Chain Saws > 40 Chain Saws

Advantages: Safety features & detailed instructions.
Disadvantages: Electric, therefore needs extension leads or nearby power supply

...my garden fence. I chose Bosch because I have other products mady by this company and they have appeared well designed and reliable. The 1800 watt motor was more powerful then I had expected and the instructions were extremely good covering the safe use of the chainsaw. I am pleased I bought this model with 40cm blade and not the shorter version at 35 cm. The chainsaw has 2 excellent safety devices, the first requires two buttons to be operated to ...
...is an anti kick back device which applies a brake to the chain if the chainsaw is thrown upwards in the process of cutting a tree or branch. I also like the fact that you do not need spanners or tools to tighten the chain, it has a built in tensioning device which is easy to use. It is also relatively quiet compared to some chainsaws I have heard. I have cut my fallen tree into manageable pieces and I am looking forward to trimming some overhanging ... Read review

Advantages: cuts like a hot knife through butter, safe and easy operation, chain automatically oiled, quiet, light
Disadvantages: price

Living out in the sticks has many advantages, but when the trees that run alongside my house decided to have a growth spurt over the summer down mainly to the rain I came to the conclusion that a severe storm would infact leave me at risk of waking in the night to find a branch imbedded into my forehead. After overturning the preservation orders on the trees with the local council and enquiring as to the astronomical prices being charged by tree ...
...at trimming the branches back so far that the trees would think they were regressing back to acorns. Both fancying the prospect of using a saw 15 foot up a ladder and due to the size of the branches a chainsaw was the only option available and something of a boyhood fantasy come true and so the quest through a veritable minefield of chainsaws began in earnest. Taking a look around my local DIY stores it became blindly obvious that I was an amateur ... Read review

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: no customer service at all if things go wrong

I'd never buy another Stihl anything again after the way I've been treated. Very Briefly. Bought a chainsaw in 2005. Used it sparingly for domestic use cutting a few branches for my log fires. It broke. Wouldn't oil the chain. Was told by service agents that a bearing had broken and this had hit the casing, cracking it, causing oil to flow out and not into lubricating the chain. Cost as much to replace casing as buy new one. I phoned Stihl, they ...
...bearing and clutch parts. Stihl eventually picked up saw for checking. 3 months later and they still haven't told me what's wrong with it. I even had an email 11 days ago saying that it had come back from the workshop and I'd have another email in the next day or two......... I've sent emails requiesting an update they just get ignored. I've been without my saw for over 6 months now. I emailed the MD, he deleted my mail without even opening it. Stihl ... Read review

Advantages: power
Disadvantages: on off switch placement

jonsered 2165 turbo is a very good chainsaw. I use a 16 inch bar and chain to get the most out of my power to cut my firewood. My father has owned a jonsered my entire life. We burned about 15 cord of firewood a year to heat our house. I am 30. His last jonsered lasted 25 years. My fathet has also ran a 24 inch bar and chain to fell bigger timber. It works for this saws but of course takes alot of power. The saw starts in 2-3 pulls cold and 1 pull ... Read review