Don't need hearing protection and only have to carry bar oil and batteries. Or loud gas chainsaws that require fuel mixing as well as bar oil. A lot of people say well how many cups can you get out of one battery and to that I say well how many cuts do you get out of one tank these things suck down fuel pretty fast. Yes a gallon of gas goes a lot farther than probably all of your Milwaukee batteries combined. There's a place in time for each tool. However those places and times are more often becoming electric and y'all just have to accept that.
With a top handle saw, youre probably not making cuts like that too often. Usually quicker cuts on smaller limbs. Also, different size batteries provide different amount of battery life. A 12 amp/hr battery will go a real long time.
Impressive but if I’m buying anything such as a chainsaw I’m buying the STIHL with a motor. The battery won’t last near as long as the motor. Electrical tools have their place but I don’t believe that longevity is one of them in the conversation of chainsaws
ported pro stihl....gets beat by a "quiet consumer" impressive. soon to be a bargain on facebook marketplace. no worries on airfilter sealing-2 stroke oil debate and loud. i still like my gas saws, but those battery tools are winning. I got milwaukee impacts and they are AWESOME
I’m interested to know what the state of each chains sharpness was for this test… but I’m certainly intrigued by having an electric in-tree saw… seems like it would be much lighter and safer in many ways
Run the stihl in this exercise until it runs out of fuel. Then do the m18. Cut time isn't nearly as important as run time. I want the m18 for yard use and off-roading but not if I get 10 cuts and it's dead. We spent hours last weekend clearing windfall. Lots of wet poplar and birch, some Jack pine. I have 3 stihl's and 2 are nice and small. Is fuel/oil/noise worth a new m18?
M18 For home owners/hobbyist ( if you want) and always gas for anything continuously serious. That will never change. The only other possibility is if you have at least 10 - 8.0+ batteries or larger with 2 rapid chargers (Even though all their 12.0 HDS are shit, due to Shorting out.) But even then it's not a contender in my eye, and would still choose the gas powered for any serous business-- Which is of course the correct conclusion.
Gas tech had hundreds of years of incremental improvements, now batters are starting to get those incremental improvements so it's not impossible that in the future battery gets better than gas, but for now it's not
We all know electric motors have more torque, but I’m sure not going to rely on a battery when I go out cutting in the woods and I can’t have a back up battery charging at all times.
The one thing people haven't pointed out is that Milwaukee has way more torque than your average two-stroke. That's the whole point of electric motors there literally just torque. I'm not trying to shit on my good ol Stihl.
@@ryannogle7241 with modern day lithium it'll basically keep the same torque up until the point it dies. It's not like a AA battery. Where is slowly fades, they stay the same and then fall off and die. Just like a tank of gas basically
Does it last as long as a tank of gasoline and can you charge it as fast as pouring some gas in a tank? I guess you would have to buy multiple batteries…
@@ryannogle7241 I don't know if it last as long as the tank of gas but they do make batteries that are very large and that's where it does get expensive buying more batteries. Every tool has a pro and con. Just comes down to what you're willing to deal with I own three gas saws. I just love the sound of them what I would consider buying an electric one.
What I want to know is; can you keep working all day with electric? Fast charge, two battery swap? Or a bunch of pre charged batteries? Cost? obviously not gonna wait for answers, but I'm gonna look it up. I'm so done with gas.
I love Milwaukee however I do trees for a living so even carrying spare batteries I doubt they’ll last as long with the amount of cuts and time running it has its benefits but I’ll stick with a 2stroke for commercial use but for home use that Milwaukee is a badass saw
Yea sure, great until the battery goes bad. How much are they to replace? $150-$200. My Snap on 3/4 impact battery is $200.00. My Makita drill is $100 + each. How long can you cut until you have to recharge? For $200.00 a person can get an MS170, and an MS 180 for $250. I have to cut around 3 to 5 cord of wood to keep my house warm in the winter. I have 15 acres of mountain land to cut, and they want us to use a battery weed eater? I live in a “High Fire” area in California, and these people want me to convert to a battery powered trimmer? The funniest thing is all the idiots stranded in the cold because their battery operated cars won’t work. Yea I’ll stick with my GAS OPERATED SAWS, TRIMMERS, AND MY DIESEL TRUCK, AND TRACTOR. And to top it off how environmentally friendly are those old batteries? THEY ARE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. KEEP TRYING TO SELL THAT GLOBALIST PIPE DREAM. HOW MUCH DID THOSE GUYS IN DAVOS PAY YOU TO SPREAD THEIR PROPAGANDA? AND WE WONT GET INTO THE CHILD LABOR IN POOR COUNTRIES DIGGING UP THE MINERALS TO PRODUCE THESE BATTERIES.
You can run whatever saw you like, I don't care. However battery-powered saw for tree climbers is very useful. Low noise, don't have to start the saw or turn it off. Depending on the size of the tree, you can do a lot of cutting. Also, nobody is paying me to runthese saws, I've bought them with my own hard earned money. Now that I've said that, I want you to get rid of your cellphone, your 2 diesel truck batteries, and whatever else you have that runs on wireless electricity. Once you do that, then you can bark about how batteries are ruining the world, but until then Mr Hypocrite, stfu.
@@mitchzenobitreesyup 😂😂😂😂😂 they complain about batteries yet they use them all the time, would love to see them hand crank a starter like back in the day
My M18 saw starts on the first pull every time, all the time. Many folks do not maintain a gas saw well enough for it to start in under 5 pulls. Also I can hand this song to a novice, teach them how to not cut their leg off and they're good to go.
True statement. my neighbor pulled out his ol Husqvarna for a trim after a storm no electricity. He ended up having to pull the carb and completely cleaning it, the job was ultimately finished that day well before that with the m18. Afterwards i charged battery with solar generator.
