I made the mistake of buying cheap chain saws when I bought my land. I grew up with a Dad who had three cheap chainsaws and always thought that it was silly to spend big money on a saw. His saws were McCoulaugh's that I figured were good enough to get the job done, so that's the direction that I went. I bought a Husquavarna first. It was junk and didn't last very long. Then I tried Poulon Pro. Another piece of junk that didn't last very long. Then I went with the WildThing, which was the worse piece of junk that I ever came across. After wasting my money on those saws, I sort of realized that it would have been cheaper to buy a Stihl and have something that will start every time and cut what I want cut. My previous feelings on chainsaws was that the chain did all the work and as long as I had a good chain, or two, it didn't really matter what brand the saw was. I learned that if it doesn't start, or it wont keep running, it's not going to get anything done when you want it to. I spend days and days going back and forth with those cheap saws, and more hours then I care to remember messing around with trying to get them to start. Just the frustration that I put into them isn't worth the savings in dollars.
I've since gone back and asked my Dad about those McCoulagh chainsaws that he had and why he had three of them. It turns out that people he knew gave them to him, so he did all he could to have one out of three that would work. If you can get three piece of junk saws, then maybe you can keep one running. I had forgotten that part of it, but after being reminded of it, I remember bringing all three saws out to cut up a tree, and all the issues we had to keep one of them going long enough to get the job done.
Save your money until you can buy a Stihl or Echo. Those are the only two brands that I'd consider. While I've never owned or run an Echo chainsaw, I have an Echo weedeater and it's a very nice weedeater. I think that they do a good job on their motors and build quality tools. My dealer sells both, and he told me that Echo builds a better weedeater, but Stihl has a better chainsaw. But both are very good and nobody ever complains about buying either one.
Eddie