So I had some time off, got bored and decided to check out some Chainsaw reviews.I disagreed with a high percentage of what I read, but that's opinion.
However one review that caught my eye was the biggest Worx Electric Chainsaw. So I ordered one.
I studied Electrical Engineering but you don't need a degree to know that anything that draws 12 or 15 amps is going to require a #10/3 or maybe a #12/3 extension cord and the maximum of 100 feet long very limited and cut time heats things heat up.
The saw arrived and looks ok. It's heavy and big compared to my other electric. I dragged a small oak up to the house with my tractor and began cutting it up. The saw worked pretty good at blocking but I wasn't impressed. I guess it's okay but after using Gas Saws I have a hard time with a review that states it's a Good Firewood saw. No its not. Wanna cut firewood you need a Gas Saw. Unless you really don't heat your house with firewood and think half a cord is firewood. A good light, powerful 50cc saw like an Echo cs490 IS a minimal GOOD firewood imho. I'd choose my Echo cs352 over an Electric Chainsaw. But my jaw really dropped when the review said the small Worx sold here by Wallyworld is a good firewood saw. I looked at one and it's not impressive. Cost just under 50 bucks till taxes. The information they give made it seem to have an automatic oiler. Nope, it's the primer bulb on the oil cap type. I may be lazy at over 70 but my days of pushing an oiler with my thumb while I cut are behind me.
Well my Grandson and I put the gas Generator on the trailer and took the big WorX out to the woods. I cut a few small trees. Finally the Trigger stuck ON. I flipped it a while then turned the Generator power switch to off and finally was able to get the trigger switch to open back up. IMHO, it's just not a firewood saw but I may find a use for it. I've used small electric chainsaws removing flooring when remodeling before. They will cut right up to the wall and no gas fumes. I've used the small electric pole saws with a small Generator but when I want to cut firewood I drop em with the Echo cs590 and buck em up with that or my Sthil 029 unless they are approximately 12 to 16 inch trees. Then again, I sorta take cutting firewood serious. Your mileage may vary.
. But I as well, have an electric chainsaw at my disposal at my parents cabin where I am staying at the moment and my family and I sold our home to build our dream. It's a yardworks with a 16" bar, auto oiler, and probably the next size up model from the one you have in your picture on the right, and if you put it in between the two you have shown, it would look like a 1,2,3 sizing. The chain itself has a preeeety shallow angle on the grind, to aid in keeping the chain moving easily, but after sharpening it, and using it for a bit of fire wood, and removal of some tree's around the property but mostly firewood for the coming months, it's all fir and arbutus, and im actually quite impressed with its ability to send curlie fries flying even through the arbutus rounds I'm cropping to size, it just chews and chews and chews, it may not be a gas saw, not even close, but for what it is, I am still fairly impressed at the cutting rate, and the fact that it may bog down when I really give it some weight, it never stalls, and just keeps chewing, for around the yard, I really can't complain, no gas, just throw oil at it when it gets low, and go! But I am
