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Is that difference price?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinelli
IIRC, one box had a battery and charger in it, the other didn't.
If you already have One+ batteries, you don't need any more chargers .. etc, etc.
But! .. if you do take it bush with you, and don't have many batteries, do consider the (expensive, but handy) 12v charger for long stays, heavy use.
I recently got a loan of a pre-release Dewalt battery chainsaw and I have to say it cut very nicely. Probably need 3 batteries to work non stop but for track/fence clearing and firewood collecting it'd be more than fine.
I'm waiting for the AEG chainsaw to come back to Australia to compare.
Got a 36 volt Ryobi unit for Christmas with all the Bunnings vouchers I got. :)
Went the 36 volt unit as I want to get the mower too at some stage. I just wanted to be able to cut up a few small branches to make a small fire with when camping, but it is much more capable than that. I used it around the FIL's farm and cut up 10 hardwood fence posts into fire wood and the battery still had 3/4 charge left in it. It is the same size as a small petrol powered saw and weighs about the same too, but it also cuts better than the cheap ones which really surprised me.
Not as cheap as a petrol powered saw but suits me for what I want down to the ground. If you were heading out bush for weeks on end it isn't what your after but for a weekend saw you can keep in the back of the car and not have to worry about the smell of petrol, etc - they are great.
Good feedback, I appreciate the petrol comparison - one of my mates who's got every chainsaw ticket under the sun used the Dewalt and admitted he'd probably be reaching for it for those kind of jobs before the baby petrol saw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
I was impressed with the torque and progressive feel - no sudden stalling and as good as impossible to get kick back from. Could bore cut hard wood no worries. And just easy, and quiet. I'm dead keen when I have some coin. The extra money is well worth it for the ease and convenience IM (now slightly informed) O.
I'm yet to see one of these in action......
Every camping trip seems to be only petrols.
Stuart, just reading some of your feedback
- no sudden stalling is this in relation to petrols or the smaller cordless units?
- impossible to get kick back, what do the unit ha to prevent this? Although I cannot recall the last time I had a kickback on a petrol.
- ease and convenience...both petrols and cordless easy and convenient.....
The only pro (a big pro) I see with cordless is no petrol smell which means it can be stored inside the car
The con is charging batteries.....I wonder how many batteries you would go through compare the the 2L of fuel I carry.
I'm not convinced on them yet...but that might change when I see one in the flesh and if it can do a decent job.
Not a bad comparo
36V Cordless Chainsaw Shootout Comparison Review
I only had a quick read but the stihl sounds like a nice piece of kit.
I say no sudden stalling cos it's been suggested some cordless brands get high chain speeds using inappropriate gearing, making them gutless and prone to just stopping. But the Dewalt just neared down and let you back off if necessary, and had a good progressive trigger.
I say near impossible to get kick back cos I tried. I don't get kick back with petrol saws cos I know what I'm doing but there's always that time you're tired, catch a branch or nick some bark and get a kick. For the sake of the exercise of assessing it OHS-wise I (carefully) did as much as I could to induce kick back. Maybe it's the lighter and narrower chain, slightly lower chainspeed, bar design or other stuff I don't know.
Ease and convenience - no cold starts or starts at all, messing with 2 stroke, maintenance ever beyond basic cleaning and chain sharpening, no flooding or spilling if packed wrong, light, very little to go wrong...
I don't know how far 2L or even 10L of fuel gets you. The Stihl claims 30 odd mins of constant run time which, depending on the job amounts to plenty of time to quick charge a second battery, even if you have to make a cuppa after 45 mins of sawing and stacking/dragging. And once your 10L is gone, there's more chance you'll have solar/generator/other battery capacity for a recharge out in the bush.
I was the same in that I really needed to try one out, and given I found the Dewalt was surprisingly good I expect the Stihl to be quite a little cracker. If only they'd put a 16 rather than 14" bar on them!
Thanks Stu......
As I'm impressed with our electric lawn mower I guess an electric chain saw would have similar advantages. My Stihl wouldn't start today so an electric is sounding good.
I am a lawn mowing contractor, and for the last 7 months I have been running AEG 58v equipment commercially.
I don't have the full range yet, but I have used them all.
First the mower.
Pits main drawback is 18" cut. Ego does a 21" self propelled model now which will probably be my next purchase.
the AEG has similar grunt to an old Victa 2 stroke.
It weighs 26kg so it's not heavy to push around, but I'd still like a SP model.
4ah battery gets me around 45 mins of mowing on a well maintained lawn, 27 mins on a thick feral mess.
It has constant speed load sensing technology so it ramps up power as needed.
For my taste the blades are lacking in lift. Also they are too far above the chassis base height for me.
The Victa has a better base design, as does the Ego.
I have had 3 sets of handles fatigue crack through the lock pin holes in 7 months, but have just been sent the new improved handles that are redesigned to not crack....they do listen to feedback!
high lift blades are also on the drawing board with a warning that run time will be reduced as a trade off for better performance.
I'll take that any day.
6ah batteries are hitting the shelves with the next month.
the whipper snipper...
i love it.
It will run slowly and trim lawn edges for ages, or it will power through waist high grass...I have had 3 battery chargers cycling through 5 batteries while I ran it flat out through a backyard jungle for 2 hrs straight!
plenty of power!
it is a split shaft and will accept Ryobi Expand-It attachments, or the better quality MTD Trimmer Plus units.
I've got a pole hedger for it and a lawn edger. Getting the pole pruner saw shortly.
Run time with a hedger is awesome...over an hour and less than half a battery used.
Lawn edger chews power big time but works well.
whippy will run a battery flat in 20 mins if pushed at full power into waist high thick grass. Much longer on easier work.
the leaf blower is not bad. 400cfm is not super, and the Vocta is nearly 500cfm with the new Ego being almost 600 and Ego bringing out a backpack blower which has even more grunt...but the AEG does the job.
Hedge trimmer is relatively heavy. Similar weight to my Husqvarna petrol hedger.
It easily matches the Husky in cut capacity although the cutter bar speed is a little slower. Quiet and smooth with no fumes in the face, I'm buying one very soon and the petrol one is for sale.
An hr and a half on pittosporum hedges used less than half a battery. I was sad to give it back to the rep after having it for a week.
Chainsaw...feels a bit heavy and the body is a little longer than most petrol ones due to the battery slot.
Cuts well and is pleasant to use.
My 50cc Husky will eat it for breakfast, but I'd expect that.
Id happily cut a load of firewood with it.
Ive got 3 chargers and 6 batteries and I use this gear exclusively now. The chainsaw and hedger are my last remaining petrol tools and both are getting replaced with AEG stuff very soon.