What chainsaw?

[Muncher]

I need to pick up a chainsaw (or two) tonight for clearing a pretty large garden. Most of the trees are small, less than 3 inches in diameter and we have a bigger chainsaw for the more chunky trees.

Needs to be as cheap as possible, but needs to actually do the job without falling to bits, but importantly I need to be able to pick it up tonight so I am probably limited to B&Q, Screwfix and Toolstation or similar.

Any suggestions?

[Muncher]

I think I have found a decent candidate in the Qualcast one from Homebase, it seems to get pretty good reviews everywhere and is reduced to £90.

The garden is far too big for a mains powered one and so overgrown the lead would be a pain. My brother in law is making progress at the moment with a Stihl one, which he picked up from Gumtree today almost brand new as the buyer got it but was too scared to use it.

[Muncher]

Picked up two of the Qualcast 40cm chainsaws from Homebase yesterday for £90 and today they are both still working in the hands of my brother in law, who is infamous for killing tools. (He killed his chainsaw yesterday and the brand new Stihl one that replaced it, plus a 3 tonne digger. If something survives a day in his hands it is a good bit of kit!)

[Muncher]

We have two of them, they're just too slow for the volume of stuff we are cutting and they don't rwnd to work very well on things that are not held rigid. I agree they are safer though. We made decent progress today so hopefully will be all done tomorrow.