Thinking about a light weight chainsaw

I think I'll stop at the Stihl dealer tomorrow and put my hands on a 180 and see how it feels. That just might become my new saw! It's a little bit cheaper than the Jonsered I was thinking about and seems very similar in power and weight. As I said I've always been a Stihl guy. This board seems to lean toward Stihl too.

Yesterday I stopped at my local Stihl dealer and decided to purchase a 180 C-BE. I cant believe how light this saw it! It's actually funny compared to my 460 magnum. I haven't cut anything with it, but as soon as I got it home I played with starting it. Wow. So easy...I know I was smiling. It has the EasyStart , so all you do it slowly pull the the cord and then the saw kicks over and starts itself. What a relief on my shoulder!! The quick tension adjustment is really cool too. This seems to be just the ticket and I'm glad I went with Stihl. As I noted earlier I was looking for a much lighter saw to split the load to give my back and shoulders a break. Gone are the days of my youth when I could hit the woods and cut all day...so now I'll use my 460 for felling and bucking the tree up to the canopy, then I'll switch over to the light weight 180 and deal with the limbs and canopy. I cant wait to get this little saw out to the woods!

I took the new saw out today for it's first run and so I could see how it cuts, and how it feels to me. WOW! Me Like! To those who haven't followed this thread, I'm getting older and was getting beat up by my much larger and heavier saw so I wanted a light weight saw to offset the workload with the big saw. I bought a Stihl 180 with easy start, and a 16 inch bar. This thing is a dream. Starts really easily, and it's very light to work with. I tackled the canopy of a large tree I dropped a few weeks back and got the hole canopy limbed, and the branches cut to 16" lengths for burning. I then worked down the trunk to where I left off with the big saw. All in all I am very impressed...it's light, and with that 1/4 inch chain...it sliced through frozen hardwood very easily. This is going to make my life easier, and will give these shoulders a break. Maybe this summer I wont be walking around like a caveman with shoulder and back pain HAHA. I'm totally pleased with my purchase!