Customer Reviews

Poulan 810EPT 9 Amp Electric String Trimmer and Pole Chain Saw Combo with 8-Inch Bar and 9-Foot Reach

5 star:		(24)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

We bought a cordless Black and Decker pole pruner which initially was very good while the battery lasted. I'm retired, but not that retired! And also not that patient! Having to recharge the battery after approx 15 cuts through hard wood, we soon realized we would need a corded electric or gas.

After reading all the good and especially bad comments about the Remington and McCullough I decided to look at one locally. I could see that the safety switch combination would be an irritation for my wife with gloves on. We looked at a Ryobi gas, but at 16 pounds, and my wife asking if she had to pull anything, that was out. I happened to find the Poulan listed without any reviews that I could find anywhere. Were the Poulan 810 users so happy and busy cutting tree limbs they didn't have time to comment? I was almost ready to spend more for a gas commercial pruner at much more money and noise. What I really wanted was a real pruner, preferably electric. AND nothing to pull to make it go.

When I looked at the Poulan's shipping weight of 21 pounds, I was initially turned off. However, I discovered that a string trimmer attachment, lube oil and tools, also came with the product so that was the extra weight and a surprise bonus. The unit itself is actually only 8-10 pounds.

When I unpacked the Poulan 810, and inspected the product I was surprised at the quality. My first impression was that this product was made by a chain saw outfit. The chain actually has a roller nose in the tip, little holes for pumping in lube, and a standard chain saw type chain and bar assembly. The pruner came with the chain properly tightened. It is interesting that the chain has less teeth than other electric chain saws. The lack of teeth is compensated for by the high speed of the saw.
The oil reservoir has a cap that fits tight. The power switch does not have a safety so caution is called for. The motor makes some noise due to its high speed, so those midnight pruning sessions are definitely out. The metal tube/shaft that connects the chain head to the power assembly goes together well. There is almost no flexing of the tube. Wife says electric motor is noisy.

I initially made the mistake of telling my wife that this was a great product and how we should use it. After I hooked it up and plugged it in ready to go under the trees, I went into the house to get something. Darn, she got the first cuts! I could hear the whirring of the motor. The tree took a couple of bad initial hits. Oh well, its a hawthorne tree, it will more than recover. This baby is way to easy to use!

We both used the chain saw all afternoon. I frequently checked the chain and other parts for tightness and no adjustment was needed. It was very fast cutting. The pruner was very easy to use from the ground, a ladder and a step ladder. The chain lubricator metered out the lube at a good rate. For those that care, the oil cap stayed on tight. The chain worked flawlessly and required to further tightening.

The negatives: no safety trigger lockout and a protective scabbard for the chain.

If the Remington and other pruners get 5 stars, the Poulan should get 9 stars. There really is no comparison in the $100 consumer use market.

Agree with all the other reviews... this pruner is powerful, easy to use, and a good value. One note - the pruner measures 9 feet from end to end... I'm not sure how that translates to a 12 foot reach (adding 3 feet of my arm to the product specs?) but I read the description and thought I could reach up 12 feet... you cannot without a ladder.

Still, I'd recommend this.

I needed a pruner and was trying to avoid yet another gas engine. The Poulan 810EPT seems to be a good contraption for the money. I was concerned that it might be underpowered but I have used it to cut limbs as big around as a grapefruit {about 5"} with no difficulty; it will likely cut a limb several inches larger. It cuts fast. My only concern with it is that, when you take it apart, have it on a flat surface like the ground or a bench because it is so long that it is hard to control when it comes apart as there is weight on both ends.

Almost bought a cordless pruner then found this on Amazon. Couldn't be more impressed with the saw and it won't run down like a cordless would. More than enough power for 6" branches.
AND, it came with a bonus weed trimmer attachment and all this with free shipping!
Also, this Poulan electric power head accepts "Expand-it" attachments which are very reasonably priced. I already bought/added a hedge trimmer attachment which also works great.
The Poulan 810 EPT is very highly recommended for numerous yard jobs.

After much research and shopping,I bought this pole saw to maintain the trees on my one acre forested lot. After chopping a lot of limbs,I have been very pleased with the performance of this saw. The unique design,with the motor at the bottom, makes it far better balanced and less tiring to use than the "chainsaw on a stick" designs that have everything at the top of the pole. It has plenty of power and will easily cut any pole saw sized limb. It is somewhat shorter than my manual pole saw but I found that it has close to the same usable reach because you dont need to be able to pull it back and forth as with a manual saw. If you can lay the blade on the limb at all, you can cut it. Its good balance makes it easy to use from a ladder as well. Be warned though,it is still real work to do a lot of trimming with this saw. Do not buy this-or any other powered pole saw-thinking that it will make trimming a breeze and take away all the effort and upper body fatigue of using a pole saw. You get much,much more done but my arms and shoulders were nearly as tired after working with this saw as I am after using my manual saw for the same amt of time. You are still going to need that upper body strength!

