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    Default Electric Chainsaw

    G'day all, I'm new

    I'm looking for a cheap electric chainsaw that will be good for light pruining work around the garden, I've been thinking about the $99 ozito ones from Bunnings but cannot make a decision, anyone point me in the right direction for a good but cheap one, i'm not interested in buying a $400 one.

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    I have owned a $99 GMC electric chainsaw for quite a few years, great little saw, easy to use and it is my "go to" saw for smaller stuff, eg smaller firewood docking.

    Also excellent for cutting bowl blanks in the shed, where you don't want the exhaust fumes from a 2 stroke saw.

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    I've owned half a dozen petrol saws, Sthil and Husky, and always scorned electric after a brief cut with a Makita years ago. Sick of dragging out the 076 for minor block cutting and pruning, I just bought a 1800w Xceed for $100 (Home Hardware ?) it's a ripper !
    Small jobs, keep it sharp and oiled, should last for ages. But don't expect to cut a few tons of firewood to often. Phil.

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    I found a Ryobi one at bunnings, 2000w/400mm for $130 reduced from $149.

    and an Ozito electric one for $99

    not sure on which one to purchase.

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    There are at least a couple of threads on electric chainsaws on this forum, do a search and do some reading.

    You'll get varying opinions o course, but it may help your decision making process.

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    Cheers bigshed, I've been around with the old man today, the handle on the Ozito chainsaw are quite awkard and wouldn't be great to hold whilst using. the Ryobi one has a great handle and i really believe I'm onto a bargain.

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    Electric chainsaw? How can you pay back the neighbors for running their leaf blower with one of those?

    Here's a couple of interesting vintage ones for you lads with the $99 units to have a look at.

    Attachment 167941
    The yellow jobbie on the floor is a 400V unit designed to be run off a Caterpillar earth mover. Could be interesting to hold when it shorts to the casing.
    The holes in the bar are to lighten the weight - Ha Ha
    Last edited by BobL; 9th July 2022 at 09:55 AM.

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    I'm usually the one with the leaf blower out, I'm only a young fella but I love my gardening.

    Wow.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoover View Post
    I'm usually the one with the leaf blower out, I'm only a young fella but I love my gardening.

    Wow.....
    I used to start my Mac 10-10 when my neighbor would go for over an hour on the leaf blower. We're in an area where the blocks are only 1/8 acre and the houses cover 2/3 of the block so what's left to blow. The Mac was only 50 cc but it had a bark like a mad dog. Pity I blew it up - managed to score parts for it last year while I was in Canada. Ever seen the look on a custom officer's face when you pull half a chain saw out of your luggage!

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    For light pruning use secateurs or a pole saw/lopper. For heavy pruning use a bow saw.

    Just my 2c worth.

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    Thanks Fuzzie, I've got both but I need something with a little more kick, and Bob... I would've like to have seen his face.

    I'm gonna have a think about this chainsaw, over the week.

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    Hey Hoover, for my one & a half cents worth, (probably not worth two cents), the couple of Ozito power tools I have had in the past, were not worth it. Both stuffed up in no time, with only light use, and I wouldn't waste my time with them again. I have had good luck with corded GMC,(NOT cordless), though not chainsaws. My electric chainsaw is a B&D. I was working in a hardware store back in the mid 80's, when an elderly lady brought it into the shop saying it was no good, and would we throw it into our rubbish bin. After she left I tried it out, and found it worked perfectly all right. And it is still running fine 26 years later. Cost $0. Not a sausage..

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    My friends, thats worth a full 5 cents and a great story.... I wouldn't mind picking up a cheap GMC chainsaw but in my area of Tasmania there is hardly any ever for sale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by devils wood View Post
    Hey Hoover, for my one & a half cents worth, (probably not worth two cents), the couple of Ozito power tools I have had in the past, were not worth it. Both stuffed up in no time, with only light use, and I wouldn't waste my time with them again.
    I'm not a fan of cheap tools but I have a few Ozito's purchased in finanically challenging times or when I thought they were going to be low use items.

    I have to say I am surprised by the angle grinder (9 years of hard use and still going strong), the $69 Jack hammer (5 years of occasional use and looks and works like new), orbital sander (9 years moderate use - makes my hands and arms numb but it still works). The biscuit cutter that lost its adjustment screws a few months out of warranty and get's some very occasional use and is probably the dud of the pack.

    Ozito are a bit like panasonic stuff from the 1960's - if they can hang in there for long enough and get some quality control happening they might grow up to be a half reasonable tool.

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    I'm not sure what to make of Ozito, to be honest.

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