My dad and I were talking the other day about chainsaws. Dad said he wanted to go to a battery powered chainsaw. So me being the good son I am
I told him not to buy one and that my brothers and sister would go together and get him one. I was thinking $400 should do the trick... but HELL NO.
I started my journey into these saws looking at every video I could find. I feel compelled to stick with Husqvarna since he already has the battery powered trimmer and the batteries all work in the tools. I did look at other models that cost less but prices were $340 to $380. So I started with the 120i... tinker toy. 535i xp... still a toy.. Stumbled on the 540i xp... now that's what I'm talking about.. Problem? The damn thing costs $589 WITHOUT the battery. A 9 amp hour battery costs another $280. I'm thinking for $869 I'll go over with my husky gas powered saw and just cut down the trees he wants removed. But he wants a saw so.. here I am. Man I didn't think these things would be that nuts in price. But if he wants something capable of cutting 8-10" stuff fairly quickly the choices seem to be Echo, Dewalt (who would'a guessed?) and the new 540i xp which from all the videos I've watched is just a beast.
When I get the thing, I'll try to post a link to a video of the saw in action in case there are those here crazy enough to buy a saw at this price. The rest I mention, you'll find videos on youtube.