Best battery powered chainsaw?

[MadHatter]

Milwaukee.
Fixing to make it's 7th trip to CO .

[jerp]

John....I know you said chainsaw but a couple of us suggested a greenworks 40V pole saw for light work around the house in this thread below......its a 5' unit total and sure saves the back. Plus you also get the benefit of the extension to 8' for use on trees. I use it around the house and at my deer lease like a landscaping samurai! . I cut a bunch of stuff in the 4-5" range last trip and got it done with it. Just a suggestion. I think they make a 10" blade in addition to the standard 8' blade. Not sure how big of stuff you want to cut but if it gets much bigger that 4-5" , I'm bringing out the gas Stihl unit anyway.



https://discussions.texasbowhunter.c...hlight=polesaw

Jason I bought one of those a couple years ago based on a prior review of yours and it works great. This question was from a buddy who wants a saw to trim logs to fit his electric splitter and is considering battery powered

[TexaRican]

I have the 16" Makita 36 volt mainly because my other tools are makita and I have lots of batteries. The last part is critical. We had a big pecan fall on the river bank in a recent wind storm. Cutting 10" limbs will drain those batteries very quickly. I'm happy enough with it for small jobs but trying to buck that tree enough to move limbs to a burn pit, I was ready to go buy a good gas saw.

It did cut through the a 14" trunk section of silver maple last summer. I made some discs that are still drying in the garage. They might become cutting boards at some point if not split too badly.

I'd sell you the makita (tool only) pretty cheap

[7sdad]

I have several 80V Greenworks items but not the chainsaw but if it's as good as their other items then I'd get one.

[Kdc]

I don't have a cordless chainsaw, but I do have a cordless pole saw. It's a Harbor Freight special, an Atlas 40V I believe, and it's a beast. I've had it a little over a yr now and it's worked flawlessly. I've cut way bigger limbs with it than I should have, and it just keeps going.

[Smart]

Jason I bought one of those a couple years ago based on a prior review of yours and it works great. This question was from a buddy who wants a saw to trim logs to fit his electric splitter and is considering battery powered

Got ya.....I thought you meant light work. Logs that need splitting would fall into my heavy category ..

[BigDraw]

I bought the Dewalt because the batteries match all my power tools.
I have no regrets, it cuts aggressively

[Strummer]

Do you have any other battery powered tools ? I got a bunch of Milwaukee so that what I went with on a pole saw .

[ren087]

I have stuck with Ryobi, and it has worked great.

[Walker]

Do you have any other battery powered tools ? I got a bunch of Milwaukee so that what I went with on a pole saw .

This. Batteries are expensive.

[Death2Tyrants]

I've had a Stihl for many years and have had zero issues. They're pretty expensive upfront but well worth it in the end. The batteries are interchangeable with the leaf blowers, weedeaters, etc... and I've never had to replace the batteries.

[Dr. Evil]

I like my Oregon.

[MadHatter]

I like my Oregon.

Probably better than all those listed, and the price reflects it .
My friend has a tree service and that's what he uses, he loves it.
I think they were one of the very first to offer a battery chainsaw.

[Txtourist]

I’ve only had a Stihl, so I can’t compare to anything else. 3 years and a lot of cutting, I’d certainly buy it again. My only logic in purchasing that brand is that I figured they’d have parts for a while and they already specialize in saws and I already own a couple of that brand so I only have to buy chains and parts in one place
If I had a bunch of Dewalt or Milwaukee batteries, I’d probably go that route.

[Atfulldraw]

Milwaukee just because i have a ton of tools already and their batteries work across a ton of there tools.

I would think if you are needing any other cordless tool upgrades. Something like what Milwaukee or dewalt has done is a no brainer. Buy a ton of tools and batteries can be interchanged over a ton of applications.

This.

I have the same red tools.