Poulan 9 Amp Electric Pole Chain Saw, 8-Inch Bar #810EPT  Product Reviews

"Upon receiving my new pole saw, I used it immediately. It was all that I was looking for. Could not have selected a better piece of equipment."

"After much research and shopping,I bought this pole saw to maintain the trees on my one acre forested lot. After chopping a lot of limbs,I have been very pleased with the performance of this saw. The unique design,with the motor at the bottom, makes it far better balanced and less tiring to use than the "chainsaw on a stick" designs that have everything at the top of the pole. It has plenty of power and will easily cut any pole saw sized limb. It is somewhat shorter than my manual pole saw but I found that it has close to the same usable reach because you dont need to be able to pull it back and forth as with a manual saw. If you can lay the blade on the limb at all, you can cut it. Its good balance makes it easy to use from a ladder as well. Be warned though,it is still real work to do a lot of trimming with this saw. Do not buy this-or any other powered pole saw-thinking that it will make trimming a breeze and take away all the effort and upper body fatigue of using a pole saw. You get much,much more done but my arms and shoulders were nearly as tired after working with this saw as I am after using my manual saw for the same amt of time. You are still going to need that upper body strength!"

"Though I found the Poulan to be heavier/ackward than I expected, I was impressed with what the 8" blade could handle. I took it over to a couple of friends houses to try out on a couple of their trees and they too were very impressed."

"There had to be an easier way (still using hand cutters) to trim back the huge holly hedge that makes the northern border of my property. Researching the web I decided on the Poulan electric saw. My yard is small enough to where I don't need the power and stamina of gas powered tools. I was bit wary after reading a review of damage happening to the tool in transit. I worked on the docks of UPS many years ago. I know first hand what packages go through. Sure enough when my package arrived the center section was kind of flattened. However in unpacking the unit, there was no damage done. It is a long awkward package to handle in transit. The chain saw and power unit were well packed against damage. The center part of the box is pretty much hollow for the pole. The chain saw is very easy to set up and run. It balances pretty well which reduces fatigue. Like any power tool it can get loud...ear plugs are recommended. Safety glasses are a must under ANY circumstance. A string trimmer was also included in with this. I have not had the opportunity to test this out yet. I'm very pleased with the performance of the pole saw, which was the main reason I purchased this tool."