/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I got this Kobalt pole saw 2 weeks ago. It cuts the same, or just barely slower than the 2 stroke Echo pole saw I had. The battery life is good I would say. I have a 12'x5' flat bed trailer and by the time I had cut enough to completely fill it I had 2/4 bars. I think you could fill a 20ft trailer on a single battery. I hauled off 5 trailer loads and didn't have to wait on the battery any. I didn't time the recharge rate, but I would throw it on the charger as soon as I got done cutting then load all my branches, and by the time I got back from the dump it would be full which is about a 45 min round trip. I cut down some pretty big branches for an 8" chain. I did about 4 or 5 6" branches and it didn't lose power any going through those. I don't think you can outwork a single battery factoring in trailer load and dump times, if you were chipping or burning your cuts then you could be in for a wait. It's still so new so I can't comment on longtivity, but a pole saw is one of those things you only bust out every year or 2 so I would think the tool would last forever, it'll be the battery that gives up.