There was a time when the word chainsaws could be easily associated with a large cutting device used only by lumberjacks. Those were the days of bulky and hefty cutting appliances.
Today, the time has come for more smaller and lighter chainsaws that can be used by the occasional tree pruner in all of us. Even housewives with a frail body can manage these devices thanks to their weight and power output ratio.
Making use of battery packs rather than gasoline engines, they are tinier and easier to handle. The lack of gasoline power means that such devices are free from all gasoline related problems such as leakage and choke issues.
Todays chainsaw models are as powerful as those large ones previously made, although most cannot cut through large tree trunks as they are made for home based users mostly. However, larger gasoline powered lumberjack chainsaws are still available in the market today.