I used to cut timber. I've wore out many saws. Right out of the box a Husky will cut circles around a Stihl. After a couple months, (more hours than most people will ever put on a saw), they change places, and the Stihl will run away from a Husky on the stump. After five or six months, the Husky will start "nickel & diming" you. I packed my Husky's out, broke down mid-day more times than I like to remember. At seven or eight months (tops) you rebuild one, sell your spare, and buy a new motor and start over. My falling partner and I ran through a lot of saws, and did a lot of experimentation with them over the years and these were our findings.
Like most said; buy a Stihl. I have to ask though... what's with all the short bar recommendations? Myself, I like to stand upright when I'm running a saw. You spend all day bent over, and it will feel like work! Get a motor that will pull a bar that you can reach the ground in front of you with, and stand up! Also, get wrap around bars! They cut the vibration at least in half, and it's much easier to run motor side down.
