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Dec 20, 2024 1:17 PM

20" Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Brushless Chainsaw w/ 2x 8.0 Ah Batteries + Charger

$700

$900

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Woot has 20" Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Brushless Cordless Dual Battery Chainsaw Kit w/ (2) 8.0 Ah FORGE Batteries & Dual Bay Rapid Charger on sale for $699.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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Features:
  • Generates 5.8HP peak power to take on demanding applications and 9.5Nm of peak torque to reduce stalls for faster cutting
  • Fully compatible with the M18 System, featuring over 250+ tools
  • Dual metal bucking spikes for increased control and leverage while cutting
  • High visibility perpendicular and horizontal sight lines for increased felling accuracy
  • Inertia chain brake provides added kickback protection
  • Onboard scrench storage for adjustments to bar and chain
  • Guide bar rail cleaner integrated into scrench
  • Captured bar nuts retained to sprocket cover for quick adjustments reducing downtime
  • Variable speed trigger provides full control over power output
  • Automatic oiler keeps saw lubricated in application
Includes:
  • M18 FUEL Dual Battery Chainsaw (2827-22)
  • (2) REDLITHIUM FORGE XC8.0 Batteries (48-11-1881)
  • M18 Simultaneous Dual Bay Rapid Charger (48-59-1802)
  • Scabbard, and Scrench

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Woot has 20" Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Brushless Cordless Dual Battery Chainsaw Kit w/ (2) 8.0 Ah FORGE Batteries & Dual Bay Rapid Charger on sale for $699.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks Deal Hunter StrongWeather642 for sharing this deal

Features:
  • Generates 5.8HP peak power to take on demanding applications and 9.5Nm of peak torque to reduce stalls for faster cutting
  • Fully compatible with the M18 System, featuring over 250+ tools
  • Dual metal bucking spikes for increased control and leverage while cutting
  • High visibility perpendicular and horizontal sight lines for increased felling accuracy
  • Inertia chain brake provides added kickback protection
  • Onboard scrench storage for adjustments to bar and chain
  • Guide bar rail cleaner integrated into scrench
  • Captured bar nuts retained to sprocket cover for quick adjustments reducing downtime
  • Variable speed trigger provides full control over power output
  • Automatic oiler keeps saw lubricated in application
Includes:
  • M18 FUEL Dual Battery Chainsaw (2827-22)
  • (2) REDLITHIUM FORGE XC8.0 Batteries (48-11-1881)
  • M18 Simultaneous Dual Bay Rapid Charger (48-59-1802)
  • Scabbard, and Scrench

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Written by oceanlake

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Dec 22, 2024 4:57 AM
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DataJagerDec 22, 2024 4:57 AM
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V*Amps = W. Watts are what matter. That said, IMO gas chainsaw demolish all electrics. It's simply a matter of how Batteries give up less power than gas does in a small motor. Same as using a gas pressure washer vs electric.
Electric has made big strides in small saws but for a big saw I go gasoline.
Quote from Mapletree17 View quoted comment :
Is 18v enough? My 18" kobalt saw uses 80V and is normally half the price of this. I've used it to fell and cut a lot of large 40+ year old pine / eastern red cedar trees
Dec 22, 2024 5:42 AM
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limocadDec 22, 2024 5:42 AM
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Better off with Stihl Farmboss 20" gas chainsaw for less than $500.00.
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Dec 22, 2024 2:01 PM
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Mapletree17Dec 22, 2024 2:01 PM
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I've got a 2 cycle stihl 20" farm boss and an 80v kobalt 18" saw.

Gas is great if you're consistently cutting large logs in to sections for splitting etc.

Electric is great if you do large logs infrequently (one tree a day) or doing general trimming maintenance in the woods.

I love the electric for cleaning up our trails. Mount it to the atv, put it off and it cuts right away. No messing with warm up or starting.

That said, when we do a bunch of large trees or cutting into rounds for splitting, gas is the way.
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Dec 22, 2024 3:40 PM
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linenoiseDec 22, 2024 3:40 PM
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I've got the 14" that i use for cleanup and its a fantastic saw.

My only worry on this is the battery size you would need to make it useful for any length of time in applications where you actually NEED a 20" saw. You feel the unbalancedness in the 14" if you aren't in the sweet spot with battery weight, i have to imagine that is only amplified more in a 20" with a smaller sweet spot.. You can see with the battery setup how this was already a concern with the design.

While ordinarily would say if you are going to have one saw, bigger is better, but if handling this thing is like i imagine it would be, you are defeating the purpose here going to electric, because if most of your cutting is stuff you could get by with a 14 or 16 on, and you only need the 20 once every year or two, you would be hating life pulling this thing out every time for your day to day stuff.

