Anyone interested in a battery saw needs to look at Huskys new 350i, supposedly only sold at Lowe’s - $450 all in, saw, battery, charger. We’ve been running one on our crew for a couple of days and it seems pretty good.
We have a Ryobi mower, leaf blower and power head for weeding and headgear trimming...all share the 40V batteries. If that chainsaw had been available a few months ago I'd have gotten it instead of a used Husky 440.OK an update. This morning I looked again at the Ryobi saws at Home Depot. Well today, they had a new offering. They had the 40V 14" saw kit that included a battery and a spare chain, that was less dollars than the Rhobi I was look at.
So i decided to go for it. It's this one:
RYOBI 40V HP Brushless 14 in. Electric Battery Chainsaw and Extra Chain with 4.0 Ah Battery and Charger for $250. With my military discount, the price was only $20 more than the E-bay one I was looking at.
I hope this works out.
No comment except toaster saws ; like toaster cars have no place here
Absolutely, I just stated my feelings about battery powered chainsaws and candidly I did buy one a couple days ago for my wife, not that she cannot start an Echo with the I30 starter because she can. Having said that I bought the Harbor Freight 20 volt Bauer for her because I have many Bauer cordless tools and numerous battery packs. I'm not gonna use it anyway and tool only it was 50 bucks and has a Oregon chain and bar. The Bauer is brushless just like most of them are today and made offshore, just like the rest, except the Stihl. Probably be good in tree saws until the battery poops out.I don't know, but it sure sounds like a comment to me. You understand that this thread is about battery powered saws, right ?
...and still take your wife on vacation...
Hello Richard,Thirteen years ago, I purchased a Wen 14" 38.5CC 2 cycle chain saw. It recently has stopped running, so I looking for a battery powered chain saw. I am not comparing it to anything other than the 14" blade.
Richard
Weeding is traditionally done, by hand......and taking a machine to your head, sounds beyond dangerous.......how much is a quick trim at the local barber shop! Yikes. Headgear trimming under power!!!!We have a Ryobi mower, leaf blower and power head for weeding and headgear trimming...all share the 40V batteries. If that chainsaw had been available a few months ago I'd have gotten it instead of a used Husky 440.
Any chainsaw battery or engine drive with a virgin loop will cut like crazy, because it's sharp. I'm an old man as well (73) and I can still start a gas saw easily.OK understand.
I just came in from the first use of my Ryobi 14" saw. I was very impressed. It cuts like crazy and I never had it stop on me. Now I'm an old man, and pulling the rope doesn't work for me anymore. But I was cutting up the tree I fell a few days ago, an it kept working as long as I could. So I'm happy with it so far. If I was a younger man, a second battery would be in order, but after about 40 minutes in the heat sawing, I was ready to quit. After coming back inside, I checked the battery level, it was also ready to quit.
Right.Hey guys I want to throw something in here about battery saws and chaps. Ever since I’ve started using them I kept hearing chaps won’t protect you from battery saws. Well that is BS. I actually did a test myself with some old chaps and my Stihl MSA220 and the chaps worked perfectly, The chain was stopped instantly and did not go through the chaps. But it does make a mess in your saw
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