Black & Decker's 18V Cordless Pole Pruning Saw

Black & Decker's 18V Cordless Pole Saw

If you are a homeowner with even one tree on your property, then chances are you've got a limb that you've been putting off cutting. It's a huge hassle to drag out a ladder, climb up with a saw and risk your life for a stray branch or two. If you're like me, you've always got something else that's just a little more important. Until that branch makes its way to the roof and starts trashing shingles, gets blown into your guttering or serves as a handy bridge for ants or termites. One year I finally broke down and bought a twenty five dollar extendable pole saw; four branches later the fiberglass pole split where the blade attached, thus ending my short career as a do it yourself tree surgeon. It was just as well; I hated using that thing anyway. If only somebody could come up with a way to trim branches off the ground without using dangerous ladders or shoddy, cumbersome hand-tools. Well fret no more, because those titans of timber at Black and Decker have you covered with their Cordless 18-volt Pole Pruning Saw. The Big Idea: put an eight-inch, battery powered chainsaw on the end of a fourteen-foot pole for the ultimate in portable limb pruning.

Nothing is out of Reach

Sounds great in theory, but how well does it work in the real world? Exceptionally so. I have to admit that I was extremely impressed with the amount of thought that went into the Cordless 18-volt Pole Pruning Saw. They didn't just slap a saw on a rod and call it good. At about seven and a half pounds it has amazing balance, a comfortable handle grip and the saw head is small enough to work between branches, yet powerful enough to make short work of limbs up to six inches in diameter. The pole also breaks down into three sections for easy storage and convenient use. Only cutting a few feet off of the ground? Simply remove the middle section for an easy to manage short saw.

On a full charge, the Cordless 18-volt Pole Pruning Saw is supposed to be able to give you one hundred 1-1/2 inch cuts in pine. Even though I worked with branches of varying sizes and types of wood, I'd have to say that this is probably pretty accurate. Even though the battery was struggling towards the end, I was able to cut a lot more than I thought I would considering I was using a battery operated saw.

Bottom line is if you have trees in your yard, you need to get Black and Decker's Cordless 18-volt Pole Pruning Saw. It's the ideal solution for small to medium pruning and trimming tasks. It also makes the perfect gift for that special pruner in your life. For about one hundred dollars you get the Cordless 18-volt Pole Pruning Saw, handy storage bag, oil bottle, blade cover, blade adjustment wrench, battery and charger. Grab one wherever tools are sold or from one of the dealers listed at www.BlackandDecker.com.