Zombi ZCS5817 16-Inch 58-Volt 4Ah Lithium Cordless Electric Chainsaw with Oregon Bar & Chain, Battery & Charger Included

I you could marry a chain saw I'd propose to this thing right now. I've only had one day of use thus far, but this is a superbly designed product that works absolutely as advertised and greatly exceeded all of my expectations. This product is transformational. This battery chain saw is to chainsaws generally what digital photography was to the darkroom and the aluminum truck frame is to pickup trucks. After just a few hours of use today I know that there will NEVER be a reason for me every again to pick up a gas powered chain saw and fuss with a clogged carb, mixing fuel, picky engine adjustments, cleaning the plug, and pulling forever without a successful start. This Zombi is a load and go product that is there immediately when you need it, but which waits patiently and quietly for you until you need it again. I did an initial two hour battery charge, poured in some chain oil, and then attacked trees and branches that had been intimidating me for several years. Over a three hour period I cut off branches, downed one tree, cleared some shrub stumps, and cut many 12 inch diameter pieces of very hard wood to fireplace lengths. The Zombi remained powerful even at the end of the three hours. If you're worried that using a battery chain saw will compromise your masculinity, forget about it. This thing is absolutely as powerful as a conventionally powered saw, is very easy to handle, and deploys chain oil sparingly and automatically without the slightest leak. Its a real honest to gosh power tool. (For size comparison, see the photo with the Zombi and my old, inoperative gas powered chain saw. The Zombi is not a toy.) The battery outlasted me. When I finally gave up, exhausted, the digital LED display on the battery pack still showed 15% charge, at which time it was still delivering total full torque. I have the 16 inch bar, 4 amp-hour version with the 58 volt battery. The saw, charger, and battery are all sold together and seem to me to be a tremendous value for the price. The product is out of the box and into field service within a couple of minutes after battery charge. Congratulations to the gals and guys at The Great States Corporation, Shelbyville, Indiana for a great piece of industrial design. The product looks and feels very rugged, and the design beautifully balances simplicity and functionality. I will only use this product in spurts, with months of dormancy in between uses when I am at my other house, so time will tell about the long term durability of the battery and charging system, but I believe that if you carefully follow the directions for proper care of lithium batteries that all will be fine.

Honestly, this really is an excellent product because of how many headaches go away when not using gas. *After a few seasons, a gas powered chainsaw will break down even when you use non-ethanol gas. *The maintenance on this model VS gas is minimal. *No spark plugs to clean or replace. *No straining to start the motor by constantly yanking on the ripcord. However, the only downside is the difficulty of finding a replacement chain for this that fits the bar. *My solution: Upgrade the Oregon bar from the existing 16" to 18" & buy a fifty gauge chain with a deeper bite that fits the bar. Result: If you do this as I have done, you may be making the forest around you scream in sheer terror as you rip through it like its nothing but paper. *Yes, it was pretty good before but the sharpness of the stock chain really doesn't last long & sharpening it, didn't do much beyond giving it back some of its former bite. *The stock chain also has a shallow bite, not good for ripping through the large hard wood or knocking down average sized trees. It also has a nasty habit if forcing the bar to cut in a curved pattern to the downward right until it just stops because if how the chain is so inferior & the bar can't flex to accommodate the resulting curve. HOWEVER: With the upgrade, it will cut perfectly straight & you can take down some fair sized trees with this saw when you upgrade it as I did with mine. Pictures to follow when time permits.

The problem with this saw is the same with 3 electrics I tried from Lowe’s and returned Chain falls off very easily and must be replaced. Tightening screw better than Dewalt $300 model, but fails after Multiple chain replacements. Every 10 minutes of cutting Battery not an issue, lightweight Seems to me one needs to spend $1000 to get a dependable, reliable, and durable chain saw Us weekend warriors do not have good electric options

Initially I was very happy with this chainsaw... it cut wood, even 20" Oak rounds with ease... just don't force it and it cuts just fine. It at the time did better than a lean burn "Pull On" I had. Then it began leaking oil like a colander. Very unhappy with a soaked truck bed and cardboard. It even leaked out of the cap's vent. With 2-1/2 years on the warrantee, I contacted ALM and they gladly replaced it with a Scott's since they discontinued the Zombi. When the Scott's arrived today, I immediately filled the reservoir with oil and carefully tightened the cap. Drip, drip, drip... eh it didn't look bad at first... but nope, it leaks like a colander too. So back to the manual I went. In the chain care section there's plenty about adjustment and sharpening... yet there it was in black and white: Drain the oil after use. OK, So I went back to the Zombi manual... and hidden in the chain care section is a little sentence about chain lubrication too... gulp! I missed it! It too says to drain the oil after use! It might be an inconvenience but it is what is. Now it looks like I owe ALM payment for the Scott's. But hey two saws are better than one! I bumped it up to 4 stars since the battery interchanges with their Earthwise mower... and yes the saw is a wood cutting monster... just gotta drain that oil.. a coffee filter is highly recommended!