Better than I expected.

Good review. I might pick one of these up. I have an occasional need for a chainsaw.

-- Rich;) -"Dada make a big mess?" "Yes Dada made a big mess."

I have a Craftsman (Remington) which will cut through 12 inch rounds like butter with a fresh chain. Be careful as electric saws actually make more torque than gas saws and the chain will not stop as quickly if you dig into your chaps with the bar.

I have a similar Poulan chain saw that I bought years ago, it always worked well with plenty power but it also always leaked chain oil making a mess where I store it.

-- Bert

This one leaks bar oil as well. I’m tempted to take it back and order the Earthwise saw that I really wanted but it seems like a crappy thing to do—taking the saw back after I’ve used it.

-- -- Rick M.

Have them fix the leak

-- Bert

Ditto same experience for me with a Homelite. I bought the cheap 14” Homelite electric last year and was pleasantly surprised that it cut as well as my 14” Echo with far less trouble with gas and oil. What I like best was I could keep it out ready to go to trim a log that was too long for the wood stove and didn’t have to stockpile future chainsaw work. If all a person is doing is working his 3/4 acre lot then an electric is obvious choice. I guess I’ll put a review in for it instead of filling your review! Thanks.

-- Dave, New England - “We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.” ― Tobias Wolff

I have been thinking about an electric saw for small jobs. I also gave thought to getting a cordless one, like the Craftsman one in the C3 series. Then I have something that uses batteries I already have. I have a big saw for heavy work, I was looking just to trim a couple branches here and there.I am really up in the air about what I want after reading your review Rick M

-- Dennis Reynolds

I have an 18V PC reciprocating saw for pruning trees and it works great but once you get up around 4 or 5 inches it’s slow going. Just for pruning branches a cordless would probably be fine but I didn’t do any research on them.

-- -- Rick M.

Great idea Rick. I have a Craftsman 19.2V cordless reciprocating saw already! I will have to pick up some long blades for wood.

-- Dennis Reynolds

These work very well.

-- -- Rick M.

I have had my 14” McCulloch for over 15 years and really have put it through hell without any problems. I think this was one of the first electric one on the market and that’s why it is only 14”!

I typically sharpened a chain twice before I replace it and I am one my fourth chain!

Mine has the same problems Rick mentioned about the sawdust build up so I see they still haven’t solved that!

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"

Supposedly the McCulloch and Poulan are the same saw.

-- -- Rick M.

Rick, I did not know that!

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"

For anything under 4 or 5 inchs around a sharp bow saw or Fiskars pruning saw beats digging out the chainsaw.

@ oldnovice – you should be able to get ALOT more uses from a chain than two sharpenings. You are throwing money away.

dhazelton I was cutting roots, along with a lot of dirt and rocks that’s why it needed sharpening and Farm and Fleet was having a sale when I still lived in Illinois so I bought a couple spares.

Only used it once since I moved to California as I loaned it to my son in-law 8 years ago and he is ”very” good at returning things!

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"