For yard work and more, chainsaws are better when they’re powered by batteries
Jun 17, 2022
4 minutes
BY ROY BERENDSOHN
FOR DECADES, PETROL-ENGINE POWER equipment was the only choice for garden work, followed by corded power tools at a distant second. Anything powered by a battery was either ineffective or an expensive novelty. The few successful versions of battery-powered outdoor equipment were limited to low-power applications, like grass shears. Of course, for every rule there’s an exception: We reported on the highly effective GE Elec-Trak battery-powered tractor and Black & Decker’s somewhat effective battery mowers in our April 1970 issue.
In many respects, petrol-engine equipment still rules the outdoors in terms of power and cost-effectiveness
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