This has been a great thread. I have been on this forum for about a year, give or take and never read it before. Some excellent points. I am on my second chainsaw. My first one was a Poulan that lasted for about 30 hours of operation. My current saw is an Echo and has been great!

As someone pointed out, keep quality bar oil in your saw.

Another point, don't let the chain hit dirt while running unless you really want to dull the cutting edges.