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Greenworks - 60V 16" 2.0kW Cordless Brushless Chainsaw - 2.5Ah Battery and Charger
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4.5
(909 Reviews)
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Customer Reviews for Greenworks - 60V 16" 2.0kW Cordless Brushless Chainsaw - 2.5Ah Battery and Charger
Customer Rating
5
Weight of chain saw
on January 22, 2019
Posted by: Gilbe
from Lacrosse wi
Gender:Male
I don't own one but like features will consider between your product over milwaukee
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Lightweight and Powerful
on January 22, 2019
Posted by: marked31
from Massachusetts
Gender:Male
Two years of use . It’s borrowed a lot ! Nice hand feel and cuts down on fatigue . No noise ! No noise is the best feature .
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Excellent Balance
on January 22, 2019
Posted by: marked31
from Massachusetts
Gender:Male
Second year of owning and I have no trouble asking my grown kids to use it . They enjoy using this cutter . It’s balaced well and very simple to use .
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Works Great
on November 17, 2018
Posted by: Dvan
from 12528
Gender:Male
Let me start by saying that I never owned or operated a chainsaw in my life. That said, I had a professional taking down a cherry tree that was a concern to our safety and house. I would say it was about 16" thick. I then was left with the tree on ground to be cut up to be used for fire wood, the tree professional gave me a few tips on how to use a chainsaw and then went to buy this to tackle the job. Was a no brainer as I already own several tools of the 60V greenworks family and I could use the batteries I already have, 2 are 4-Amp and 1 is 2.5-Amp. The picture show was I was able to cut in 4h of work including carrying all the wood from about 60 feet away witch was prob half of the time spent, I still have half of the tree on the ground to cut. The chainsaw worked flawlessly with plenty of power to cut trough, even the big logs that you see on the side holding the rest of the wood. As far as battery life, with the 3 batteries I have I can finish whatever job I have in the yard (0.75 acre), mowing, blowing leafs after foliage or snow blowing as I always have 2 batteries charging wile I use one so I never run out of juice. Now, if you only had one battery things would be different as you will have to stop working after 30min and wait 1-1.5h to recharge. I believe that with these battery operated tolls you need to have multiple batteries on hand in order to complete bigger jobs to avoid the frustration of waiting to recharge. One thing I noticed was that with the 2.5-Amp the chainsaw seemed to have less power cutting trough the wood. In conclusion I think this is a great chainsaw for regular yard maintenance, is probably not the right chainsaw if you are a professional in the trade as then you probably wont even consider an electric chainsaw...this is not a payed review and I did not receive this tool for free in exchange for a review (unfortunately)
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com
Customer Rating
5
Best Chainsaw Ever
on August 22, 2018
Posted by: TriskelionMor
from Indiana
Gender:Male
I have bought several chainsaws before and always dread when something needs to be cleared out until I got this chainsaw. It is so simple to use. Push button start. Best chainsaw ever. I've had mine now for a little over a year and it is still working as good as the day I bought it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com
Customer Rating
5
A monster!
on August 22, 2018
Posted by: Prof Peculiar
from Port Angeles, Wash.
Gender:Male
PORT ANGELES, Wa — This tool is a monster.
I don’t know what else to call something this long, this powerful, and this challenging to the unsuspecting or disrespectful.
But for attacking those bare high branches that Northwest loggers call widow makers, you couldn’t find a better — to quote Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant — implement of destruction.
And once you take its measure, it’s a blast to use.
The saw arrives in multiple pieces, one of which is attached to the power unit. That’s the one with the saw. The other is mated to the battery compartment and the controls.
The saw parts limbs from their trunk so fast you almost don’t believe it until the branch crashes to the ground. To shield your noggin, you’ll need a hart hat, one with a facemask unless you want wood chips in your eyes, nose and mouth.
But before you make that first cut, read the manual and believe the part that says the power head pushes back at you as soon as you pull the trigger.
An ordinary chainsaw pulls itself into the cut. On an undercut, this machine does the opposite — at the end of a 9-foot-long pole.
