Makita DUC254Z

Great little saw – Awesome little saw i use it all the time nice and light and powerful enough to do the job. Love the fact that it can do what my petrol 12” saw can do

Incorrect label labeling of replacment chain DUC254 – I bought duc 254 2months ago loved it untill I had to replace chain, the chain inthe box does not match duc254 despite saying so on the box this is not one off, tried ordering direct from makita, with the result, the replacement chains are inccorectly boxed And do not mach the duc254, makita were poor at helping sort out the problem!! I would, not recomend this chainsaw, untill this issue is sorted out!!

Very powerful cordless chainsaw – I was dubious of a cordless chainsaw but the salesman convinced me to try it out. I had a ton of branches to prune that were pushing my fence over and this thing did it all in no time and the battery kept going to the end. Very impressed.

Disappointed – Brand new and leaked oil from the oil cap, returned for a repair and was told it was no longer leaking, put it in the car and it leaked on the floor. Was tolď basicly I had done things wrong, have had many petrol powered saw and none have had this problem. Nice saw but Makita need to be honest

Best top handle pruning chainsaw – Just spent the day with the Makita DUC254z cordless top handle chainsaw .The need for this unit was the 40 meters of Cypress hedges are too tall at 4.1 m . I have no problems with the mild trimming of the faces of the hedges it's the tops , they are getting too tall as well as the trunks are getting taller than the edges .I was dreading this task as the tops are the hardest bit and many tree guys want so much money to prune them back the cordless chainsaw was the best option .I have plenty of other tools but this seemed to be the best choice ,after 2 hours I was convinced, I had done twice the work of what I did with a pole hedger as well as a petrol chainsaw and a recipro cordless saw , and all of the climbing involved .I would suggest that while it's not bad on battery power, I used my 3x 3ah batteries that lasted about 15 minutes each , which means you are waiting for the rapid charger a lot of the time eventually .The chain grabs on branches occasionally and the adjustment is needed as the chain stretches - that's normal for most chainsaws but the big advantage is you can use it with one hand as well as instant start when you need it .It won't replace my Stihl MS180 or my Shaindaiwa pole pole pruner/hedger but it is my next best friend for hedge pruning .