<div dir="ltr"><div>Howdy,</div><div><br></div>I have the Milwaukee chain saw. AFAIK there's only one version of the 16" M18 saw?<br><br>I've had good luck with buying Milwaukee from Home Depot and CPOMilwaukee.com (which is really cpooutlets). I probably wouldn't buy from Amazon just due to fears that batteries seem a bit more likely to be counterfeited there (maybe that fear is out of date).<br><br>If you're not in a hurry, chances are you'll be able to find some type of deal where its bundled with other tools. The HD batteries do work better in the chainsaw, but if all you're doing is limbing stuff, it may not matter. I've used mine to cut up trees >16" diameter and in that type of use the HD12 and HD9 batteries do better with continuous sawing without overheating as compared to the 'regular' m18 batteries.<br><br>If you do decide you're going to want the HD batteries, you're almost certainly not going to want to buy them separately as Milwaukee (like everyone else) is VERY proud of them.<br><br>All of that said... My dad has a Stihl electric saw and it also seems like a heavy duty saw. In my case all of my battery stuff is Milwaukee so staying in the family was good in terms of battery use across all my tools. If I didn't have that constraint, I would look hard at the Stihl at a minimum and probably all the rest of them as well.<br><br>Mark</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 2:11 PM <<a href="mailto:eric@megageek.com">eric@megageek.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Guys,</span>
<br>
<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I've had it with
the terrible design of my Dewalt battery operated chainsaw. I even
wrote Dewalt to ask if they are going to release a new version as I love
Dewalt products.</span>
<br>
<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">But after not
hearing back from them, I'm going Red.</span>
<br>
<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">So I'm looking
at the Milwaukee 16" chainsaw. I know you guys have better places
to buy instead of Amazon, so I'm asking where is the best place to buy
this, and which one should I get? These manufactures have dozens
of products that are all seemingly the same, but have different part numbers
or model numbers, with differences that you can't find without digging
or being in the industry.</span>
<br>
<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I don't use an
electric to cut down a tree or to buck the wood. Just to remove the
limbs of a fell tree. So the electric is perfect. So, which
one should I get, and where should I buy it from. </span>
<br>
<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Also, I don't
plan to get other Milwaukee tools, HOWEVER, if it works out cheaper to
get the chainsaw without the battery and charger and get another tool with
it, I'll do that.</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Thanks in advance!</span>
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<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Moose.</span>
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