But fast? Yahshooryoobetcha, as the old Swedish immigrant loggers used to say. On my first job, I dropped a dozen branches up to 3 inches thick from a towering lodgepole pine in about 10 minutes.
Got kindling?
I don’t know what else to call something this long, this powerful, and this challenging to the unsuspecting or disrespectful.
But for attacking those bare high branches that Northwest loggers call widow makers, you couldn’t find a better — to quote Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant — implement of destruction.
And once you take its measure, it’s a blast to use.
The saw arrives in multiple pieces, one of which is attached to the power unit. That’s the one with the saw. The other is mated to the battery compartment and the controls.
The saw parts limbs from their trunk so fast you almost don’t believe it until the branch crashes to the ground. To shield your noggin, you’ll need a hart hat, one with a facemask unless you want wood chips in your eyes, nose and mouth.
But before you make that first cut, read the manual and believe the part that says the power head pushes back at you as soon as you pull the trigger.
An ordinary chainsaw pulls itself into the cut. On an undercut, this machine does the opposite — at the end of a 9-foot-long pole.
But fast? Yahshooryoobetcha, as the old Swedish immigrant loggers used to say. On my first job, I dropped a dozen branches up to 3 inches thick from a towering lodgepole pine in about 10 minutes.
Got kindling?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com
Customer Rating
5
Powerful and Quiet
on August 21, 2018
Posted by: Tommaj
from Port Matilda, PA
Gender:Male
If you are a homeowner who is on the fence about electric chainsaws... Just buy this. You will most likely be impressed. In the past I owned a small gas chainsaw and an electric plug-in chainsaw. This 60V saw is just as strong as the gas one , and made the plug-in one seem anemic.
I was blown away by it's power. The next best part was how quiet it cuts. I was cutting up logs on a Sunday sunset and not bothering any neighbors from my suburban property. In one battery charge I took down a 40 foot blue spruce, de-limbed it, and bucked it into 20 inch logs and carted it away. Took an iced tea break while the battery was charging for 25 minutes, and took care of another tree after that. Did I mention it was quiet !!lol. This saw was my first Greenworks tool, and I've since bought two more, a hedge trimmer and extended pole hedge trimmer, and will be investing more in the system in the future.
I was blown away by it's power. The next best part was how quiet it cuts. I was cutting up logs on a Sunday sunset and not bothering any neighbors from my suburban property. In one battery charge I took down a 40 foot blue spruce, de-limbed it, and bucked it into 20 inch logs and carted it away. Took an iced tea break while the battery was charging for 25 minutes, and took care of another tree after that. Did I mention it was quiet !!lol. This saw was my first Greenworks tool, and I've since bought two more, a hedge trimmer and extended pole hedge trimmer, and will be investing more in the system in the future.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com
Customer Rating
5
Who's Got the Snoose?
on August 18, 2018
Posted by: Lone Wolf
from Port Angeles, WA
Gender:Male
Who’s Got the Snoose?
Greenworks 40-volt versus its 60-volt 16-inch chainsaw.
PORT ANGELES, WA — Who’s got the snoose, Greenworks’ 40-volt or its 60-volt 16-inch brushless chainsaw?
Snoose is the Swedish word for snuff, but Scandinavian immigrants in the Northwest-woods turned it to slang that meant vigor, power, the ability to see a job through (see sidebar).
It would seem obvious that a 60-volt saw would outperform one with two-thirds the voltage, but by what margin? Enough to set aside your 40-volt model and shell out for the new one?
And besides pure snoose, which saw is easier to use, to adjust, to maintain?
I own a 40-volt model and am happy with it. It felled a 14½-inch-diameter dead apple tree with authority, lopped its branches, and bucked its 10 feet into firewood lengths. It performed similar tasks without shirking, save for one annoying problem that I’ll describe later.
I received a 60-volt saw to test and put it through many of the same paces, although I didn’t fell a mature tree. So I devised a not-very-scientific trial to see which saw had more snoose.
I chose a hefty, seasoned Western red cedar log that was awaiting splitting for firewood, set it sideways on my chopping stump, and sicced the 40-volt saw onto it for 10 seconds. I repeated the process with the 60-volt model, taking care in both cases to let each saw’s weight alone drive the cut and to keep it level.
