Battery powered chainsaw recommendations? (2017)

[ericm979]

One paper I read said it takes 1-5 years for the urushiol to degrade.

 

[Oldpath05]

One paper I read said it takes 1-5 years for the urushiol to degrade.

See it's post like this at the top of a page when I missed a day, makes me go What?, so I have to go back a couple pages to find out whats what or whos on on first..............side note>>>>>this is NOT a slam.

 

[4570Man]

Maybe chainsaw chips aren't very effective at transferring it then.

 

[ultrarunner]

JD put some stupid little bottle with hoses running from the aux couplers to catch the few drops of oil that might be lost. I can't believe for the life of me, that the VERY ecologically minded Germans (except for the automakers) have not addressed this most annoying issue.

They use eco-friendly bar oil... really.

 

[newbury]

Back to battery powered chainsaw
Amazon has the BLACK+DECKER LCS1240 40V MAX Lithium Ion Chainsaw, 12" on sale for $91.

It's no stihl or 80V but I've bought two for about $110@ and they are a great bang for the buck.

 

[dfkrug]

Back to battery powered chainsaw
Amazon has the BLACK+DECKER LCS1240 40V MAX Lithium Ion Chainsaw, 12" on sale for $91.

It's no stihl or 80V but I've bought two for about $110@ and they are a great bang for the buck.

I just looked on that site and there is also a B&D polesaw that uses the same LiIon battery. It looks like my older 18V NiCad polesaw
and is about the same price as the Lynxx and Ryobi. Still no oiler at all for the B&D polesaw. At least it does not
leak oil.....

I grew up around poison ivy in OH, MI, and MA. Same as PO. Found out the hard way not to burn it.....

 

[4get gto]

I just looked on that site and there is also a B&D polesaw that uses the same LiIon battery. It looks like my older 18V NiCad polesaw
and is about the same price as the Lynxx and Ryobi. Still no oiler at all for the B&D polesaw. At least it does not
leak oil.....

I grew up around poison ivy in OH, MI, and MA. Same as PO. Found out the hard way not to burn it.....

Didn't read too much into it but how are they oiling the chain on the pole saw? Do you oil it with squirt can?

 

[newbury]

I just looked on that site and there is also a B&D polesaw that uses the same LiIon battery. It looks like my older 18V NiCad polesaw
and is about the same price as the Lynxx and Ryobi. Still no oiler at all for the B&D polesaw. At least it does not
leak oil.....
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I believe the B&D polesaw is 20v battery.

 

[fried1765]

Back to battery powered chainsaw
Amazon has the BLACK+DECKER LCS1240 40V MAX Lithium Ion Chainsaw, 12" on sale for $91.

It's no stihl or 80V but I've bought two for about $110@ and they are a great bang for the buck.

It did not last long!
That saw is now $179.99 on Amazon.

 

[dfkrug]

Didn't read too much into it but how are they oiling the chain on the pole saw? Do you
oil it with squirt can?

Yeah, it comes with a small squirt bottle that attaches to the scabbard. 8" bar. Pretty crude, but works. I put
a few drops of oil in the bar groove, then make about a dozen cuts before it needs oil again. Small cuts.

 

[dfkrug]

I just saw an ad for a 120V DC Li-ion chainsaw!

It comes with an 18" bar and weighs in at 13#. RedBack is the brand. Never heard of them. 300
clams, shipped.

 

[marchanna]

Redback 106493 18-Inch 120-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Chainsaw

Who wants to the first to buy and review it ?

 

[4570Man]

If you can get 100 people to send me $3 I’ll be glad to do a proper test.

 

[marchanna]

Haha! I知 game.

 

[RalphVa]

Many posts. Not sure I'd posted before. We've had 18v B&D chain saws, both a "straight" one and an alligator one, for years. Bought a Kobalt 40v one at Lowes maybe 6 or 8 years ago. Since having an ICD, I'm not allowed to use an engine-driven saw. Gave away my old Stihl back in early 2013. Probably bought the Kobalt then. Had had the B&D ones before that.

The 18v ones don't last long on a battery, but the alligator one lasts the best and is a great saw for small stuff.

We've been very heavily using the Kobalt and the alligator both recently in clearing debris piles made by the May 31 storm last year. Finally got dry enough to get down there with the tractor.

Today, the Kobalt saw quit. Think it's likely brushes got too short. If you have a choice, get brushless, since they're available now, not sure in Kobalt or not. Found a Kobalt 40v at Lowes online for $119 without a battery. Have 3 chargers because we've the grass whip and mower by Kobalt. Just recently bought a replacement 40v battery. Got plenty. The Kobalt chain saw lasts and lasts on each battery, generally around 2 hours of the wife cutting and pulling stuff out of the piles.

Ralph

 

[Molalla1]

Many posts. Not sure I'd posted before. We've had 18v B&D chain saws, both a "straight" one and an alligator one, for years. Bought a Kobalt 40v one at Lowes maybe 6 or 8 years ago. Since having an ICD, I'm not allowed to use an engine-driven saw. Gave away my old Stihl back in early 2013. Probably bought the Kobalt then. Had had the B&D ones before that.

The 18v ones don't last long on a battery, but the alligator one lasts the best and is a great saw for small stuff.

We've been very heavily using the Kobalt and the alligator both recently in clearing debris piles made by the May 31 storm last year. Finally got dry enough to get down there with the tractor.

Today, the Kobalt saw quit. Think it's likely brushes got too short. If you have a choice, get brushless, since they're available now, not sure in Kobalt or not. Found a Kobalt 40v at Lowes online for $119 without a battery. Have 3 chargers because we've the grass whip and mower by Kobalt. Just recently bought a replacement 40v battery. Got plenty. The Kobalt chain saw lasts and lasts on each battery, generally around 2 hours of the wife cutting and pulling stuff out of the piles.

Ralph

Great post Ralph . . . I've been looking into some of the electric ones myself . . .

 

[ernemats]

I guess no one has tried the Redback 120 volt lineup of battery tools, the reviews I have read sound good in most cases, battery life does not sound like it lasts a long time.

 

[marchanna]

Quite intrigued with the Redback. I would love to sear more about anyone痴 experience them. It痴 no wonder they don稚 have a great battery life, they come standard with a 2ah battery, with a 3ah option. My echo has a 4ah battery and I wish it had more.

 

[ernemats]

I bit the bullet last week and purchased a 120 volt Redback chainsaw. Have not used it much yet but so far I am impressed with it. Several days ago I cut up some hickory logs into firewood size lengths . The logs were from 8 to 12 inches in diameter. In total I made about 25 cuts with the saw, it handled the logs with ease and I still had 2 bars left on the battery. Several things I do not like about it are the tool less tensioning on the chain and the oil tank fill lid is hard to get on straight and the saw is rather heavy. There are quite a few on ebay for a lot less than the$299. advertised.

 

[atsah]

I have a Makita (all my battery tools are Makita), The saw is 36V and will in fact out cut my Stihl top handle gas saw for the first half hour. I use it to cut small stuff around my fence line, with both 18V batteries it weights 10lbs. I use it a lot..