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Greenworks - PRO 18 in. 60-Volt Battery Cordless Chainsaw with 4.0 Ah Battery and 6.0 Amp Charger - Green
Average customer rating
4.6
(1,177 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 1,177 reviews
5 Stars
882
4 Stars
191
3 Stars
33
2 Stars
29
1 Star
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Customer Reviews for Greenworks - PRO 18 in. 60-Volt Battery Cordless Chainsaw with 4.0 Ah Battery and 6.0 Amp Charger - Green
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
Customer Rating
5
Awesome tool
on August 17, 2018
Posted by: Couch6
from Ky
Gender:Male
When I got this, really wasnt expecting to be impressed as it is battery powered but boy was I wrong! For home owner use, highly recommend this tool! Keep it sharp and it will take care of your cutting needs!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com
Customer Rating
4
Not bad.
on August 16, 2018
Posted by: Joe59
from Colorado.
Gender:Male
I bought this 6 months ago and love it. I like that when I need it, check the oil, put in the battery, and I'm ready to go. It's good for cutting/trimming medium size trees. The battery tends to overheat with cutting larger stock.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com
Customer Rating
5
CALL ME A GREENIE!
on August 14, 2018
Posted by: DrCrazy
from Kooskia, Idaho
Gender:Male
I received the GreenWorks 80v for my birthday a couple weeks ago, and boy, what a gift! I'm no "tree-hugger", but inhaling the exhaust fumes from 2-stroke power tools just about makes me sick for the rest of the day - dizzy & weak! Not to mention, your clothes smell so bad after running one that you have to change them too. So, I've always been interested in the concept of an electric chainsaw, but was too skeptical of the power to buy one for myself. Now, I'm kicking myself for not having one sooner! My new GreenWorks turns a dreaded job into a pleasant one. Press a button and pull the trigger. No more "won't start" or "dies idling" frustration! Oh, and it makes less noise as the kitchen blender making a milkshake; so you don't wake up the countryside when you want to cut wood at 6:00 A.M.. It can really cut some wood too. I can get my tractor cart to overflowing just with the standard 2 AMP battery. I immediately put my battery back on charge at the "beep alarm", and by the time I stack my cart-load of wood, get a glass of iced tea and go back out; it's ready to go again. I'm so impressed, I think I'm going to buy the 80v Pole Saw so I can not only trim some limbs, but have a back-up battery for going deep into the woods.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com
Customer Rating
5
fantastic tool to have
on August 10, 2018
Posted by: lake1963
from Sandy Hook, KY
Gender:Female
This 16 in cordless chainsaw is a WORTHY investment for anyone who would rather do a job themselves. Whether you're clearing some thick brush or getting firewood ready for the winter, you won't be disappointed.
I love the battery life this beauty has. No gas fumes to deal with or a cord that only takes you so far.
I love the battery life this beauty has. No gas fumes to deal with or a cord that only takes you so far.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting greenworkstools.com