The ** Solo by AL-KO CS 4235 ** is a little bit of an odd chook within the chainsaw market. Whether or not that’s factor or a nasty factor, we’ll come to in a minute, however to begin off we’ll give it a plus for the extraordinary chain tensioner. You don’t want instruments; as a substitute the tensioner is only a large wheel. First you loosen the outer knob, then you definitely flip the wheel, and then you definitely tighten the knob once more.

The CS 4235 is a bit sluggish to begin. But it surely does ultimately fireplace up after a little bit of a delay and, in follow, that’s not likely a lot of an issue.

However, its efficiency undoubtedly is an issue. The chain rotates fairly slowly, which suggests it takes a good time to chop by way of thicker trunks and branches. The chainsaw truly comes with two modes – however it’s sluggish in each. In case you set it to low mode to avoid wasting the battery, it takes a particularly very long time to chop something. And it’s actually solely appropriate for slicing thinner branches or felling small timber.

The plastic grip is affordable and the machine generates little vibration.

Put on the battery round your waist

The CS 4235 is a barely odd chainsaw in that it comes with a cable. The thought is to hold the battery on a belt that you just put on round your waist, after which join this to the chainsaw by way of a 1.6 metre lengthy cable. The cable doesn’t roll in routinely, or something like that, so it simply hangs unfastened by your aspect on a regular basis.

For a battery chainsaw, the CS 4235 is extraordinarily heavy. The noticed alone, excluding battery, weighs virtually as a lot because the rivals’ fashions do with battery included. The belt additionally weighs one kilo. Add to all that the truth that the battery weighs simply over two kilos and also you’ll quickly be carrying round 7.5 kilos. The thought is even that you just carry as much as two extra batteries on the belt – along with the one in use.

The chainsaw does include a harness you possibly can connect to the belt to take a number of the weight. We perceive the concept, which is to hold extra batteries and get an extended working time. However the mixture of that unfastened cable, a weight of over seven kilos and the actions you carry out when utilizing a chainsaw represent an extreme bodily load.

As well as, the chainsaw is sort of extensive, with a large deal with. The CS 4235 seems to be and weighs like an actual efficiency monster, nevertheless it truly performs like a way more primary machine. In different phrases it is not likely appropriate for both goal group.

Nonetheless, the chainsaw does get a plus for the location of the oil cap, which makes it straightforward to refill. And it additionally has a transparent indicator for the oil degree.

The battery lights up and reveals the battery degree as quickly as you contact it, so there’s no particular button to activate this perform. Which implies it’s lit on a regular basis you’re utilizing the noticed.

The Solo by AL-KO CS 4235 works OK should you’re more likely to be chopping up small branches, however even then there are extra environment friendly and lighter fashions available on the market.