Here’s the result:
40volts: The saw sliced 3⅜ inches into the log by the time I’d muttered, “One thousand and ten.”
60 volts: The cut measured 3⅝ inches after 10 seconds.
The difference? A quarter inch, just more than 7 percent. The results were the same when repeated. Another sawyer with another log and another style might have different results, but I think my figures would bear up in a discussion ‘round the counter in the hardware store.
And while 7 percent may not sound dramatic, it equals a nearly three-hour slice off a 40-hour week.
You can judge for yourself if that’s enough to opt for the beefier but costlier saw, but I’d pony up the extra bucks. That’s because the 60-volt version solves several problems of its smaller sibling.
The first is the chain tensioner. The 40-volt saw has a no-tools-needed plastic knob outside the housing, and I’ve just named the source of the problem: Plastic, because inside the cover is a plastic gear that turns a metal gear on a threaded spindle that tightens or loosens the chain.
The plastic gear teeth started stripping in my saw shortly after I bought it. I contacted Greenworks, which graciously replaced it — with another plastic gear. It started stripping almost immediately.
The 60-volt saw has a no-nonsense screw in its cover (which is held on by two equally no-nonsense flanged bolts). No plastic. No stripping, at least not so far. Yes, you need a tool (Greenworks supplies one) for the screw and nuts. But as for me, I’d rather reach for the tool than for the phone to order a new part from Greenworks.
One nitpick: The screw is slotted. Hey, guys, why not a Phillips head, especially where it’s likely to be fouled with oil, dirt, and sawdust? Better still, a hex-headed Phillips.
The 60-volt battery, while larger, pops out of its spring-loaded housing much more easily than the 40-volt power pack. And it releases with a single tab, while the 40-volt saw requires one hand to depress a tab on the battery while your other hand tries to pull it loose.
A caveat: Insert the 60-volt battery with the logo right side up. It’s easy to slip it in upside down, not very easy to pull it out.
Otherwise, the saws are surprisingly equal. They weigh the same 23.4 pounds filled with oil and battery, are identically long, and have but a small difference in width. They have no appreciable difference in ease of handling.
A last nitpick: My 40-volt model has a nifty keyhole-shaped hanger in its handle so I can suspend it from a nail driven into a stud in my shed. The 60-volt model has no such device.
And don’t believe the manual when its says draining the oil and running the saw for a minute will keep it from leaking. It will leak, just not so much. Keep something absorbent beneath it.
If you’re smart, put on long pants, a long-sleeve shirt, sturdy boots, and a hard hat with face mask before using a chainsaw.
Finally, remember to TOSS before you press the switch and pull the trigger.
Spelled out: Take Off the Scabbard, Stupid.
Snoose is the Swedish word for snuff, but Scandinavian immigrants in the Northwest-woods turned it to slang that meant vigor, power, the ability to see a job through (see sidebar).
It would seem obvious that a 60-volt saw would outperform one with two-thirds the voltage, but by what margin? Enough to set aside your 40-volt model and shell out for the new one?
And besides pure snoose, which saw is easier to use, to adjust, to maintain?
I own a 40-volt model and am happy with it. It felled a 14½-inch-diameter dead apple tree with authority, lopped its branches, and bucked its 10 feet into firewood lengths. It performed similar tasks without shirking, save for one annoying problem that I’ll describe later.
I received a 60-volt saw to test and put it through many of the same paces, although I didn’t fell a mature tree. So I devised a not-very-scientific trial to see which saw had more snoose.
I chose a hefty, seasoned Western red cedar log that was awaiting splitting for firewood, set it sideways on my chopping stump, and sicced the 40-volt saw onto it for 10 seconds. I repeated the process with the 60-volt model, taking care in both cases to let each saw’s weight alone drive the cut and to keep it level.
Here’s the result:
40volts: The saw sliced 3⅜ inches into the log by the time I’d muttered, “One thousand and ten.”
60 volts: The cut measured 3⅝ inches after 10 seconds.
The difference? A quarter inch, just more than 7 percent. The results were the same when repeated. Another sawyer with another log and another style might have different results, but I think my figures would bear up in a discussion ‘round the counter in the hardware store.
