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We received a smoking deal on a 16" battery powered chainsaw, an I finally got a chance to give it a try. Here are my thoughts on it and its 18" big brother.
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Great review! Love mine alot. Just cut up 60’ of white oak. 15”-20” dia. Keep the chain sharp to increase battery life. Never go back to gas saw. No more noise, gas maintenance issues, and being some what stationary breathing in all that exhaust.
One small thing I like on mine (60V, 18") is that the bar nuts are captive with that cover. I can't lose them in the leaf litter.
I just picked up the 18" Greenworks 80V chainsaw at Costco in a great deal. It also has captive bar nuts like yours. It cost $320 and came complete with a 4 AH battery + charger, a fitted hard case, 2 spare chains, a scrench and a small bottle of bar oil.
I agree with you on 2 cycle gas powered equipment. They are loud, emit noxious exhaust fumes and can be a nuisance to start and maintain. I don't like mixing oil and gasoline. The mixture has a short shelf life, so keeping it stored over the winter is not recommended. What do you do with leftover oil/gas fuel? For the electric chainsaw, you just drop in a charged battery and you're ready to go. It starts instantly and hearing protection is not normally required. They are impressively powerful and you and your clothes don't reek of burnt oil.
with any gas tools, thats a problem . Getting rid of the gas. I am so happy thats not an issue for me anymore and greenworks is grat for the enviornment.
Thanks for the review, I know for sure now I am going to buy a Greenworks Chairnsaw to add to my other Greenworks tools. I have a 25 inch lawn mower that I love.
Thanks very much for review.
I have had a Greenworks 16" chainsaw for 10years. I cut about 2 full cords of firewood with each year. That saw & battery are still working today. I have bought other 40v tools including a second 16" saw on sale with 4hr batteries. I have been able to acquire 5 40v batteries with that system keeping powered at all times. My 18" gas saw is going in for repair Monday with way fewer hours used then my 40 volts. Oh. no ear protection needed.
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I have one. It's dangerous.
Where there should be metal there is plastic. Bar mount is plastic with cheap machined metal mount.
I have several chainsaws and electric is more dangerous than gas. DC Motors are more powerful than Gas. Electric chainsaws have more power and speed.
I work on E-Bikes and build my own batteries. Greenworks Jib you on the battery Ah. This is because the battery is 2/3 empty. They use single cells to get the voltage instead of a bank to create more Ah. This means the battery will not endure long.
As soon as I bought one I could not believe how cheap it is. They make it look cool and modern but under my testing it fails safety.
All they had to do is make 1 thing out of metal and deeper machining on bar mount.....
This is unsafe.
It feels like a toy.
All the Walmart brands are safer than this chainsaw.
Whoever is dropshipping and selling these chainsaws you may be taking peoples eyes and throats with your sales.
Mine has a scrench under the handle at the very back.
Also, I have owned mine for 4 years and the 2 batteries I own haven't depreciated much but it has a bit.
Also, mine is an older model GreenWorks pro 18-inch 80-volt. Best chainsaw I've owned, had about 5 gas powered previously and the reliability alone is worth it
❤Where can I get it I liked it very much
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Hello neighbor! Thanks for watching!
That 18" 60v xrange will walk circles around the 16" 60v.
+1. Batteries will not save the world, but there are some applications in which they can make it more convenient.
My trigger went bad. No one sells the part, not even GreenWorks. They told me I had to :"Just buy a new one". I owned it just beyond 2 years. Any thoughts on that? Not a company I would recommend buying any power tool from.
What’s up, I’m here in Michigan and on a similar path as you. Looking to switch to solar on the house and wood stove in the house to have bit more energy independence. I also have the green works 80v chainsaw, among various gas chainsaws. The electric chainsaw is my go to for small to medium jobs. So much better than gas. Question, who did you use for installing solar system? I’m shopping right now. Anything important you learned after getting the system that you wish you had known before? Or anything else you think would be useful info before be install? Thank you!
Hello! We only have solar power on our outbuildings, such as our rabbit shed, chicken coop, and soon to install on our sheep shelter and greenhouse. They are DIY systems that we cobbled together from bits and pieces I have acquired over the years. We never plan to go completely solar for the house, except for a backup system in emergencies. I would be hesitant to have any company do a whole house installation, we have heard some horror stories from neighbors who have dished out $20K+ for a system that will never pay for itself due to the short life cycle of current solar panels and batteries.
How many minuets will the 60volt battery 2.5 Amp last when non pressure self feed cutting 6" limbs?
Re the emergency break, is it needed where all you’d have to do is take your finger off the trigger to immediately stop it?
I have the 60v Xrange model, and I have two 8ah Xrange batteries to go along with it and it runs for a really really long time! But it is a heavy saw, especially with the 8ah batteries. One thing that threw me off was the electric trigger safety. After having mechanical tigger safeties for so long. It boggled my mind that they changed it to a microswitch instead of a mechanical block. But hey, it works,
I, toom own the X-Range model. Not the newer, 3.1-kilowatt 20-incher with 8AH battery, but the original (2021) 18-incher with a 2.5kW motor. With a 5AH X-Range battery and a full chambet of oil, it weighs 17.2 piunds. That's just too heavy for my wife and me to use as my only chainsaw. So last week I bought a second Greenworks chainsaw: The 40V Gen 2 16-inch, with 1.8 kW and a 20 ft/sec chainspeed (vs. 1.54 kW, 11 or 12 fps for Gen 1). With a full chamber of oil and a 4 or 5AH 40V battery, it weighs just 11.0 lb, or 5 kg.
That's why I got two batteries. To have more time cutting.
I just watched a different video on this same saw and it did have a holder for the tool. A black rubber loop on the adjustment side of the handle. Maybe they forgot to put it on yours or maybe you have to put it on and you didn't see it in the box?
We went through the boxes. No additional hardware. It's okay, I can whip something up in CAD and print it on my 3D printer.
@@IndependenceAcresHomestead that's a bummer, but yeah sounds like you've got a plan. Great video by the way. I saw that Tractor Supply has this on clearance in store for $64. Seriously thinking about grabbing one today.
Got one cause the pole saw is phenomenal on 40v. 16 inch does a lot. Works much better than I thought it would. They leak oil but welcome to forest clearing
Can you change the sprocket to 1/4 pitch ?
i have 4 greenworks saws. lawnmowers blowers etc and i will never buy greenworks again. their stuff is listed as works up to 1000 hrs of use and thats not accurate as you can expect 500 hrs or less
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Dude drop the Green BS.. Some gas powered devices suck. ECHAIN is the way to go. I tested the 40V 2.5 saw. It was average nothing great. Bought the 80v night and day difference. Good Review. Go Michigan vote Trump 2024
I just bought a green works 16 inch chain saw like yours how do you put bar chain oil in it