I thought I would compare my brand new Kobalt 40 V electric chainsaw to my 42 CC Poulan Pro gas powered chainsaw. I was very surprised with the outcome. Check it out. Please like and subscribe.
Most Kobalt electic tools are good. Both the tool and battery are pretty well built. The only issue I hear about kobalt electric tools are the 40v batteries. Apparently the 40v batteries are prone to failure after some use, and manufacturing issues. Overall I consider Kobalt sub-cantractor quality, or the best "budget friendly" over other electric brands. The built quality to cost ratio, same battery for multiple tools, and their WARRANTY are why I think kobalt electric tools are so good!
I recently bought one of these, and I agree with you. It's a great chainsaw, at a very reasonable price. I've used it a little each day for a week now, and have only used half of one battery charge. No problems.
This was exactly the video I needed to see before buying one! I knew it would be more convenient to go electric but didn't know if I'd be sacrificing too much power. Thanks for the vid!
I wish I had known they didn't include a small bottle of bar and chain oil in with the saw; I thought I had some at home, I did not, and couldn't use it when I first got home! Now I have to run back out JUST to get some oil for it :-(
I have this saw the lawn mower the attachment compatible weed eater the backpack blower and the handheld blower the best part about these cordless tools is they will all run about 30 minutes on a charge so if you have at least 4 batteries and 3 chargers you can use them continuously. I have 6 batteries and 5 chargers, runtime isn't an issue and no trips to the gas station when you forget to fill your can.
Im good with my kobalt an the reason why is cause Poulans are so weird to try to turn on I aint got time to be flipping switches and puling knobs Im trying to cut!
A few things to understand about the Kobalt saw is that the chain only turns at 1 speed, and it's a lot slower than a gas saw. It can be hart to start a cut cleanly. The bar oiler is also wonky, it's just a gravity-fed sponge system. And, it doesn't have a chain brake. It has plenty of cutting power, though.
I have not ever used any of the 80 V versions of their tools. I would say that if you have larger projects or needed more power I would go with it, but the 40 V really have been perfect for me.
Oh you did explain how great it was but you didn't go into anything else on how to adjust the chain how much oil it holds it's a model that you bought that doesn't have a break because that's the same one that I have I bought mine over a year ago and I've only used it twice there is a model above this one that has a break I spent over an hour trying to find out if there was something wrong with my model because it didn't have the break in the front bar and it won't move in positioned if you have a problem where it kicks back it shuts off the chainsaw they also make an 80 volt one which I would never need I keep my bushes and my trees trimmed because rats could climb up on a tree or bush that's close to the roof and then get onto the roof and from there they get into the Attic my house was owned by a veteran like myself he was a marine and he died and then the house became a short sale nobody lived in it for 9 months in the South like the north you have to be careful about rats I never had a problem like that before
