Cheap (temporary) battery chainsaw?

[sandspider]

Hi all

 

I've got tendonitis in my wrist, so am toying with the idea of a cheap battery chainsaw (less vibration) until my wrist gets better and I can use my petrol saws again. (Home use only, a few hours a year, not at all professional) Would a budget of £100 ish get anything worthwhile? I'm guessing probably not... I do have an Aldi workzone drill driver and that works well, but I can't seem to find a chainsaw that takes the same battery.

 

Any suggestions, or am I wasting my time at this sort of budget?

 

Cheers.

[headgroundsman]

If you have power near by a cheap corded saw might fit the bill. I use a titan from screwfix and it does all my wood and a few cube to sell

 

[headgroundsman]

1 minute ago, headgroundsman said:

If you have power near by a cheap corded saw might fit the bill. I use a titan from screwfix and it does all my wood and a few cube to sell

 

Titan TTL758CHN 2000W 230V Electric 40cm Chainsaw | Chainsaws | Screwfix.com

[sandspider]

Thanks. I do have a titan, and I rate it. But I do need (want!) a cordless one when I'm away from the garage...

[swinny]

I have the ferrex Aldi battery chainsaw just as a tester to see what I thought and if it would get used. 

 

Quite impressed and very handy. Think it was around your budget. Have a look at them

[sandspider]

Thanks. Doesn't seem to take the same battery as my drill, but worth a look anyway and would probably be enough for my needs. Hopefully they'll be back on sale soon. 

[swinny]

7 minutes ago, sandspider said:

Thanks. Doesn't seem to take the same battery as my drill, but worth a look anyway and would probably be enough for my needs. Hopefully they'll be back on sale soon. 

Battery are 30 maybe and chargers 15....

 

Think it was 95 Inc battery and charger

[Paddy1000111]

Have a close look at vibration specs before you buy anything. That titan one was 6.3m/s an ms261 is 3.5 m/s so you're going to have it much worse with the electric one.

 

Cheap electric chainsaws never have any anti-vibration kit built into them and they are completely solid chassis. Obviously the numbers on paper are subjective but give you at least a basic idea! 

[AHPP]

As well as vibration, consider the ergonomics. The Stihl corded saw handle is fat and tiring to hang on to. The Dewalt battery saw dead man switch is very stiff and needs finger/thumb strength.

[sandspider]

42 minutes ago, swinny said:

Battery are 30 maybe and chargers 15....

 

Think it was 95 Inc battery and charger

That does sound about right for an experiment. Will see if I can find out when they're back on sale.