EGO POWER+ 16" Chain Saw Review & 14" Comparison

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EGO came out with an upgraded chainsaw with a 16" bar earlier this year. This battery operated chainsaw has an upgraded brushless motor and can be purchased as a bare tool or in a kit with a 5.0Ah battery. Something else that happened when the new 16" chainsaw was released was an update to the 14" chainsaw that has been out for over a year. Both new chainsaws are actually the same, other than the size of the bar and chain included with each unit. Now, what separates these units are the batteries that come with the kit. The batteries will make a difference in the power that is produced by these chainsaws. The software inside can detect the battery and determine if it is the smaller 2.0Ah 1P battery, the mid-range 5.0Ah 2P battery, or the larger 7.5Ah 3P battery. The software will allow the motor to draw more current from the larger batteries making it have more power. The excellent part about this set up is one can buy the 14" chainsaw and use a larger battery from another EGO product to get the same power that the 16" chainsaw has. If this is confusing, just know that the larger battery you put in the chainsaw means the more power the chainsaw will deliver, not matter its size.