EGO Power+ CS1401 14" Chainsaw Kit vs Greenworks 80V 16" Chainsaw Kit
Tinted cells mark the better figure on that row alone: more engine, longer bar, lighter, cheaper. A lighter weight is only a win on the same basis.
What owners like and complain about
EGO Power+ CS1401 14" Chainsaw Kit
- Long owner track record — multi-year reports of the saw simply working with no starting ritual
- Reversible bar and narrow-kerf sprocket nose stretch bar life on a saw that gets intermittent use
- Tool-free chain tensioning, and replacement 14" bars and chains are cheap and widely stocked
- Shallow bucking spikes that owners say skate on wet bark instead of digging in
- Noticeably short on power in hardwood past roughly 8" — it is a limbing saw by capability, not just by bar length
- 2.5Ah kit pack is the smallest in EGO's chainsaw range; EGO's own claim is 100 cuts in 4x4 pine
- Pre-dates the metal spikes and twist-dial tensioner on EGO's newer saws, yet costs about what the newer 16" kit does
- Scattered owner reports of dead-on-arrival units, so check it cuts before the return window closes
Greenworks 80V 16" Chainsaw Kit
- 250 claimed cuts per charge is the longest run of any 16-inch saw Greenworks sells
- Cheaper than the 60V 16-inch kit and ships a larger 4.0Ah battery
- 4-year tool and battery warranty, a year longer than the 40V line
- Full-size 3/8"/.050 chain rather than the narrow .043 on the 40V 16-inch
- 9.5 lb bare keeps it manageable for limbing work
- 65.6 ft/s chain speed is slow — it finishes cuts, it does not rush them
- Ships the 2A charger, so refilling the 4.0Ah pack takes a full hour
- 80V spare batteries are the priciest in the Greenworks range
- Fewer tools on the 80V platform than on 40V or 60V