![]() ![]() Now I'm not claiming this saw cuts with the power of its gas engine counterpart-you don't hook its timber spike into the log and pivot through. And that's when I realized I wasn't even using the best battery: I had installed the AP 80, a 2.2-amp hour 2.6-lb lithium-ion battery, and I should have used the AP 160, a 3.8-pound 4.5-amp-hour battery, which would have given the saw even more staying power. ![]() I made 90 in all before it ran out of charge. After I polished off the 22-foot-long spring pole, the Stihl still had plenty of power to make other cuts. It was light, sharp and a pleasure to use. I'm glad to report the little saw was up to the challenge. ![]() You don't want to have to think, wait a minute, maybe I better get my real saw, when a tough project comes along. Then again, a lot of the work you do with a chain saw is inherently difficult and dangerous, and I wasn't about to give the Stihl a free pass just because it's cordless. These bent trees (called "spring poles") are extremely dangerous because they can violently snap back when being cut. My test project was cutting up a 5-inch-diameter maple that had been bent like a piece of rubber by a rotted tree that fell on it. I simply grabbed the saw, walked into the woods and turned it on. There was no revving the saw to get it warmed up. There was no fuel to mix or add, no choke fiddling, no pull-and-start sequence. Starting up the chain saw was an odd sensation, since it dispensed with the ritual that I've become so familiar with over the last 30 years or so. ![]()
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