On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:34:01 -0700, TWW wrote:

Has anyone heard much about electric versus gas chainsaw safety?
Obviously touch a running chain and you get blood but the electric
ones seem tamer ... or are they?

Just my limited personal experience... electric for years and now a few years of
light use with gas..

The biggest plus of electric for me is the light weight and lower noise level..
That can also be a safety issue, because it doesn't "feel" like a "real" saw and
the normal fear/healthy respect is missing..

The electric might be a little less distracting for beginners... no choke, pull
starter, running out of gas, etc... You hold the trigger down and cut until
you're done..

I feel for most jobs the power of gas makes it a little safer because you might
tend to push the cuts with electric because it just isn't happening as fast as a
gas saw cuts??

I've been lucky enough to never even get a nick from a chain saw, but if I ever
stop being scared of it and aware of how bad you could get hurt if you're NOT
careful, I'll sell them in a garage sale.. YMWV


mac

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