While the model I bought is the DCS-5000 and comes with a 5 a/hr battery, the basics of the two saws are the same. This is a well-designed machine capable of much of what homeowners and landowners ask of a chainsaw...without the hassle of maintaining a finicky two-stroke gasoline engine. I've been cutting limbs up to 8" thick cleaning up wind damaged-trees on our place for the past several weeks with mine and, with only a little care and mindfulness to keep the bar oil tank full, I'm very impressed. Little noise, little-to-no bogging in tough firewood species (oak, hackberry, and pecan) and the 5 a/hr battery needs charging at about the same time I do. (Actually on a limbing and sizing project the saw and I cut about 2 hours with no problem and the battery was still around 25% charged. I didn't want to run to the "no charge" condition, so we quit and I put it on the charger and sat in the shade for a while.) Plan to buy two more chains so I can rotate between chores and the sharpening shop. Chain tension is straightforward with well-engineered side-cover bolts (that are tethered to prevent loss when accessing the chain and clutch assembly. Still one needs not to go completely into the side cover to tighten the chain...just loosen two nuts and use the on-board "Scrench" stored in the handle to bring the links back in alignment with the bottom of the bar. I'm very pleased with this saw and am wondering what I will do with the 10-year-old Jonsered in the shop. It's likely been replaced.
