I bought the Poulon about five years ago. I used it quite a bit the first year, but haven't used it since. I've been thinking about seeing what it will take to get it going again since I'm wanting to prune up my trails this winter.
I was at Home Depot yesterday looking at what they have and saw that they are selling Echo pole saws. The are painted up orange instead of the gray color that my Echo weede eater is, so I'm not sure if they have a different type of Echo there, or it's just a color thing? Price for the Echo was $399, but there was a reconditioned one for $299.
Eddie