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Oregon CS1500 Self Sharpening Electric Chainsaw

Last Updated: January 18, 2019 (Refresh Now)
7.2
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
96
Old Reviews
30
Unverified
3
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17.72 meters
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Review Analysis - 63 recent, verified reviews

Detailed Mode
Hair
 20
cuts, cutting, chain, tree, chainsaw
+80%
-20%
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" ...  Cut through a decent size tree that came down in my yard easily - like butter.  ...  "
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" ...  was surprised with what it could cut  ...  "
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" ...  For an electric chain saw, this thing will cut. ... The bar is long enough to cut larger branches and the built in sharpener is cool.  ...  "
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" ...  Great tool, neighbors love machine also, cuts well, no problem.  ...  "
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" ...  cuts wood like a knife cuts butter and easy to sharpen with built in sharpener  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to operate, runs and cuts with minimal effort.  ...  "
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" ...  For light duty trimming, this saw is a very good buy. ... I spent about two hours this past weekend trimming some over grown trees along my driveway and it handled up to 4" diameter limbs without a pause.  ...  "
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" ...  It was still cutting true. ... I use it to cut wood for my meat smoker.  ...  "
Ease of Use
 7
easy, powerful, operate, chain, cuts
+100%
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" ...  This is an amazing value for a simple powerful easy and quiet chainsaw.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to operate, runs and cuts with minimal effort.  ...  "
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" ...  Not quite as powerful as a good gas powered, but still pretty powerful and very easy to use with extremely easy maintenance.  ...  "
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" ...  easy to operate, chain set up is a snap.  ...  "
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" ...  It is much easier to tention and guide the chain onto the bar with the cover off.  ...  "
Build Quality
 7
saw, casing, tightening, tension, metal
+57%
-43%
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" ...  The job went pretty quickly, about 20 min, the chain had loosened some by the end but the chain adjustment on the side made that a quick fix.  ...  "
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" ...  ease of tightening the saw is great too!  ...  "
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" ...  It works great, I had the chain come off once and readjusted the tension and check often and had no problem since.  ...  "
Fit
 5
screws, holds, work, tightening, tightened
+20%
-80%
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" ...  The saw would not hold the chain on.  ...  "
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" ...  No amount of tightening the screws resolves this issue. ... Thought maybe it got jostled in shipping, so tightened up all the screws I could find, and all seemed right.  ...  "
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" ...  About the chain popping off, or plastic fittings, or worked then didn't work?  ...  "
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" ...  The cirgrip which holds the wheel for the chain got broken and the chainsaw became useles.  ...  "
Comfort
 5
tension, saw, tight, stay, kept
+40%
-60%
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" ...  The saw would not hold the chain on. ... The chain kept coming off.  ...  "
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" ...  chain would not stay on for more than two minutes, no matter how the tension was set.  ...  "
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" ...  The cirgrip which holds the wheel for the chain got broken and the chainsaw became useles.  ...  "
Product Reliability
 4
saw, put, never, chainsaw, back
+25%
-75%
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" ...  Stopped, took it apart, put the chain back and retensioned. ... Total time working, from start to failure? ... I just sent the defective one back off.  ...  "
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" ...  DOA never was able to get it to start.  ...  "
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" ...  It is very powerfull and it has some premitive selfsharping system, but it lasted just few hours.  ...  "
Features
 4
feature, enough, chain, auto, use
+75%
-25%
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" ...  I found the chain sharpening feature to be fantastic.  ...  "
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" ...  Sharpening feature a must for all saws .  ...  "
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" ...  Self-sharpening feature is the bomb!  ...  "
Weight
 4
light, work, saw, easy, cuts
+100%
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" ...  The light weight aspect of this saw really comes in handy for exactly this kind of work.  ...  "
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" ...  Suprisingly the saw has heft to it so you can let the weight of the saw do the work for you.  ...  "
Marketplace
 3
+33%
-67%
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" ...  Tried it out for the first time today.  ...  "
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" ...  I then sold it on ebay.  ...  "
Cleaning
 3
chain, oil, hit, dirt, tension
+100%
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" ...  The chain came very sharp, I noticed a slight dulling about halfway through (probably because I hit some dirt), but after using the self-sharpening function I was back to normal.  ...  "
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" ...  This saw now sits clean as a whistle in my garage as a lawn ornament.  ...  "
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" ...  Keep the area around the oil outlet clean so the oil flows freely. ... I haven't sharpened the chain yet but will clean out debris before I do!  ...  "

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Specifications

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Size:  17.72 meters
17.72 meters
SIZE