Greenworks 80V 18″ Brushless Cordless Chainsaw (Great For Tree Felling, Limbing, Pruning, and Firewood) / 75+ Compatible Tools), 2.0Ah Battery and Rapid Charger Included – For Sale – Price

6 reviews for Greenworks 80V 18″ Brushless Cordless Chainsaw (Great For Tree Felling, Limbing, Pruning, and Firewood) / 75+ Compatible Tools), 2.0Ah Battery and Rapid Charger Included – For Sale – Price

1. 

   mlitty – 19 February 2025

   Amazing
   I can’t say enough about this. It’s an amazing saw. I’d give it 6 stars if I could. I’ve had Husqvarna, Craftsman and several other gas saws. This is soooooo much better. I never have to deal with stalls, gas/oil mixtures, it shuts off between cuts, it’s quieter.
   I absolutely love it.
   I bought extra batteries for longer run times. They charge in about 20 minutes so I can swap around easily if there’s power nearby. I’ve downed and cut up 16″ diameter trees, cuts through limbs like butter.
   Most of the time I run a 14″ bar and chain. That’s long enough for most of what I do, lighter and easier to wield.
   I don’t know if I’d want to deal with recharging if I was an arborist for a living, away from a power source, but for general home use, this thing is nothing short of life-changing. I used to dread having to get my saw out, wrestle with starting, fueling, maintaining and stabilizing the right mix, etc. I leave this on the back porch and grab it whenever I go out for firewood.
   Because I don’t have to use gas/oil, I can throw it in the cab of the truck any time and not worry about fumes or spillage.
   Starts and runs every time. It’s taken chain saw use from frustrating to fun.
   My one hesitation is that I haven’t used it in the summer yet. I have a little 20v Black and Decker that heats ups and shuts down quickly in anything but the coldest weather. This 80V Greenworks has never shut down on me and I’ve seen reviews that says it doesn’t have overheating issues but I’ll test that for myself over the hot southern NC summer.
   I also bought the Leaf Blower (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CLSDL517) so now I have two chargers. The leaf blower is also great. I’m recommending both to family and friends.

2. 

   Glenn – 19 February 2025

   No gas…but that’s ok for non-commercial use.
   This is a nice chain saw for home use. Battery charges pretty fast (within an hour to 90 minutes roughly). Cutting around 4″ softwood (pine), the battery lasted about two hours (of intermittent cutting..i.e. the saw was not running continuously). Chain tensioning is easy to do. It is great that soon as you stop a cut…everything shuts down…so a great safety feature. Used it to cut 12″-18″ logs and performed well but less battery time. The only negatives are that constant use will cause the battery to heat up a bit and the battery has to cool down for about 20-30 minutes before it will be able to charge in the charging unit. The best thing to do is to buy a second battery…that would make this a super product (I wish it came with two batteries). All in all….very good saw…really like not having to store gas. You do need chain oil of course…but it uses it very efficiently. After 3 hours of cutting branches (not continuous cuts…a very short time between cuts though)…it did not use all of the chain oil.

3. 

   RDS – 19 February 2025

   Cuts up trees with plenty of power
   I would give this a 5 Star except for the chain tends to pop off the bar almost with every battery charge.
   Not sure if mine is miss aligned with the bar and sprocket. This is a bit annoying when you have a large job to cut up as you then have to take the shield off and rethread the chain onto the bar and loosen and tighten the chain.
   The chain saw has plenty of power to cut down trees up to 40″ in diameter but with that size you should have several batteries as you would not want to have a tree partly cut and have to wait to charge the battery to continue.
   I have used this quite a bit and would buy it again even with the issue mentioned about the chain popping off.
   I have the 80 volt 18″ greenworks chainsaw.
   Greenworks if you have a fix for this one issue please let me know what it is, as this is a very fine tool.

4. 

