Anyone else out there Gone 40V Battery powered?

If you paid attention, my response was to the fella who's quoted words were in my post. I'm not against battery anything. I bought a commercial grade Core outdoor power string trimmer long before any of these big name companies had them. That thing had the power of a 25cc gas. But like anything else battery, they degrade till you can't complete the task on one charge. I currently have a cheap gas trimmer but I'll go back to battery as they do what I need for the amount of trimming I do.

I too have done plenty of testing and no home owner grade battery saw will out perform a decent homeowner gas saw. Period. Same for any level of saw currently. If it works for you great. I march to my own drummer on many things as well but trying to fill a truck with a battery saw will never be one. Ever. Yard maintenance or trimming branches encroaching into our trails, with a quality battery saw, definitely could be a possibility. Right tool for my tasks is how I roll. If a Ryobi saw is yours good on ya.

 

I think you are on to something.

 

A agree Scotty. To each their own. People will move to new technology as it is able to meet their needs. To many, it feels like its being crammed down their throats from electric cars down to ope. Most people already are changing from corded and air powered tools to strictly battery. I'm not far off from the full transition. not because I was forced to, because it makes sense currently. That technology is here in those type of tools and its excellent. And like I said before, I can definitely see the appeal to an arborist. I watch august vids and cottotops. They both seem to like that Husqvarna.

 

Slipped my mind for a while but I was thinking about it and a buddy of mine has a Greenworks model stove. I remember it having an 18 inch bar and we used it out in the "woods" of CT out here cutting up some pretty decent rounds. I think they were in the 30-32 inch diameter range. I recall the saw working well and he had a pretty cool case for it that held a couple of back up batteries. I couldn't tell you at this point if or how many times he exhausted a battery.
Only recommendation I can give there is you get what you pay for with batteries. If you get a cheaper make, there isn't really much savings b/c they don't last. Learned that with my around the house tools.
We all tend to be somewhat partial to what works for us, and in my mind (for whatever that's worth) I think that's the way we should be. I'd be kind of annoyed if someone gave me any amount of advice on what to do and turns out they don't do it themselves. When people ask what stove to get I say I have good experiences with my stove maker b/c I do. When people ask what saw I say I like the Stihls I have and the Husqvarna I used that worked well. Only battery saws I've used are my little 18v which I kind of anticipate lasting at least 10 years if it's like the other tools I've used.
Can't think of what else to say that would be of any use to you but 18V Ryobi is what I use- again for really little stuff, and infrequently at that- and a buddy has the Greenworks 40V and he seemed to like it but haven't talked with him in a while.
Looking more closely at what you initially wrote- 3 years with the saw is a pretty good track record to base your experience with. I'm not sure I'll be in a position to get a new saw in the near to medium future- but If you've got any other observations using the saw / oil consumption / durability of the build and batteries I'd be happy to read about them.

 

Quite frankly your post is needlessly confrontational and lacking anything substantially helpful to the discussion. Who precisely was “kicking and screaming” to defend gas chainsaws? All I saw was a few smart fellers pointing out that electric saws do not reasonably compete with gas saws for a number of personal reasons. That seemed to cause you enough hurt feelings to craft this overly dramatic hot take.

 

Your point is.

I guess lithium comes from fairy farts.

 

it's your tone and the attitude in your posts . Learn how to take care of a saw, learn how to tension a chain, sharpen a chain and the difference between good and bad gasoline.
How to empty or stabilize the fuel.
Adding the suck every drop out did not help you. China thanks you though for buying a china made saw and china made batteries.
ps oil deposits refill, I know goes against all the propaganda you ever was taught. Lots of "experts" claimed the world would run out by the late 80's in the early 70's.

 

Me too!!!

 

This is a great point. I think in the very near future lithium will be replaced with sodium. I’m all for electric as long as it is truly better and cleaner. At this point for many people it really isn’t.

 

On the first point, about all I can say is wow! Must be hard to toe the line in her house! But here, I've got a fix for you and you're welcome!

If "she" still orders you to undress outside, you're missing her point of something else!




I guess a truckload of wood is good for 2 batteries? Thanks, I've wondered just how much one can cut with those. I understand your comment about the advantage of being quiet when cutting firewood in national forest. No one else thought it was as funny as I did when I fired up a gas saw and revved the heck out of it while visiting sequoia national park.

And finally, I do not own a battery saw. I do not see myself having one either-my elec bills have been getting higher and higher for the last 2 years.... A former neighbor had a corded elec saw that he would use from time to time but he didn't cut much firewood with it at all.

How's about some pics?

 

Maybe we need a place for all things electric?? Just spitballing....

 

Best answer.

 

We had a chainsaw carved bear made for us back in November/December. When we met the guy for pickup, I asked him what he used for saws. He said he was 80% battery for the carving. That allows him to do the work inside. Since he’s in Northern VT, that’s a big plus for at least half the year. He showed me one of the Stihl battery saws he used. He does some amazing work.

 

Honestly the only battery saw that’s in the realm of gas is the new Stihl that’s equivalent to an ms 261 in high power mode but battery’s life’s fairly short in that power level. The saw has 3 settings, to buy an msa300 you’ll have about 1100 tied up saw battery a and charger.