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DeWalt has a new line of 60v. battery operated tools that includes a chainsaw in the line. They're expensive, but reviews have been outstanding. I think Home Depot carries them, at least by special order.
I hear DeWalt is coming out with a 120v. battery operated line, but don't think it's available yet. You might look around.
I have a Stihl "O26 Woodboss" I've had for over 30 years and it is a great saw. That's my "heavy" saw and my "light" saw for limbs up to 4 or 5" is a cheap Remington electric pole saw you can remove the saw from. I laughed at my wife when she got it for me but I use it a lot more than the Stihl. I think electric with the cord is the way to go for cutting limbs and stuff.
I have a gasoline powered chain saw and battery powered pole saw. The battery powered saw is enough for 98% of the jobs I need a chain saw for. In fact, I haven't used the gas powered saw in years.
If you're going out into the woods and cutting up several truckloads of firewood for the winter, then get a gas powered saw. If you want something to keep the limbs trimmed on the trees in your yard and perhaps even cut down a small tree occasionally, then a battery powered pole saw works great.
Years ago, I had an electric powered chain saw. It's cheap and it cuts well, but the cord is such a hassle that I wouldn't own one today.
At work we use the Stihl battery operated chainsaws. I ordered an AC powered one. Both work equally well for cutting through telephone poles.
Don't be afraid of cell degradation with Lithium ion batteries. It's just not a thing. Not in our lifetime. The old NiCd batteries had horrible wear and memory effects, requiring long, inconvenient charging times. You can slap a Li-ion on the charger and before your 2nd battery is dead, the first one is already charged.
We have a corded electric chainsaw. It will cut anything up to about 10” easily but it’s not a replacement for a gas chainsaw for big jobs. I had a big tree come down in my back yard in April. You can’t get more than a Bobcat into my back yard. I cut all the limbs and dragged them to the front yard. I used a tree service to dice up the trunk and chip everything. The crew is $1,800/day. I trimmed a 1 day project to $500.
That's a weird looking saw. I'm not so sure that I would want a one-handed chain saw. It seems that using a saw one-handed would tire your arm much quicker, but more importantly, it gives little control against kick-back or any other sudden movement of the saw. Nope, when I'm using something that could badly mangle a leg or other body part in the blink of an eye, I want TWO hands on that sucker. I value my body parts too much to do otherwise.
unless you're a lumberjack or need to cut down a ton of trees at the trunk, a quality battery chainsaw from a reputable brand (milwaukee, dewalt, etc.) will more than suffice.
I have a milwaukee 18v powerhead that comes with a pole saw attachment (along with string trimmer, edger, hedge trimmer) and it handles branches like a champ.
DeWalt has a new line of 60v. battery operated tools
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I hear DeWalt is coming out with a 120v. battery operated line...
Great. We're now up to battery powered tools you can electrocute yourself with. (Anyone remember 90V radio batteries?)
I think at a certain point the voltage becomes a meaningless tradeoff, something of a nineteenth speed on a blender. 36V or so has long been the sweet spot for high-current, DC-powered gear (as it was for 32VDC appliances, once upon a time).
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