Battery Tophandle Chainsaw - any good?

[oakeydokie]

Looking at battery Tophandle chainsaw, pole pruner, hedge cutter (24") and blower.

 

Stihl would currently be my favoured make.

 

Presumably the batteries are interchangeable with fast chargers.

 

Anyone used any of the above? If so, good or bad points?

 

Clearly battery life is an issue but with back up batteries on charge is it a real problem?

[IVECOKID]

I am using the top handle Stihl msa160 and hedge cutter using the AP80 battery and the standard charger ,to me they have been a million dollars ! .

 

I have put a pic on the eucalyptus that I took down with the saw ,I was amazed at the performance but whether the plastics live up to daily abuse is questionable? .

 

Ste

[DanClimbsTrees]

I used to use a battery hedge trimmer on a small weekend gardening job. The grunt was poor but for the thinner stuff it wasn't too bad. Also the weight is great.

[oakeydokie]

I guess not many people using battery saws and cutters. My gut feeling is to go with stihl machines will see how we get on.

[Stephen Blair]

There is a Pillenic set up for sale on ar trader, that's what I have.

Excellent

[oakeydokie]

I'll take a look see cheers

[Garyjp]

just ask your dealer for a loan for a few days of the models you want to test. only you can decide if its right for you and your operations.

[oakeydokie]

I'll Speak to FR Jones they've been really helpful in the past.

[derbyshiretreeservices]

we have been using the husky 35 volt top handle saw for time now and we have had no problem with it, we have got two/three batteries one charge useualy lasts around two hours (depending on what tree it is and how thick the limbs are)

[oakeydokie]

Wow I thought batteries only last around 20 mins doing crown reduction work.