[Shop-talk] Battery powered chain saws

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

My normal advice is to stick with the battery ecosystem that you're already
in, but maybe that doesn't work here...

I have the Milwaukee 18v chainsaw and it's been great for my (fairly light
overall) use.  No issues to speak of.  When I needed to clean up an 18"+
tree that fell, it even did that fine, as long as I kept feeding it
batteries.  For really heavy cuts, I needed to use the HD batteries or it
would draw enough current to shut the saw down due to battery overheat (at
least, I assume that's what was happening)  Wasn't an issue with the HD 9
or 12 batteries I had.

My dad has a Stihl battery saw he got probably 5-ish years ago?  AFAIK he
has no complaints with that at all.

If I were buying without a battery ecosystem in mind, I would probably tend
toward the Stihl, just because of the name.  But I'll be interested to hear
what others have to say!

Mark

On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 12:58 PM Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com> wrote:

> We're considering buying one of the above pieces of equipment. We live on
> 10 heavily wooded acres and while we already have a couple of Stihl gas
> models, we want something lighter and easier to use for limbing and cleanup
> after a tree has been dropped. Something in the 16 inch range. We'll need
> at least two heavy duty batteries.
>
> We have an Ego battery weed eater that we like, but the Consumer Reports
> user  comments cite a problem with keeping the Ego chain saw chain on the
> bar, requiring frequent "fixes", and I don't want that PITA. We have a
> Ryobi One model and a bunch of batteries, but it's far too light duty for
> our needs. We want battery power since we'll often be too far away from
> power to use an extension crn.
>
> Thought I'd see what experience those in the group have had.
>
> TIA,
> RD
>
>
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