EGO Chainsaw preliminary review

[qualsite]

My Husky gas chainsaw gets very little use anymore on the farm, and all we heat with is wood. I've used a Sun Joe SWJ700E 16" 14A corded electric chainsaw for a few years, and love it. I use the tractor or forklift to bring the big limbs or logs over to my wood yard. I would never go back to a gas chainsaw for my normal cutting and splitting tasks. The Sun Joe electric, with its Oregon bar and chain, cuts just as well and fast, and when I let go of the trigger, it stops dead, so no need to worry about any spin-down or a gas saw idling, so it's much safer. Plus they are inexpensive, yet built well. I'm on my second one, but at less than $90, when you finally have used one up, you don't mind, because you know how much work you did with that saw, and yes, abused it too many times. I have a tiny battery chainsaw for random pruning and cutting some wood for smoking something, but for firewood, the Sun Joe has been perfect. A couple local tree companies drop logs and chips off at the farm when they are in the area, and the chainsaw has seen a very wide variety of wood to cut, and it handles it all very well. They do offer battery units, but I prefer the corded for my use, and the cord has never been in the way or caused any problems, even when using it up standing on a pallet with my telescoping forklift all the way up cutting big branches, but it's much safer than using a gas chainsaw up there.

 

[Flogger]

I but 2 chains a bar and a sprocket. Even cutting dry hedge I rarely have to sharpen a chain during the day. The throttle is the key. Fast running chains get mighty hit on hard woods.

 

[ArlyA]

I'm using gas saws less as well. When we head to a trail to clear it, usually bring 1 gas polesaw and two battery baby sized ones. They weight next to nothing,

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I love my battery pole saw... But to be fair, it's cutting limbs, not processing trees.

 

[5030]

raw fish with chopsticks is Japan, not China
Communism and child labor, now we're talking China.

Whatever and I don't consume any of it either Sushi sucks IMO.

 

[kenmbz]

Whatever and I don't consume any of it either Sushi sucks IMO.

Love sushi, Tokyo is one of my favorite cities.
Low crime, huge work ethic.
Clean.
Being on a low fat/sugar diet due to failing Pancreas, Sushi is one food I don't have to worry about eating, beats salads.

 

[5030]

Sushi and Tofu top my list as yuk food. Avocados are next.

 

[Groundcoat]

I have an Ego hedge trimmer, weed wacker and the 18" chain saw and I like them all. I use the 5 amp batteries and carry an extra one for the chainsaw. The Ego chainsaw serves 90% of what I need a chainsaw to do but don't kid yourself, this ain't no gas powered Stihl.

 

[etpm]

I have an Ego hedge trimmer, weed wacker and the 18" chain saw and I like them all. I use the 5 amp batteries and carry an extra one for the chainsaw. The Ego chainsaw serves 90% of what I need a chainsaw to do but don't kid yourself, this ain't no gas powered Stihl.

I don't think my EGO saw is as powerful as my gas Stihl. But it doesn't need to be. What it does need to be is a useful replacement for a gas saw in many situations and so far it is.
Eric

 

[wsc9tt]

You want one of these sharpeners:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047A0RUC?th=1

with the 5/32 file.

It very quickly leave the chain like new. And these things are great with a new chain.

 

[Vmax540]

Like my Ryobi 40v use 4amp/hr battery or larger if doing more than trimming branches. Battery life is best not to try and power thru (like a gas saw), let the weight of saw with a sharp chain do the cutting.

 

[bfarr]

raw fish with chopsticks is Japan, not China
Communism and child labor, now we're talking China.

You need to delve into history a little harder.

 

[etpm]

Well folks, today was an eye opener. I used the saw to limb a big alder we had cut down today and the saw performed superbly once I got used to the slightly slower chain speed. I still think EGO needs to up the chain speed. Nevertheless I really like this saw. I did race my saw against a Stihl but it was an unfair race. My saw has a 3/8 pitch chain and the Stihl I raced has a 1/4 pitch chain. The Stihl chain moved faster than my EGO chain but just couldn't cut as fast because of the much smaller pitch chain. I need to compare my saw against a similar size electric saw. The Stihl I raced was much smaller. However, the Stihl is a good saw and I may buy one for cutting smaller diameter stuff. The chain speed is really close to a gas saw. I wish I could have had a head to head race. Anyway, I still really like my saw and I also like the smaller Stihl.
Eric

 

[D&D]

Well folks, today was an eye opener. I used the saw to limb a big alder we had cut down today and the saw performed superbly once I got used to the slightly slower chain speed. I still think EGO needs to up the chain speed. Nevertheless I really like this saw. I did race my saw against a Stihl but it was an unfair race. My saw has a 3/8 pitch chain and the Stihl I raced has a 1/4 pitch chain. The Stihl chain moved faster than my EGO chain but just couldn't cut as fast because of the much smaller pitch chain. I need to compare my saw against a similar size electric saw. The Stihl I raced was much smaller. However, the Stihl is a good saw and I may buy one for cutting smaller diameter stuff. The chain speed is really close to a gas saw. I wish I could have had a head to head race. Anyway, I still really like my saw and I also like the smaller Stihl.
Eric

A Quick Look at the Ego site comes up with;

• 40CC gas equivalent
• Up to 130 cuts on a 4x4 with the recommended 56V 2.5Ah ARC Lithium™ battery
• 16-inch bar and chain
• 20m/s chain speed (*also from ego) Speed: 6800 RPM

 

[TreePointer]

Chain speed is imprtant with chainsaws, but it's not the entire story with battery/electric models. The torque curves are different. Electric chainsaws tend to have more torque at lower rpm's than gas chainsaws.

You will see this in PPE testing. Gas chainsaws will tend to be stopped by fibers in chaps more quickly than electric saws.

 

[Torvy]

I like having the extra chains because it lets me sit down and sharpen on bad weather days or when I feel like it.

I've used some Ego, stuff. I think it is inferior to the chainsaw brands that went electric.

Mine is an Echo and for my needs, it does everything. I can swap batteries faster than refilling a gas tank. I'm not a professional spending my day cutting timber. I recommend an electric saw for keeping on the tractor or side by side.

 

[Vmax540]

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[CloverKnollFarms]

For me it comes down to weight... And the battery saws can't compete there.

 

[5030]

I machine all my chains as well as my arborist's customers chains, I would never hand file or use the Pferd-Stihl hand sharpener simply because machine grinding is much more consistent with the correct angles and is 100% repeatable tooth to tooth. Machine grinder are more expensive but do a very consistent job and that is what I'm looking for, consistency tooth to tooth. You will NEVER get that with any manual method. I don't care how good you think you are. Not gonna happen.

 

[5030]

Far as cordless electric chainsaws and other cordless stuff is concerned, I try to avoid them if possible simply because of one, where they are made (China) and two, how the materials for the batteries are produced (slave labor in China).

You all can bury you head in the sand, I don't care actually but always remember where it comes from and how it was made.

Of course the ongoing port strike will severely hamper the import of China made goods anyway.

better get your China made stuff promptly because when it's gone, it's gone.

Me, I'm a patriot and prefer not to buy that stuff anyway, unless there is absolutely no choice.