Worx / Corded Electric
~$99
Worx WG304.1
50cc class (by bar)
- Corded
- mains
- 18 in
- bar
- 11.3 lb
- as sold
First-time saw owners and woodpile cutters who want maximum cutting per dollar, full stop.
Homeowner · no longer sold new
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Black+Decker CS1518
50cc class
Corded
~$99
approx., with 18" bar and chain, as sold on blackanddecker.com
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Fifteen amps and an 18-inch bar for $99 is the entire pitch here, and B+D has not changed it in years. Spec for spec it reads like the Worx WG304.1 and the Sun Joe SWJ701E — same amperage, same bar, same tool-free tensioner, same automatic oiler — except the CS1518 is the heaviest of the three at a listed 15.7 lb, and B+D does not publish what that figure includes. The .050-gauge chain is the one genuinely good thing about the build: it is the commodity 62-drive-link loop every hardware store stocks, unlike the narrow-kerf .043 chains the brand's battery saws use. Treat the 18 inches as reach rather than capacity — a 15A motor on household current is a 12-inch-wood tool no matter what bar hangs off it, and the extension cord caps the job radius long before the motor complains.
Best for: Homeowners bucking a woodpile within cord reach of the house who want the longest bar available under $100.
Specifications
Manufacturer figures except the engine class and single-pass cut, which are derived here. What each spec means
- 15A and 18-in bar for $99
- Commodity .050 chain
- Tool-free tensioner
Where it is strong
- Longest bar in the sub-$100 corded class
- Standard 3/8 LP / .050 chain — any shop has the loop, unlike the .043 chains on B+D's battery saws
- Automatic oiler and tool-free tensioning, both unusual at this price
- Nothing to winterize, no fuel to stale, no battery to degrade
- Sold direct by B+D, so warranty service does not route through a third-party retailer
Where it falls short
- 15.7 lb listed is the heaviest of the three big 15A corded saws, and B+D does not say what the number includes
- 18 inches of bar on a 15A motor is reach, not capacity — it bogs in anything much over a foot
- All-plastic housing and bar studs; the repair path is replacement
- Corded range is whatever your 12-gauge extension cord allows
- B+D publishes no chain pitch or gauge on the product page — the spec above comes from the OEM loop
Written from the spec sheet and the maker's documentation; owner reports for this model were too thin to summarize.
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