And while 7 percent may not sound dramatic, it equals a nearly three-hour slice off a 40-hour week.
You can judge for yourself if that’s enough to opt for the beefier but costlier saw, but I’d pony up the extra bucks. That’s because the 60-volt version solves several problems of its smaller sibling.
The first is the chain tensioner. The 40-volt saw has a no-tools-needed plastic knob outside the housing, and I’ve just named the source of the problem: Plastic, because inside the cover is a plastic gear that turns a metal gear on a threaded spindle that tightens or loosens the chain.
The plastic gear teeth started stripping in my saw shortly after I bought it. I contacted Greenworks, which graciously replaced it — with another plastic gear. It started stripping almost immediately.
The 60-volt saw has a no-nonsense screw in its cover (which is held on by two equally no-nonsense flanged bolts). No plastic. No stripping, at least not so far. Yes, you need a tool (Greenworks supplies one) for the screw and nuts. But as for me, I’d rather reach for the tool than for the phone to order a new part from Greenworks.
One nitpick: The screw is slotted. Hey, guys, why not a Phillips head, especially where it’s likely to be fouled with oil, dirt, and sawdust? Better still, a hex-headed Phillips.
The 60-volt battery, while larger, pops out of its spring-loaded housing much more easily than the 40-volt power pack. And it releases with a single tab, while the 40-volt saw requires one hand to depress a tab on the battery while your other hand tries to pull it loose.
A caveat: Insert the 60-volt battery with the logo right side up. It’s easy to slip it in upside down, not very easy to pull it out.
Otherwise, the saws are surprisingly equal. They weigh the same 23.4 pounds filled with oil and battery, are identically long, and have but a small difference in width. They have no appreciable difference in ease of handling.
A last nitpick: My 40-volt model has a nifty keyhole-shaped hanger in its handle so I can suspend it from a nail driven into a stud in my shed. The 60-volt model has no such device.
And don’t believe the manual when its says draining the oil and running the saw for a minute will keep it from leaking. It will leak, just not so much. Keep something absorbent beneath it.
If you’re smart, put on long pants, a long-sleeve shirt, sturdy boots, and a hard hat with face mask before using a chainsaw.
Finally, remember to TOSS before you press the switch and pull the trigger.
Spelled out: Take Off the Scabbard, Stupid.
They meant what they said, by golly
Scandinavian immigrant loggers and farmers loved their snuff, which they called snoose. When they approached a challenging job, they made sure they stuffed their lip with enough of the stuff to see the task through.
Soon, snoose took on an expanded definition: enough strength or persistence to finish the task. And it applied not only to humans but to their tools; as in:
“Hey, Sven, does your truck have the snoose to haul this log?” or “This saw doesn’t have the snoose to fell that tree.”
Like many colorful immigrant expressions, you don’t hear snoose much these days, not even in the Northwest woods. It’s gone the way of that signature phrase that signaled someone’s assent to a question.
The immigrants’ “yes” was the Scandinavian ja. As they assimilated, they adopted “sure.” And when they learned more English, they added, “You bet.”
They didn’t replace one expression with another, but strung them together in the fine American tradition that if one word was good, four must be better. The result in the lilting Scandinavian accent, phonetically spelled:
Yashooryoobetcha!
It left not a scintilla of doubt.
Soon, snoose took on an expanded definition: enough strength or persistence to finish the task. And it applied not only to humans but to their tools; as in:
“Hey, Sven, does your truck have the snoose to haul this log?” or “This saw doesn’t have the snoose to fell that tree.”
Like many colorful immigrant expressions, you don’t hear snoose much these days, not even in the Northwest woods. It’s gone the way of that signature phrase that signaled someone’s assent to a question.
The immigrants’ “yes” was the Scandinavian ja. As they assimilated, they adopted “sure.” And when they learned more English, they added, “You bet.”
They didn’t replace one expression with another, but strung them together in the fine American tradition that if one word was good, four must be better. The result in the lilting Scandinavian accent, phonetically spelled:
Yashooryoobetcha!
It left not a scintilla of doubt.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com