Your Poulan probably has a bad coil. Poulan had a run of bad coils in that era that did the same thing. I had a brand new one that did it. A dealer told me what the problem was, but wouldn't touch it on warranty 'cause he said Poulan would never pay him so I ordered a coil online. After I replaced the coil, it worked great so I donated it to a tornado cleanup effort and went with Stihl.
Among others, I have a Stihl MS250 with "Easy Start" with a 16" bar, but it would handle an 18". Easiest saw to start I've ever owned. The way the Easy Start works, is when you pull the starting rope instead of turning the engine over, you're winding a spring. Then when you release the rope, the spring unwinds and spins the engine over. The concept was tried on lawn mowers maybe 30 years ago, but never caught on. Seems to work great on a chain saw.
The dealer I bought it from said he sells a lot of them to women, and sold one to an uncle who kept throwing his back out starting a regular saw.
Down from that, I have a Stihl MS170 that's a good all around saw. Conventional start, but it starts easy. I have both 14" and 16" bars for it, and it handles both well.
As for an actual brand, local dealer support is probably as important ans the brand.
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