“My First Saw” at least that is what we have calling it, that and “Fischer Price Saw”. Or joking about needing to warm it up in the morning, or not being able to pick up Hardwick chicks not smelling of two-stroke exhaust. But the Stihl MSA 160 with a 10” bar has been doing everything we need it to and more.

You will notice that there obviously is less power than your gas saw, but plenty to get the job done. I have only bogged it down a few times. Most importantly it is quiet, it may sound like the toy saws logger’s kids had in the 90’s, but the noise is not going to piss off the neighbors. Being able to pick it up, depress the trigger and cut away without restarting the saw or have it constantly running has been really nice. No accidents with this ease of use yet, but I have been using the kick back break a lot more than I would with my gas saw. Battery life has been impressively good. We are doing occasional shortening jobs, cutting down too big or damaged Christmas Trees looping off branches, etc. We recharge a battery about every 3-4 days.
So the battery powered saws really have earned a place in the line up. For a home owner doing little trimming probably , cleaning up a downed trees, these are great. Also great for limbing trees. I would expect to see a one handed climbing version of this soon. I may make a lot of use of this Fischer Price toy, but it will not replace my 50cc
- I am here for the stoke
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