Dewalt DCCS677B 60V VS A 10 Year Old Stihl MS 250, Is Battery Now Better Than Gas?

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Have both that exact DeWalt chainsaw and having run both 12ah and 15ah batteries through the thing, the 12ah's get hot quick and cause it to shut down, but will keep going for another 5+ minute after cooling down. The 15ah will easily go 20 minutes non-stop on a charge for me. I've cut down large trees for fire wood, and sawed them up entirely off of one battery. Gas is a little more convenient since you can refuel quicker if you're doing lots and lots of cuts, but both my Stihl's are nothing compared to the torque of my DeWalt. It is a challenge to stall that thing out cause of how much power it outputs. They knocked it out of the park with it.

Just a heads up on the dewalt site it says this new chainsaw with a 15ah battery will have 4hp instead of 3.5hp with a 12ah or smaller battery. With that said if you have 2 or 3 15ah batteries and a fast charger when the one in the saw dies you'll have one fully charged and ready to go again!

You ask why the saw doesn't come with the 15Ah battery, it does. Kit number DCCS677Z1 ia the 15Ah kit, while kit number DCCS677Y1 (the one you have) comes with the 12Ah battery. There is a $70 difference between the kit costs, $479 vs $549.

I bought mine 2 months ago from CPO Tools and it came with the 15amp Flex Volt for $529. Haven't used it much yet, but does have very good torque.

Ive have this dewalt saw. I run 15ah and 12ah and 3 x 9ah. Its cut great. Saw gets hot after running the 15ah and 12ah. 20min cool off and i can run the 9ah. I like this saw but i switch to a oregon 18in bar and chain. Chain and easy to find and cost alot less.

Howdy. Thank you for an informative video. i think it's interesting and telling that when a work savvy man does a comparison he is dissapointed in the electric while others who fight the saws as they use them prefer the DeWalts. Heck, they heap praise on the DeWalts. i do private timber management. This was also my experience with the previous generation saw. If i do light work with it, use it in conjunction with brushcuttrrs, chipper, etc. the battery does lots more cuts. i might even get through five or six hours with three batteries. The thing i don't do is use it for felling nor delimbing large trees. That is about safety; the high torque of electric chainsaws will bite right through the Stihl chaps and into flesh. The fabric bunch-up will not lock up the saw. Again, thanks and best wishes.

Having both the 12ah and many the 9ah i would say the 9 is better on high drow tools do to better heat management. On some of my sds max hammer drills the 12ah will over heat before it is dead

I have the 9 ahr battery with a 16’’ bar and the 8’’pole bar. Gotten 20 mins of run time cutting 18’’ logs. Or twelve cuts. The 8’’ I use for carving in detail into wood carvings I got 45mins. For the same price as you payed for your battery’s you could have just about bought a new ms 291. The only reason I got mine was because my neighbors are whining about my ms 170 running a lot.

thank you for letting us know the dewalt longevity issue

I'm on the fence about buying one. In Canada the saw alone is $500 plus tax then factor in another $500 for a 15A. Sinking a grand into a saw that will only last 12 cuts and probably needs another spare 15A if you have alot of work seems a bit pricey

The 12ah battery has overheating issues, so the 9 or 15ah is the better option. This saw is great for someone who is already invested in the platform. I have 10+ 9ah batteries, so runtime isn't an issue for me. I use mine for demo, sometimes indoors. That's another benefit of not using gas. I love it, tons of power

I bought the 18” dewalt. I have several 60 volt batteries. It took about 6 of them to keep it running for an hour. When I pulled them out of the chainsaw they were all incredibly hot. I took the chainsaw back for fear it would ruin $1,000 worth of batteries prematurely. Bought a husky 450 and better torque and runtime. Not even close in comparison

I got a 16 inch 60 volt DeWalt I use 2 6amp hr and that gets me about 10 more cuts than I did off my Stihl Ms 310 1 tank of gas . Ive cut about 12 cords with it. I'm only on the second sprocket 4 bar . It takes some getting used to. That Barbie doll chain is the only thing I don't like . Oh and I'm still cutting about the same amount as I did when I bought it 2 years ago.

Thanks for the great comparison video! I don't need a chainsaw cuz I live in the city, but good to know gas is the way to go.

Cool. So I won't get rid of my corded saw for working in my backyard.😀

According to your graph chart Dewalt is better lol...Electric for now isn't for a lumber jack, it's for people like me that is a weekend warrior taking down one tree on spare time, I really bought mine for hurricane season, Even though it gets used for cleaning up my property once in a while.

Its a 12ah batt. But really is 4ah on flexvolt tools… plus , that motor uses a lot of energy…. On 20v plataform the have 8’s 10’s ah. But for flexvolt , i dont know. They dont go as high. 15ah is really a 5ah So. We are short … i like dewalt. But on flexvolt tools .. are diy.. you got that point so right. Thanks

I have the Stihl MS250 and the Ryobi 40v - both with 18 inch bars. I use a 9ah 40v battery in the Ryobi and whenever I need to cut up a tree, I grab the Ryobi. It has a ton of torque and the run time is actually quite good. Based upon all of the reviews I've seen (Project Farm, Concord Carpenter, etc) the DeWalt is supposed to be even better than the Ryobi so I'm surprised by your results.

This is BS! This chainsaw is top of its class