Milwaukee frequently proves me wrong when I think something is still a few years out on the tech, but i feel like this one is still a bit early and they were trying to be first to market with it, which rarely ends up being good in situations like this.
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Dec 22, 2024 3:55 PM
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linenoiseDec 22, 2024 3:55 PM
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Quote from Mapletree17 View quoted comment :
I've got a 2 cycle stihl 20" farm boss and an 80v kobalt 18" saw.

Gas is great if you're consistently cutting large logs in to sections for splitting etc.

Electric is great if you do large logs infrequently (one tree a day) or doing general trimming maintenance in the woods.

I love the electric for cleaning up our trails. Mount it to the atv, put it off and it cuts right away. No messing with warm up or starting.

That said, when we do a bunch of large trees or cutting into rounds for splitting, gas is the way.
Exactly. My small electric is awesome for just clearing brush, cleaning up something already felled, etc.

Anything that i'd NEED a 20" on though, i think the tradeoff's with going battery are still going to outweigh the pros, especially when you consider how rough a chainsaw is on the batteries and the cost of the ones you need to really take advantage of the saw. And i'm a huge advocate of ditching gas stuff where you can in the yard.

A good, pro-sumer or light commercial gas one comparable to this ones specs, outside of its CC number which is a silly thing to compare them on, can easily be had under 500 bucks (it looks like a Stihl 271 would stack up very comparably to it, and that is pretty much the gold standard of saws of this class).

And then of course if you are the kind of person who NEEDS a chainsaw, you are probably someone like me who is worried about downed trees in storms and the such, you probably will still want to keep a big gas one around for those situations.
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Dec 22, 2024 8:04 PM
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moey1Dec 22, 2024 8:04 PM
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Wow if you need something this powerful. I think I would prefer a gas one..
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Dec 22, 2024 11:16 PM
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DealMakerWhizDec 22, 2024 11:16 PM
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Where the $700 price is better than $899, and I'd really like to get this chainsaw, I find it a real challenge to put $700 of my hard earned dollars down to purchase it. I sense I'm going with the Greenworks Pro 80v 18" for $244 which should get me by for my needs. I could almost get three of them for the price of this Milwaukee.
https://www.amazon.com/Greenworks...Z4R42?th=1
Last edited by DealMakerWhiz December 23, 2024 at 01:35 AM.
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Dec 22, 2024 11:42 PM
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PgaDec 22, 2024 11:42 PM
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Quote from CoolCrib8996 View quoted comment :
I ordered the troy built. If it will last just a few seasons I can replace it 4 times and still be ahead for the next 10 yrs or so. Plus by then they will put out 5hp on Solar Power and won't even need batteries! lol i wish
precisely. No brainer for $98 vs $700.
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Dec 23, 2024 6:29 PM
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ratiostrainDec 23, 2024 6:29 PM
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The price for a couple of these 8.0 batteries isn't too bad: $250 .... I'm think that they will be the "engine part" that wears out first.
Dec 23, 2024 9:06 PM
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Neo_F150Dec 23, 2024 9:06 PM
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Quote from Apoq View quoted comment :
What brand?
Milwaukee M18, 16 inch bar
Dec 24, 2024 4:39 PM
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TRUMP_XDDec 24, 2024 4:39 PM
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Quote from Mapletree17 View quoted comment :
Is 18v enough? My 18" kobalt saw uses 80V and is normally half the price of this. I've used it to fell and cut a lot of large 40+ year old pine / eastern red cedar trees
My dewalt 20" is 60v and better than kobalt is what the internet told me. I havent used it yet tho

80v should be more powerful
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Dec 24, 2024 9:22 PM
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HappyMask578Dec 24, 2024 9:22 PM
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Quote from Mapletree17 View quoted comment :
Is 18v enough? My 18" kobalt saw uses 80V and is normally half the price of this. I've used it to fell and cut a lot of large 40+ year old pine / eastern red cedar trees
This is a dual battery system that provides 36V combined.
Dec 26, 2024 6:37 PM
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baller11111Dec 26, 2024 6:37 PM
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Quote from Neo_F150 View quoted comment :
I had the single battery saw. Batteries got really hot and one day it just didn't work anymore. I never abused it either. I'll never buy a battery saw again.
I used and abused the single battery m18. Been great so far...I use a big 12 amp battery tho
Dec 28, 2024 4:33 PM
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GregB8106Dec 28, 2024 4:33 PM
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Ridiculous price for this
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Dec 31, 2024 4:09 AM
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NeatApple9786Dec 31, 2024 4:09 AM
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I bought this for my 2.5 acre wooded lot and it is perfect. I don't need to mess around with gas and worry about storage. I just grab this and go. I have a backup set of batteries that I purchased from Amazon. They are not name brand but work good enough until my main batteries are charged again. Perfect for the homeowner with small amount of woods to maintain.

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