   Derek Cadwallader – 19 February 2025

   From On-The-Line to True Believer
   Background:
   I was not sure about this purchase as it seemed a bit crazy to try to use a battery powered chainsaw. The reason I was interested is because I was tired of dealing with all the issues that came with my gas chainsaw (18 inch 45 cc). I had replaced the plug, the air filter and a gas line and was dealing with another issue where the chainsaw would not idle properly. I had to turn it off each time I had to adjust position since it would keep spinning. I had enough. I made the best choice to buy this GreenWorks chainsaw.
   The Good:
   It works as well as the gas chainsaw.
   It has the power to take down real trees and clean them.
   It is safer (in that it stops when you want instead of a potentially shaky idle)
   No more pull start. You push a button then a safety with a trigger. Awesome!
   The battery charges fast.
   It is very quiet. I would guess it is about 1/3 the noise of a gas chainsaw (not scientific, just a guess).
   When you take the side-cover off the bar you can clean the area real easy. There is nothing there except a wheel for the chain, the oil dispenser hole and the bar and chain.
   The Not so Good:
   The battery (so far) gets through about one ash tree before dying.
   You may feel like it is not as dangerous when cutting because it is so quiet and simple, but it still has the same risk and should be treated that way.
   Notes:
   I find I can clear a tree faster because it cuts on and off instantly.
   I do not mind the battery dying as it gives me time to rest, but may get a second one to keep going when I need to do so.
   Overall:
   This is one of the best purchase decisions of my life! I am sold. I only wish I had bought their lawn mower (bought one about a month before this purchase). I am convinced in this company. I will try to give an update after I finish clearing more trees (got hit by the ash-bore).
   Update: Since first posting this review, I have cut down many more trees and have purchased the weed trimmer. That had the same battery so now I can use the chainsaw while the second battery is charging. I still love this as much as the day it first arrived.

5. 

   Bradford Dudley – 19 February 2025

   Easy to use. Cuts well. This is my first battery powered chainsaw. Happy with it so far.

6. 

   Ryan Daum – 19 February 2025

   Background — I live on a 6.5 acre hobby farm and own two Echo chainsaws (18″ and 20″) to compare to. They, and all the other two stroke engines I have around here are a constant headache. I also own a diesel tractor, a zero turn, and in the past had walk-behind tractors, rototillers, gas pressure washer, etc. Lots of small engines, so much so that after a couple years of living here I went out and took a small engine repair course because dealing with this stuff became expensive and a hassle. I basically have come to hate the smell, the noise, and the hassle of two-stroke engines. Won’t start half the time, carburetor clogging up, yanking a stupid start chain over and over again, refilling with fuel, polluting like crazy, etc. etc.
   I am also an owner of an electric car and a plugin-hybrid, and I own a few other things in the Greenworks 80V Pro collection (lawnmower, string trimmer, and hedge trimmer), so I already had two battery packs and a charger. I was unable to find the 18″ version of this chainsaw without the battery and charger, so I have now have 3 packs and two chargers. Which is not necessarily a bad thing as I’ll explain below.
   Most other machines that operate on wood are electric (saws, planers, drills, etc.) so why not a chainsaw? I was very excited to get my hands on this.
   Now to the review.
   It’s fine, actually excellent, for power. If you keep the teeth sharp you will have no problems. I got it today and took it out straight away to cut up a couple spruces tree I had felled earlier this spring. Softwood, yes, but thick diameter (up to 24″ or so) and had no problems. I then cut the stumps down as low to the ground as I could, and that worked well, but drained the battery more quickly. I did a few more cuts, and did some lengthwise cuts on some longer pieces to see how it would do. Overall, power was good. Cuts were clean and pretty fast, and I only stalled out once when I got in an awkward angle. I did have to swap the battery pack twice, but by the time I came back to the charger for the second swap, the first was already finished. With the two chargers and three packs that I have, I could probably go continuously.
   I was very happy to not have the smell, the noise, and the hassle of starting/stopping like with my gas saw.
   In terms of the actual build of the saw, I’d say this is the weaker side of the product. The bar is flimsier than my Echo saws, and the plastic housing not as strong or nicely put together. The handle is not as comfortable, the plastic thinner, etc. The tightening system is very similar, but not as robust. The chain did come off at one point, as others have complained about — likely because it needed some tightening — but the saw stopped immediately so it wasn’t a safety concern. I haven’t had problems with the bar oil tank like someone else was complaining about.
   So I feel like this product is 85-90% there. I far prefer using it (vs my gas saws) so …. given that there’s always something to cut around the farm, I will probably end up breaking it over time by taking on too big of tasks with it… But it seems to me like most of the parts in here are fairly replaceable, as long as Greenworks is committed to this line and battery pack over time. But I do hope they come out with something that is just a bit beefier, maybe even something that takes their larger battery pack and has a 20″ or bigger bar? That would be awesome.