AV8TOR.... I've expressed the same. My Homelite chain saw is thirty years old and has wore out one chain in that time so doesn't get a great amount of use, though it does get used several times a year for small yard projects. Absolutely no fuel or ignition issues with it.... it has never failed to start and run well.

On the other hand, I've a gas weed eater almost as old and it has seen a half dozen carb rebuilds so who knows?