Petrol vs cordless chainsaws

Thought I would update after this weekend's trip - we headed into Olney State Forest for a one night camp.

The Ryobi 1+ worked very well. With a fully charged 5Ah battery we first cut a a dozen or so logs (at most ~125mm diameter) to 110 roof length for transport back to camp then cut them up to fire length; see the pic below

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After that the battery was still showing 3 of 4 lights. Also it was very quiet, from 20m away it was no noisier than being near to a hair dryer.

As a tool to get wood for the campfire I am very happy with it.

I bought one of those Ozito 18v cordless chainsaws a couple of days ago, After realising that the battery wasn't included I went back to Bunnings and grabbed a couple of 4ah batteries and a charger.
I gave it a bit of a run tidying up a couple of trees in the backyard I was surprisingly quite impressed with it.
The bar is only an its bitsy little thing But it cut pretty well and was nice and quiet compared to my other 2 strokes and I ran it for about half an hour and it still had 2 out of the 3 lights running on the battery.
I am heading back into Bunnings today to grab a 1/2 inch drive rattle gun that will run off the same batteries and I may grab a grinder and drill while I am there as these also use the same batteries.
The batteries and the tools all come with a 3 year warranty, So if they do happen to kark it then Bunnings isn't a store that is too hard to find anywhere in Aus to get them replaced[thumbsupbig]

So good enough for camping then? I have used the 36v makita and found it great for that. Not sure about an 18v version though?

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So good enough for camping then? I have used the 36v makita and found it great for that. Not sure about an 18v version though?

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The 18v jobbie cut through 12'' of dry white gum so it did pretty well and the batteries are Lithium.
For anything other than just cutting a bit of firewood I have my 2 stroke to fall back on if needed.

I have just finished a 3 week trip and will be heading home today and my little 18v Ozito chainsaw worked flawlessly.
Every 2-3 days I spent 15-20min cutting driftwood and didn't even break into a sweat in 30C+ temperatures, Nice and light, No noise and No exhaust fumes.

Aldi has one coming up in their specials next Wednesday.

1800W Electric Chainsaw - ALDI Australia

Don.

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Originally Posted by Don 130

Aldi has one coming up in their specials next Wednesday.

1800W Electric Chainsaw - ALDI Australia

Don.

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Thanks Don. Could be a good price depending on the cost of batteries. Unfortunately for me I'm all Makita for the time being.

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Originally Posted by Don 130

Aldi has one coming up in their specials next Wednesday.

1800W Electric Chainsaw - ALDI Australia

Don.

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I think you'd need a loooong extension cord to cut firewood with that one out camping.

DL

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

I think you'd need a loooong extension cord to cut firewood with that one out camping.

DL

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My mate has a 3000W inverter and a dual battery system, runs his electric saw just as easily as a winch.

I have a corded electric chainsaw and it works very well, The downside is that I need to take a genset with me to run it.
The cordless saws are the "Ducks Nuts" as far as electric saws go, Light and easy to operate and even with only a 4ah battery you can cut a heap of wood with it [thumbsupbig]