A good backpacking saw

storl said:
If you are cutting a branch off a tree, you can cut starting at the top of the branch and it will lean down and not pinch the saw. If you are cutting on the ground, you can put another branch or rock under one end and cut from below the branch, again not pinching the saw.
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:thumbup: I've never had my chainsaw pinched before, but I must admit I probably haven't used it as extensively as others. The only situation in which I could see it maybe getting pinched, is if you're trying to limb larger branches off a downed tree and are unable to prop the branches high enough to allow your cut to open up. Even then I guess one could jerry-rig up a post or A-frame or something to prop the branch up. In that case though, I'd just use a chopper to limb and not the chainsaw; i mean, if you felled the tree in the first place, you probably used a chopper of some sort.
 
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rksoon,

For me the additional length is helpful but I also like the fact that the SA210's blade is over 18% thicker than that on the PB170. I experienced some blade flex using the PB170 on larger branches and that wasn't the case with the SA210. Both are great saws and you won't go wrong with either but if the ounce and a half is not a big deal, try the SA210.

DancesWithKnives
 
question about the pocket chainsaws; is there any brand in particular i should be looking for or are they all pretty much the same?
 
Thanks again DWK2, very good point about the thickness, I must have glossed over that looking at the specs of those two:o I guess both just look so sturdy to me I didn't even think about flex on a folding saw. I think I just might try the SA210 first since it isn't more expensive than the PBs. If the ounce and a half somehow kills me, I can always switch over to PB.

siguy said:
question about the pocket chainsaws; is there any brand in particular i should be looking for or are they all pretty much the same?
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Hey Siguy, I only have one, the Supreme Products "Pocket Chainsaw" (I think they have a new one now, the "Unbelievable Saw";);)), but there is one more I have heard of, the "Sabercut Saw" by Ultimate Survival Technologies. I don't know if one is better than the other, but there is a comparison review on "equipped to survive" you can google. (If no one here has actually used the sabercut or another chainsaw)
 
I mentioned earlier that I don't carry a saw for backpacking, but that I do for day hikes. I was wrong. I always have a saw on my Swiss Army knife. The larger SAK saws are darn efficient tools that can do more than most people realize.
 
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