![]() What I finally reasoned out, after experiencing the same problem of chain bar oil leakage with the DeWalt, is that chainsaws must be designed with the assumption that most users will perform vertical downward cuts hence ALL commercial chainsaws are designed to exploit gravity as a means of delivering lubricating oil from the reservoir down onto the bar chain. My purchase of this DeWalt 20 was a gamble. Because who wants that? Despite the operational conveniences I imagined it delivering, I hesitated buying it because I did not want to saddle myself with TWO chainsaws that leak oil and create nasty messes. ![]() So before buying this DeWalt, I definitely took note of the negative reviews people posted about it leaking oil. I own a gas-powered chainsaw that has this problem and its oil leakage has many times created horrible messes. I wanted to comment regarding a complaint I read about this saw, voiced by earlier unhappy sounding buyers specifically, that the saw leaks oil if you leave it sitting? Their complaints struck a chord. Not sure if we're allowed to post a second review of an item favorably reviewed after first using. Overall, I didn’t know pruners like this existed, but I am so glad I picked this up and hope to use it for many years to come. It is a good idea to clean the blades with bleached wipes after each tree so that you don’t transfer any diseases between trees and use WD-40 or silicone spray on the blades before storing so that the blades would be clean from resin, and would not rust. I do the pruning in February every year when it is the coldest time of the year and store the pruner after use. Great for when you have a lot to cut and for those with smaller hands or arthritis (my wife and my mother in law both really liked it). In addition to the clean cut, these are great to prevent hand fatigue, as the power does not come from needing to open and squeeze your hand. The blades also have a hard plastic cover to protect the blades and user. You can take the blades out for replacement or sharpening using the provided allen wrench. It has a safety mechanism before pressing the trigger to prevent accidental activation, and if you let the trigger go, it opens back up, so for it to close all the way, you need to keep pressing the trigger. ![]() I paired it with a 3.0ah battery and after 5-6 trees, it was still full. It is easy to operate and doesn’t require any preparation other than installing a battery and putting your safety glasses on. It definitely replaced the reciprocating saw for pruning. It would take me half an hour or so with the reciprocating saw, but this pruner is so much faster and cleaner. I used to prune the trees around the house with a manual pruner for thin branches and a reciprocating saw for larger branches such as one to two inch thick ones. Anything less than a half inch, just one clip. With larger branches, I sometimes had to do two clippings and that was it. I wasn’t able to test that, but I held together a few branches that were as large and it cut them clean with one try. I was able to cut about one inch thick branches with no problem. The pruner is easy to use, lightweight, and cuts small to larger branches with great accuracy.
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