This is a wonderful pruning saw. It is easy to use, once you get the shoulder strap adjusted. The motor is on one end and the saw on the other end and balances from the shoulder strap. The strap which carries most of the weight of the saw on your left shoulder means you can prune all day and not feel tired -- which means for the average homeowner that you are not trying to to control a naked chain saw on the end of a long pole with tired arms. It pays to carefully adjust the strap. It was all I could do to make ther strap short enough to take the saw weighht at a comfortable height, and the balance point on the shaft can not be moved to exactly the right spot because that is where the joint in the shafts is, but you can get both adjustments near enough to work well.

The anti-kickback chain design which limits the depth of cut is great. I experienced no kickback. The oiler seems to work well, providing good lubrication. The chain did not loosen much in the initial session, and has stayed adjusted since then.

My only complaints are the lack of a safety switch which means you can accidentally start the saw going when you grab the handle. Just be careful! A scabbard would be nice to protect the chain.

All in all this is a great buy. You won't be disappointed, especially at the price. I haven't used the weed whacker attachment yet, but it looks good with 2 cutting lines. I like the doohickey which plugs in to the end of the shaft and allows the weedwhacker (or saw) attachment to hang on the wall from a nail when not in use. Nicely thought out. The saw comes with adjusting tool, a small jar of chain oil, and the support adjusting allen wrench. A good product.

First one lasted about 3 hours. I was very gentle with it based on reviews I had read here. Returned for exchange waited about 5 weeks for replacement. Replacement was treated even more gently than first, so it lasted a little longer. Second unit has now failed, same failure as first, a plastic coupling between the motor and flexible drive cable. Bad design. Great tool while it works, just don't expect to use for anything other than trimming the rose bush from a distance. Won't cut real wood.

Product was slow to arrive and damaged beyond use upon arrival. Amazon referred me to the manufacturer who referred me to a poorly run repair shop. The repair shop never returned my phone calls and I had to hound them for 2 weeks before they finally ordered the part. Another week later the part was received. The unit works better than expected. I am very impressed with the pruner itself. It functions much better than the comprable Remington sold at local hardware stores. The pruner's design also makes it very easy to handle. However, I am extremely disapointed in Amazon. They should have gotten the part for me instead of pawning me off on the manufacturer. I am never ordering bulky mechanical tools online again. Too many moving parts for UPS to destroy.

Purchased form Amazon, lasted 20 minutes before it broke. I was told to take it to a brick and mortar store for warrantee work. They were unhappy that I brought it in. They have no parts for this tool and they cant give me a date for repair, it has been two weeks now. In fact, they told me that if purchased from them there is an over the counter exchange policy. This tool should be replaced rather than repaired when it is new. The repair could cost more than the original purchase price. If you buy this tool over the web, don't expect any support from the either seller or the manufacturer.

I was so disappointed when I took my Poulan Electric Pole Chain Saw out of the package. It had such high reviews that I had waited for it with great anticipation in hopes of finally being able to cut the high (15 to 20 feet up) limbs off all the dead trees I have on my woodsy yard. But I was sorely disappointed. For some reason I had thought it would reach at least as high as my hand pole saw. But NO.... it reaches one half the distance if not less than that. And ofcourse it is much heavier than my hand pole saw though not so that it is unwieldy. Once again, I am now back to having to cut all the limbs by brute hand and arm strength with my hand pole saw. It's too bad I am getting so old that I find this more and more difficult with each passing year --> hence my whole reason for buying this tool in the first place. As far as power goes, it groaned and whined and tried to stall out a few times as I was trying to cut a lower, larger dead branch (~5 inches in diameter) since I couldn't cut the upper, smaller ones for which I had originally bought the chain saw. It did cut sharply and cleanly without any difficulty when I only removed little limbs at around my five foot height on living trees. It has a nice little extension cord 'catch' but I couldn't use it since my cords are heavy duty flat ones that can't fit in the small slot allowed for the cord to wrap. One nice feature is that it comes with a second tool, a string trimmer, that attaches to the lower motor section. Of course I have no use for it but it was a nice surprise none the less. All in all it is a nice little saw but more information should have been given with it's description so that I could have made a more informed decision about buying a basically useless tool.