weekend when my mates ryobi wouldn't play ball and would bog and stall as soon as i WOT'ed it, so off to the local garden shop, not needing a monster, having only had minimal chainsaw experience, and not needing to swing my dick with something that can easily do some damage i ended up walking out with a stihl ms180 and a few nick nacks to get it up and running, having used it a few times now it's a joy, starts runs just fine ( as i would expect for a week old saw ) just sharpened my first chain this arvo cleaned lubed and re-assembled for tomorrows 4wd track clearing duty, being no stranger to power tools and machinery in general and with a blow out kit on standby.. things went well, it certainly went above and beyond cutting huge stumps for firewood, not a bad little unit and i wont be heart broken if for whatever reason it f*cks out, but with 4 years warranty i'm not fussed, if i find myself using it more i'll get a bigger saw that compliments it, here in Vic pretty much every corner small engine/mower joint is a stihl dealer for whatever reason.
At the end of it, even managed to pull down my mates filthy ryobi for a bit of a service, flipped the bar, cleaned the oiling galleries, etc etc, turned out to be his stale fuel, having then using both, i'd take the stihl any day, but thats just me cheap works, for now