Cordless chainsaws
What is a cordless chainsaw?
A cordless chainsaw is a wood-cutting tool with a bar, chain, and battery-powered motor. A cordless chainsaw starts with a button, requires no fuel, and doesn't drag a cable through the garden. Once a charged battery is installed, the saw is ready to work.
What is a cordless chainsaw used for?
A cordless chainsaw is used to cut dry branches, saw boards, timber, and firewood, and clear small fallen trees. A 25–30 cm bar is suitable for pruning apple and plum trees, repairing fences, and sawing medium-diameter logs. For shoots up to 10–12 cm, cordless mini-saws are more convenient: they are lighter and fit better between branches.
Cordless chainsaw features
When choosing, compare:
- bar length — 20–30 cm for the garden, 35–40 cm for thicker wood;
- battery voltage — 18–20 V for short jobs, 36–40 V for heavier loads;
- battery capacity — 4–5 Ah for longer sawing;
- chain speed — 8–15 m/s for branches, boards, and firewood;
- automatic lubrication — supplies oil to the bar;
- tool-less tensioning — allows tightening the chain without a screwdriver;
- chain brake — stops it when the saw kicks back sharply.
How cordless chainsaws work
The motor rotates the drive sprocket, which moves the chain along the bar. The cutting teeth enter the wood and remove sawdust from the cut. A cordless chainsaw should pass through the material without excessive pressure. Excessive force drains the battery faster, heats the motor, and pinches the bar. For dismantling boards with nails, cordless reciprocating saws are better suited.
Advantages of using cordless chainsaws
A cordless chainsaw does not require warming up, produces no exhaust, and stops when the trigger is released. When pruning the garden, this is convenient: you can move from tree to tree between cuts without the engine idling. There is less noise, and maintenance is limited to cleaning the bar, tensioning the chain, and topping up the oil. Cordless band saws work with pipes and profiles; the chainsaw model is designed for wood.
Recommendations for choosing a cordless chainsaw
For pruning trees and boards, a 25–30 cm bar and a 4 Ah battery are sufficient. For regular firewood harvesting, a longer bar, higher chain speed, and a spare battery are needed. Before buying a cordless chainsaw, check the chain pitch, weight with battery, oil tank capacity, and completeness. A bare tool (body without battery) is only suitable for owners of a compatible battery system.
Where to buy a cordless chainsaw?
Buying a cordless chainsaw for pruning apple trees and for harvesting firewood are two different choices. For the garden, a short bar and light weight are needed; for logs, power reserve, a capacious battery, and convenient chain tensioning are required.
A spare chain, oil, and a compatible battery will be needed not sometime later, but during regular saw maintenance. This is the practical benefit of the Flash Army assortment: along with the tool body, power supply and consumables of the required type are considered, so that work does not stop after the chain dulls or the battery discharges.