Best GiantZ Battery Chainsaws

Somewhat Under-Powered Pole Chainsaw – FIRST UNIT POLE CHAINSAW I recently bought a neat little 6" cordless chainsaw, which worked great. It cut through any wood without difficulty. I then… Read more

bought the Giantz cordless 8" pole chainsaw to prune branches off higher trees, expecting that its chainsaw performance would be akin to that of the smaller unit. I was sadly mistaken.

The Giantz unit was woefully under-powered. The chainsaw chain would get stuck trying to cut even a 1.5cm branch. I'd have to to pull it out, then try cut again where it would get stuck again.....and again .....and again, till it finally cut through. I had the same experience with bigger 3 to 4cm branches.

Basically, had I used a manual pole saw, it would have taken me about the same amount of time to cut through the branches (though with more effort). I've been a big fan of Giantz, never having had a problem with their chainsaws, petrol pole loppers and electric chainsaw sharpener, so I was extremely surprised with the performance of this unit.

SECOND UNIT POLE CHAINSAW. I complained to the seller about the first unit, who sent me a second unit. This one worked better, with the chainsaw chain only getting stuck occasionally before cutting through - I could live with that. I think the problem is that the 3/8th LP .050" gauge 33 DL chain creates too much friction, whereas the little 6"mini - chainsaws use the smaller teeth pf the 1/4" Pitch .043"(1.1mm) Gauge 37 DL chain.

HEDGE TRIMMER. I was quite impressed with the hedge trimmer of the first unit. It's not as good as my Ryobi petrol hedge trimmer, nor as good as my Giantz petrol pole hedge trimmer, but it still did the job, albeit more slowly than the petrol models (as expected). In fact it did the job better than a petrol Chinese hedge trimmer I had, that was pretty hopeless on all but the tiniest of twigs (I left it out for hard waste collection).

To summarize, I'd give the pole chainsaw of the first unit two stars. I'd give the pole chainsaw of the second unit three stars. I'd give the pole hedge trimmer four stars. Which is why I've rated this unit as three stars. Regards.

P.S. In case any reader is wondering why I went for this battery powered when I already have the petrol powered equivalent, it's because I'm recovering from a back operation and needed something lighter for now.