Battery powered chainsaw

[DarkBlack]

Interesting that in tests, a Stihl 300 electric makes about 119db and a stihl 400 gas saw makes about 122db.

That’s only a 3db difference.

122 is on the loud end for a chainsaw. Most are a bit quieter than that. Was it muffler modded?
Also, where in relation to the muffler exit port the db meter was placed for the test makes a big difference. 3 feet behind the saw will be quieter than 3 feet in front of the muffler

 

[Hay Dude]

122 is on the loud end for a chainsaw. Most are a bit quieter than that. Was it muffler modded?
Also, where in relation to the muffler exit port the db meter was placed for the test makes a big difference. 3 feet behind the saw will be quieter than 3 feet in front of the muffler

I watched the test on a Facebook review. It also reviews cutting speed, battery life, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1180373202633662

 

[DarkBlack]

I watched the test on a Facebook review. It also reviews cutting speed, battery life, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1180373202633662

Yeah he put the meter pretty much aligned with the muffler, so that would cause a higher reading.

 

[DarkBlack]

An electric saw without the battery is lighter than a gas saw with an empty tank.

An electric saw is useless without the battery. I don’t see any meaningful comparison without it.
The gas tank on a gasoline saw is the equivalent to the battery. I guess if you want to remove the gas tank, and weigh the saw against a battery-less saw, you could have something. I still think it’s irrelevant

 

[Hay Dude]

An electric saw is useless without the battery. I don’t see any meaningful comparison without it.
The gas tank on a gasoline saw is the equivalent to the battery. I guess if you want to remove the gas tank, and weigh the saw against a battery-less saw, you could have something. I still think it’s irrelevant

It IS irrelevant.
You can’t run either saw without a power source.

The Stilh MS 300 battery saw looks great, but it’s pretty heavy. I don’t mind the weight too much as I am used to heavy work loads on a daily basis.

I was very impressed by the Stilh battery saw and may try one, but $1,300 is a lot of money. Same as a 500i.

 

[Hay Dude]

I do love my battery tools but none are saws. I would use battery ones if they'd last long enought for the multi-day work we do.

My how things have changed since 2022……

It’s really funny to see how people have flip/flopped on battery saws in 1 or 2 years.

 

[Hay Dude]

Just in time for Dewalt to sell you another battery saw with an even "better" battery for it.

I’d have to say, this is correct. I bit on a early DeWalt electric, which seemed like it would fit a niche for me, but ended up cluttering the side box on my Ram to the point where I wasn’t using it.
Battery saws keep evolving, which is fine. They should.
2 cycle gas chainsaw engines have been basically the same for 50 years but undergo minor improvements.

I’m giving battery saws another look soon as they are approaching 50CC gas saws in ability to cut and run times significantly improve. More breakthroughs are coming.

 

[KennyG]

An electric saw is useless without the battery. I don’t see any meaningful comparison without it.
The gas tank on a gasoline saw is the equivalent to the battery. I guess if you want to remove the gas tank, and weigh the saw against a battery-less saw, you could have something. I still think it’s irrelevant

I was responding to the earlier posts about the energy content of gas vs. battery. My 12" electric saw (with battery) is lighter than my 18" gas saw, so I use it for the things a 12" saw will do, which is more than half of my needs. I seldom take down large trees and I would guess I'm in the majority here.

 

[Hay Dude]

I’d be “all-in” on a “E-Saw” if someone could produce a high quality (as good as a pro Stihl or Husky) 20” saw with 2 batteries that could last 4 hours and a proper vehicle charger that can keep both batteries charged quickly. Like in under a 1/2 hour.

You build a 20” E-saw that can charge both batteries while we take a lunch break then be able to run the entire afternoon and I’ll jump in. And no, I’m not wearing a battery “backpack”.

I think Stihl is almost there.

 

[John_Mc]

I was participating in a community effort to eradicate Buckthorn in the woods behind our local elementary school. The school administration will not let us use herbicides on any of this, so it's pull what we can, and cut the rest, knowing that we will have to come back and cut the resprouts. We did a two hour session of pulling with Uprooter tools and cutting with chainsaws. Most of what we are cutting is +/-1.5"-2" diameter, with occasional 4" and rarely some over 6". (Under about 1.5" we pull. We can pull larger stems with the Uprooters, but it's time-consuming, not to mention tiring.)

Last year I used my Milwaukee M18 Battery saw with 12 AH, 18 volt battery (216 watt-hours). The battery would not last the whole session, but the saw did OK, even on the larger trees. I brought my 50cc gas saw this time around (an old Jonsered 2152 - basically the same saw as a Husqvarna 353.) My conclusion was that even with the limited battery life of the Milwaukee saw, it may be the better choice for these sorts of group efforts: Folks like to socialize while working, and the gas saw makes that difficult.

A friend brought his 80V Greenworks saw (I have no idea of the battery capacity). I was impressed. I confess that I had tended to dismiss the Greenworks saws as "Big Box Store junk" (not through any actual evidence or personal experience, just my own unfounded impression). However his saw held up well. He made it through the two hour session of cutting and still had capacity left in his battery. He did say that cutting larger hardwood stems tends to suck the battery down quickly, but it works well for this sort of work.