My dad has two Poulan saws, a little 16” one that has been easy to start and reliable for years. Oddly enough, at one point it didn’t want to run anymore, so it sat in the shed for a couple years. Pulled it out, new gas and it hasn’t stopped working since. Guess it just wanted a break, lol. The other one is a Pro with a 20” bar and it’s always been a little rough to start and weak on power. Had a guy work on it and it’s better, but still just about worthless.
I have two saws of my own, an older Craftsman (aka Poulan) with a 20” bar that is an absolute beast. It’s heavy and noisy but it will fling the chips and it could care less if you lean on it or not. My other is a little Stihl MS-170 with a 16” bar. It’s a cute little thing and Rural King always has them on sale cheap. Took about 2 gallons of gas through it before it started running decent, but it’s nothing like the Craftsman for power. It is a nice little saw for limbing and small cutting though which is about 80-90% of my cutting. I’d love to get another big saw at some point, but I’m almost leaning towards finding an older one instead of this new stuff. Of course, a Milwaukee is on my list, but not so much for cutting trees as doing notches in posts when I build a deck or something.