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Re: Oregon CS300 - Second Generation 40Volt Chainsaw
« on: September 29, 2015, 01:56:23 pm »
Some of those PowerSharp demos and videos backfired on Oregon, in my perspective.  All people remembered was cutting the brick, or cinder block, and associated the battery saw and PowerSharp chain with that type of use (abuse) - something that would really damage normal chain, requiring half the cutter to be ground or filed back.  It really damages PowerSharp chain too (!), and requires lots of the cutter to be ground away to bring it back: it is just easier and faster with the powered sharpening system. After dong these demos repeatedly, people complain that the chain does not last!!!

If you take care of the PowerSharp chain, like you would normal chain you will get good cutting and service life out of them.  When I take one to a GTG, people want to grind the chain away doing demos!  I have actually started to disable the sharpening system on PowerSharp saws I bring to GTGs, so that I don't have to continually replace chains!

As far as battery saws in general, they have their pros and cons (we have discussed this in other threads) - this one seems to have significant improvements from the earlier version, while maintaining the same size, weight, cost, battery compatibility, etc.  If you are not a fan of the PowerSharp chain, you can run it with standard 3/8 low profile/Picco chain, and I assume that you will still see the same improvements over the earlier version.

Philbert

 

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