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SORAKO Cordless Chainsaw Review
Donald Matthews • April 11, 2022
I was given the opportunity by HYCHIKA to try out and review their SORAKO chainsaw. This blog describes what I think about the chainsaw. How well I like it as well as my experience in using it.
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First I’ll give you a few of the details about the SORAKO electric chainsaw. It uses a 20V max battery and comes with a 4.0Ah battery charger. This means no mixing of gas and oil. Which is already a big plus for me. I really don’t like having to measure out and figure out 1 to 2 part ratios and having a half gallon of gas that I’ve premixed kicking around, turning into a stale oil and gas mixture that I’m likely to have to dispose of rather than use. There’s no smelly exhaust emission. So it’s friendlier to the environment. The cordless chain saw is a lot quieter than any gas powered machine, yet maintains high efficiency power. |
| The whole chain saw, including bar and chain, weighs only 8 pounds. So it causes a lot less fatigue in your hands and arms. This electric chain saw comes with a high quality 10 inch bar and a equally high quality chain. The chain speed is 20.6 f/s which gives it enough power to prune larger limbs and buck smaller trees. No tool needed to install the chain and adjust the tension. Simply rotate the orange ring and tighten down the black knob in the center to lock in place. The automatic chain oiling system keeps your chain and bar well oiled insuring the Sorako cordless chainsaw stays in good condition. | 
The SORAKO chainsaw's 10" bar and chain system. |
The SORAKO chainsaw's hand guard and brake system. |
The orange hand guard in front of the top handle does two things. It protects your hand from debris and also brakes the chain if the chainsaw kicks back, or if an emergency stop is needed, a forward push on the handguard brakes/stops the chain immediately. The safety lock, located above the trigger on the rear handle prevents unexpected starts, yet is easy to operate with a simple push with your thumb. Low vibration technology makes for low impact operation. And the rear handle is a comfortable fit to the hand. The overall balance also makes using the Sorako cordless electric chain saw easy to use. |
| To say I enjoyed using this chainsaw is a bit of an understatement. With my sciatica, bulging disks, and arthritis, operating a gas powered chainsaw can bring on some hurt. The light weight of the Sorako cordless chainsaw relieved a large amount of that. And as mentioned earlier, I don’t have to worry about mixing gas. The largest effort is to make sure the battery is charged, and that there is chain oil in the chainsaw. | 
The SORAKO chainsaw's chain tensioning system. |
The SORAKO chainsaw's chain is easy to install. |
The first few limbs I cut were on a Dogwood tree that is right behind my shop which have been rustling against the roof. Not healthy for the shingles, and kinda creeped me out on some of the late nights I spend working in there. Made me think the boogieman was gonna get in a time or two. These limbs required me to use a ladder to get to them and the light weight of the Sorako chainsaw made that easier to do and certainly more comfortable knowing I didn’t either have to haul up a running chainsaw, or try cranking one on the ladder. Did I mention I’m not the steadiest of people on a ladder? Well, I’m not. The chain saw made quick work of those limbs. And one of those limbs came within a couple inches of making quick work of the camera I use to record my YouTube videos. More about the video later. |
| The next job was a Crape Myrtle that needed it’s lower limbs clipped. That started off great as the cordless chainsaw went right through those limbs. At least until I got about a quarter way around. There I was using the chainsaw to knock off the little hedge switch like limbs to get to the bigger limb that I wanted to cut. If ya don’t know what a hedge switch is, don’t ask your granny, she just might show ya. And they hurt. A couple of those little switches got caught up under the chain and popped it off the bar. I quickly stopped the chainsaw and inspected the bar and chain. I took the chainsaw off to the side and removed the battery to prevent the saw from having any power. Safety first. Then I unscrewed the tension system, removed the cover and reinstalled the chain. Put the cover back on and reset the tension on the chain. No tools needed and back, ready to cut in less than 5 minutes. | 
The SORAKO chainsaw is a joy to use. |
The SORAKO chainsaw has a very good chain lubrication system. |
I took some of the Crape Myrtle branches that I had pruned and were big enough, and cut them up in pieces that I could let dry a bit and hopefully get some pen blanks out of them. Next I was off with the cordless electric chainsaw to a Sweetgum log that I’ve had beside the shop. I’ve been planning on cutting it up into bowl blanks for awhile now. And now is as good a time as any. The outside of the log was punky down to about an inch. But the old growth that laid beneath was still hard as any Sweetgum wood. I made my first cuts to trim away some unwanted ends. Though I could tell I was cutting through some thicker and harder wood, the chainsaw made pretty quick work of it. |
| Then I went to buck off my first bowl blank. This cut would be close to the max cut of Sorako cordless chainsaw. For what they call buck cutting anyway. The chain went right through the old punky wood as expected. In just a second I was through that sapwood and into the harder heartwood. I was waiting for the chainsaw to bog down, but it really didn’t. I had a bigger problem bending over to get to it. I adjusted the log to raise it up a bit then started the chain saw again. The electric chainsaw went right through it as easily as a gas powered saw would. I would cut another that was just a tiny bit bigger after this one before it started to rain and I called it quits. The result was the same. This cordless electric chainsaw did a mighty fine job of cutting it. | 
I'm using the cordless electric chainsaw to cut off a bowl blank. |
| I have little doubt that the chainsaw will cut the bigger end of that Sweetgum log when I can get out there and cut it. I was very impressed with the SORAKO electric cordless chainsaw and I am very grateful to SORAKO and HYCIKA for the opportunity to try out and review some their tools. Thank you very much for reading my blog. I hope this information is helpful to you. If you’d like to see the video of me using the chainsaw, the video is below. If you’re already convinced or want to learn more about the SORAKO cordless chainsaw, follow this link https://www.amazon.com/gp/mpc/A105JBKUG8H7FC and use the 20% off Promo Code: 20PWGCHM |
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