This pocket chainsaw was a new one for me. I never heard of such a product before I was contacted to review it, but it immediately appealed to the non-tech gadgety side of me. I don’t spend nearly as much time in the wilderness as I wish I did, but I have been going hiking on a weekly basis in the recent months. Inevitably while hiking I come across fallen trees that block the path, or I see old dried-up trees that need to be taken down in order to make room for the new growth. For all those situations (and many others that I could not foresee right now) a compact pocket chainsaw seemed like an ideal tool to have around.

So far I’ve tested the chainsaw on a couple of old trees deep in the forest. They were about three to four inches in diameter. The pocket chainsaw is very intuitive to use, but you have to pay attention to the right orientation of the sawing. I was able to completely cut down those trees very quickly. It took me less than a minute to accomplish those tasks, even with a short readjustment break in the middle. As far as the efficacy of this chainsaw is concerned I couldn’t be more happy with it.

The chainsaw is fairly light and compact. It indeed fits easily in your pocket. It weighs less than my set of keys, but that perhaps says more about the amount of stuff I carry on my keychain. The chainsaw comes with a handy and fairly sturdy carrying case. However, the only issue that I did have with this product concerns the quality of one of the straps on the case – it came apart the very first time I tried to use it. It could be easily reattached with some quick needlework, but it’s disappointing that it wasn’t of a higher quality to begin with.