The best cordless chainsaws, tested by a gardening editor

SOMETIMES all you need is a chainsaw in your garden.

Perfect for large pruning jobs, chopping down dead trees and getting rid of diseased and damaged branches, they’ve come a long way since the smokey, stinky petrol giants of old.

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Nowadays, it’s possible to get mini, handheld, cordless cutters, which do the job of loppers — but much more easily.

And even the bigger, more classic, cordless...