McCulloch 16-Inch 4 HP Electric Chainsaw #MS1640NTCC  Product Reviews

"I purchased this as a gift for my father over a year ago. It has been used to cut down several trees and for branch trimming as well as duty cutting up a large downed tree from a storm. I would estimate that it has had around 12-20 hours use on it in the last year and still works as good as the day it arrived. No problems with gears as the other reviewer here stated. Keep the chain sharp and it has no problem cutting through whatever you ask of it. Only negative I can think of is that it will leak a little oil from the oiler during storage. We keep in in a cardboard box to keep the oil off the shelf its stored on."

"This chainsaw has some nice features, such as the automatic oiler, the chain brake, and the hand-tighten bar. When it works, it works well. But there is a plastic planetary gear inside that strips after a few hours of work. At that point, you're out of luck, because MTD will not repair it, and they ask the store you bought it at to replace it. Not all of them will do so readily. I am right now waiting for a store to honor the warranty on this saw. Frankly, I'd stay away from MTD products (McCulloch and Troy-Bilt, and perhaps one of Sears' models) until they improve their product, and especially until they get their warranty system working properly."