EGO Power+ CS2005 20" Chainsaw Kit vs Milwaukee M18 Fuel 20" Dual Battery 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+ CS2005 20" Chainsaw Kit
- Genuinely fast cutting — full-chisel 3/8"/.050 chain at 25 m/s hangs with 50cc-class gas saws in testing
- 20" bar handles real felling and bucking work no other mainstream battery saw covers at this price
- Digital display shows battery level and mode without guessing mid-cut
- Standard 3/8"/.050 chain means cheap, everywhere-available replacement loops — no proprietary sizes
- Three speed modes let you stretch runtime on limbing days
- 5-year tool / 3-year battery warranty backs what is a big battery investment
- Very heavy — 19.4 lbs with the 6.0Ah pack, several pounds more than a comparable 50cc gas powerhead with fuel
- Full chain speed requires a 6.0Ah+ battery; smaller packs down-regulate the saw
- Sustained hardwood bucking empties the 6.0Ah pack in roughly 20-30 minutes, and spare packs cost $300+
- The usual EGO bar-oil seepage in storage, per long-running owner threads
- At $549 the kit costs more than proven gas farm saws like the Stihl MS 271
Milwaukee M18 Fuel 20" Dual Battery Chainsaw Kit
- Genuine professional chain spec — .325" pitch, .050" gauge, 78 drive links — so bars and loops come from any saw shop
- Two-speed gearbox and a power-mode button let you pick chain speed or torque instead of accepting one setting
- 5.8 HP peak with a 70cc-equivalence claim, the strongest figure on any 18V platform
- Runs on the same M18 packs as the rest of the fleet; no new battery system to buy into
- Inertia chain brake, metal bucking spikes, scabbard and scrench in the box
- 19.9 lb with both packs loaded — heavier than most 70cc gas saws with a full tank
- $899 for the kit, and it is useless with only one battery installed
- About 60 cuts in 10" hardwood per charge of two 8.0Ah packs, so a full day means a second pair of FORGE packs
- Demands FORGE or HIGH OUTPUT 8.0Ah packs; older M18 batteries will not deliver the rated output
- Long at 37.5" overall, awkward in tight brush compared with a 16" saw