WEN Cordless Electric Chainsaw, 16-Inch Brushless with 40V Max 4Ah Battery and Charger (40417) – For Sale – Price

4 reviews for WEN Cordless Electric Chainsaw, 16-Inch Brushless with 40V Max 4Ah Battery and Charger (40417) – For Sale – Price

1. 

   CWTrooper – 25 February 2025

   Excellent value
   I”ve had two gas operated chainsaws and two ION electrics. Of the four, this one is the best. My gas operated chain saw is now officially retired. Gas, gas storage, mixing gas, pulling starting handles to start, complexity of the gas engine…and now emerges the ION electric with comparable power.Why this chain saw?: Lightweight, excellent power for my jobs, safe bar, does not leak chain oil, uses Oregon bar and replacement chains, super instruction manual.I have about 1/2 acre of Palo Verde and Mesquite trees. If you know these desert dwellers, they grow every which direction and have hard wood. So I was skeptical at first. No longer. Sufficient power and battery life to do the job. I think I used 1/4 battery power to do about an hour’s work cutting limbs 8″ diameter and less.Now, please pay attention: These tools are dangerous! You need to READ THE MANUAL (excellent manual) and watch a few YouTube videos on chainsaw safety before using these puppies. PLEASE do so. I had one mishap in my chainsaw career that only resulted in some cactus thorns in my backside (ouch!) and sent me to those manuals and YouTubes — profit by my experience. PLEASE.OK. Now I read other reviews before buying this Wen product. I agree that it does not leak chain oil. Another electric I had did, so I appreciate this. And it saves oil. Cool! Then someone said the stock chain has fewer links than a replacement Oregon product. I think so. I’ve attached a photo so you can see — the Oregon is at the bottom. Uses S56 Oregon replacement chains. I bought a couple of them but haven’t had the need to use them yet. But I like to be “at the ready.” Old Army training. Next there was mention that the saw takes a second of so to activate after squeezing the trigger. True, but you adapt to that and not worth taking even 1/2 a star from the rating for that minor inconvenience. So, bottom-line, I highly recommend this electric battery chainsaw as an excellent value for the money. Spend more if you like, but this one is well made, works well, doesn’t leak oil and has power to spare. Now one closing tip, my Amazon friends, on the power deal. Ohm’s Law (I am an engineer by education, but only dabbled in electrical engineering): when you’re evaluating chainsaws for power, do this: multiply the Volts of the battery times the Ah (Ampere-hours) of the battery. The result is the Watt-hours of power. The more the better. Don’t be fooled by low Ah and high Volts. Just multiply the two and wha-la = POWER. Enjoy! Be safe!! READ THE MANUAL. BTW, I get nothing and want and would not take anything for these reviews — I serve you independently, the community of Amazon reviewers and shoppers. READ THE MANUAL!!!!

2. 

   Mike Thomsen – 25 February 2025

   This saw works great!
   I love this saw. I had been using a gas powered McCullough for several years. I have an acreage with several hundred trees, so there’s always trimming and cutting up trees that fell. With the Wen saw I can make a few cuts, then set the saw down and move wood around for the next few cuts. With a gas saw this was a pain in the rear, constantly having to restart the gas engine. With the Wen, I just push the button, waaaay easier. The chain oil has a window so you can see when to add more oil, and it does not leak! The chain tightness is very easy to adjust, with no tools/wrenches required. This is not meant for a professional sawyer who will be cutting all day long, but it is perfect the those occasional sawing needs. The price is quite reasonable too. This is a well thought out, well designed product.

3. 

   Teri – 25 February 2025

   This saw is no toy
   I have been a fan of Wen’s electric woodworking tools for quite sometime. I have been interested, but skeptical about battery powered tools and how they perform. I have always been a fan of Husqvarna gas saws, but decided to give a Wen battery saw a try.I limbed a couple of trees with it and it performed very well, so I decided to move up to downing trees. This is when i was really impressed. First I cut down an 18″ diameter 60′ tall southern yellow pine. As you can see in the picture the cut was not perfect due to the length of the blade, but I could have done a better job lining up the cut. It felled this tree with no problems. I then proceeded to cut the tree into 10′ lengths. After that I still had 3 out of 4 bars of capacity left on the battery. This was impressive! So, I then cut down a 14″ red oak tree that was about 40′ tall. After felling it I cut it into 3 sections and removed all the limbs. At this point I could tell it was getting weaker. I was down to one bar on the battery. This was impressive. I had no idea that it would perform this well.Granted, it doesn’t cut as fast as a gas saw, but if need be, it can get the job done.Since the above test, I have used it exclusively to cut small trees and to remove limbs off large ones. It is so nice to use the battery operated saw; no mixing oil/gas, no having to pull on a rope every time I crank it, plus it is much lighter than my gas saws.Overall, for the price and quality performance, I don’t think you can go wrong with one of these saws.I do quite a bit cutting around my farm and have a lot of experience with chainsaws.One thing that applies with gas or battery powered saws, you do need to keep the blade sharp. I touch up the blade with a file between battery changes and it cuts great.

4. 

   Ksd – 25 February 2025

   Pretty good for a cheap saw
   This is the second one I’ve owned. Got the first one as a gift and really had some reservations about how it was going to work. Was very surprised at how well it cut, and I used it pretty hard. Lasted about 3 years before it started spewing oil all over the place. Battery from the original one is still going strong so now I have 2 so I can cut twice as long. I’d recommend upgrading the chain. Battery charges pretty fast. Cleaning the chainsaw after using gets to be a little tedious and you will need to add bar and chain oil often. At least twice or 3 time per use. But for a cheap chainsaw it’s pretty darn good. As long as you aren’t planning on cutting down some redwoods, definitely recommend for small to medium sized trees and limbs…