Mini-saw reviews?

[ArlyA]

I had a fellow showed me a mini saw by stihl he had and I was rather impressed. Do you have one? If so, please tell us how you like it or any mini pruners like these, I'd love to hear about them.

GTA 26 Battery Garden Pruner​

Stihl GTA 26 Garden Pruner Specifications

• Power Source: Stihl 12V AS 2 battery.
• Bar Length: 4 inches.
• Chain: 1/4 PM3.
• Chain Speed: 26.3 ft/sec.
• Weight: 2.7 lbs bare, 3.1 lbs with battery.
• Oiling: Manual.
• Price: $149.95.

 

[Snobdds]

Is this a post paid for by stihl?

 

[2manyrocks]

.............Manual oiler, another small 1/4 chain from Sthil, Sthil battery and $149.

I'd rather pay more to get the Dewalt 20v electric pole saw.

 

[RoyJackson]

I have the EGO pole saw...works great
I also have one of those mini chain saws...can't recall the brand. It's OK for small stuff---1 to 3 inches. Smaller, the branch just chatters, larger, better off with a regular chainsaw

If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't buy it. A decent quality loper does a better job

 

[ArlyA]

Guys, these mini's are for small branches. Pole saws are for other jobs.

 

[Citydude]

Guys, these mini's are for small branches. Pole saws are for other jobs.

My wife has one. I can cut faster with my hand saw pruner without the oily mess.

 

[MacAttack]

Got a Milwaukee for the wife. The M12 Hatchet. I tried getting her the DeWalt but it was too heavy for her. I got the Hatchet instead. That and a bigger battery. It has automatic oiler, uses cheaper saw blades comes with a 4amh battery but it doesn't have the easy blade adjust and doesn't have a case. There isn't even a case available or I would've got one. Wife says she loves it. I'll probably use it more than she will.

 

[2manyrocks]

$28 Friskars loppers cut small branches just fine and never need recharging.

 

[JamesHW]

Got one recently and fired it up this week and on its first charge I was able to limb and cut up a volunteer peach tree on my neighbors yard that fell on our fence during a recent storm (definitely punching above it’s weight class) and afterwards prune back a bunch of overgrown fig trees, finishing just as the charge was depleted. The need to manually oil the chain is a hassle, but thinking even with an small, on-board oil reservoir you would still need to be very attentive to it. I like the ease of tightening the chain. Very handy indeed.

Researching mini chain saws I was amazed at the large number of models available online.

 

[ArlyA]

Got one recently and fired it up this week and on its first charge I was able to limb and cut up a volunteer peach tree on my neighbors yard that fell on our fence during a recent storm (definitely punching above it’s weight class) and afterwards prune back a bunch of overgrown fig trees, finishing just as the charge was depleted. The need to manually oil the chain is a hassle, but thinking even with an small, on-board oil reservoir you would still need to be very attentive to it. I like the ease of tightening the chain. Very handy indeed.

Researching mini chain saws I was amazed at the large number of models available online.

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And which one do you have?