Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My last job before retiring was running a forestry crew that ran chainsaws all day for seven or eight months a year. As well, for 20 years I cut all the firewood I could use to feed my woodstoves. Now I'm nearly seventy and while I can still handle a saw quite well, I hate pulling the starter cord, particularly after the machine has been sitting and doesn't want to instantly start. Being a semi pro, once I decided to purchase a battery powered chainsaw, I looked at the top professional brands, which are more than twice or three times what this saw cost. But I read reviews and still have an excellent gas saw, so I decided to try this. I couldn't be more impressed. I had a big twelve-inch diameter white birch come down in the last big storm. I couldn't believe that I got most of it cut up with this little guy. Not even a problem doing the under cuts on the still hanging main trunk. If I'd had a second battery--and the B+D compatibles are also less than half the price of the competition--I could have done the whole thing. Given the low price here on Amazon, I could not be more impressed with this saw. Bar length? I decided that light weight was more important than having a longer bar. Many of the competitors of this saw have longer bars, but are three and four and more pounds heavier. There are very few tasks the require a bar longer than 12"--and the birch I just cut is actually between 14-15"--and the saw worked fine. I also noticed that the two top pro brands are also 12" and 2 1/2 to 3 times the price. Yah, they have 4 amp batteries, but the performance difference is marginal.