Hi Max
These saws have a 2400 watt motor, bigger that the Makita at 1800 watt. Chain is strange in that you sharpen the top edge as opposed to sharpening the under edge using the file/rotary sharpeners. The teeth also stick out wider than the chain by a couple of mm each side. I do have a log splitter I built during covid with a 50 ton jack but it is slow to use and the cypress wood I mostly get is so full of nots it will only split where it wants to.
I wouldn't consider a battery one because the logs I am cutting are just too big for them.
Anyway I bought 3 of them so they should see me out if they last 5 to 10 years each, anyway I am very impressed with them so far and I would be happy to pay full price for one without hesitation if I had to
