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Not being a chain saw aficionado, I will probably offend those of you who use a chain saw daily.    I use a chain saw infrequently.   Normally no more often than twice a year unless we have had stormy weather and if it is really stormy and I lose six trees simultaneously (3 years ago) then I call my tree guy.    I do not use a chain saw on a ladder. If I can’t have two feet on the ground I don’t use it.   Now that I have established my credentials, I like this little saw.    It is very well made.   It is replacing an equally small electric chain saw.    I don’t intend to fell forests with it, but when the occasional tree does come down, this appears that it will be able to handle it.   With that said, I am not planning on cutting down one of my trees to merely test it.    It came with very good instructions, a charger and a battery.    I called the 800 number to verif...

This saw actually seems to exceed the normal B&D build quality.   I found the saw well constructed and thoughtfully designed.   If you are planning on trimming off small branches it does a nice job on up to 2" diameter branches.   If you plan on cutting anything larger you want to have a large number of charged batteries handy. My 12" Remington electric chain saw, model LNT-2, died in the middle of a bush stump of roughly 7-8" in diameter.   My initial annoyance abated when it occurred to me that I have had the little beast for possibly 20 years so it provided service well beyond what one could expect for such an inexpensive tool.   The overheated burning smell was some catastrophic failure.  (Yes I did have plenty of oil in it.) Ironically I now have 4-12" chains, two of which are freshly sharpened and no chain saw on which to install them.  I borrowed the B&D saw from my son.   It worked fin...