Nutball
TreeHouser
An Echo DCS 5000 18" electric chainsaw costs $200 new, can make up to 200 4"x4" cuts on a 5Ah battery.
An Echo DCS 2500 12" electric chainsaw costs $430 new, can make up to 60 4"x4" cuts on a 2.5Ah battery.
Theoretically they have very similar durability and the same amount of engineering gone into both saws, but the 5000 will require more resources, therefore more production cost, to make the heavier, larger, more powerful saw. I really doubt it makes much difference in cost if they make and sell more 5000's than 2500's because they will make and sell a ton of each to sell globally. Enough that it should keep production cost per unit to a minimum.
So, are they just charging more for the model that is most likely to be used in a high production commercial setting to take advantage of your business' profits? Or do they have such good intentions that they want to discourage Joe Homeowner from buying the potentially more dangerous to use model, when he has likely had little to no chainsaw experience or safety training? Quite often it looks like tools intended for commercial use cost much more, not always because they are built tougher, but because they know they can get that much more money from someone who will use it to make money.
An Echo DCS 2500 12" electric chainsaw costs $430 new, can make up to 60 4"x4" cuts on a 2.5Ah battery.
Theoretically they have very similar durability and the same amount of engineering gone into both saws, but the 5000 will require more resources, therefore more production cost, to make the heavier, larger, more powerful saw. I really doubt it makes much difference in cost if they make and sell more 5000's than 2500's because they will make and sell a ton of each to sell globally. Enough that it should keep production cost per unit to a minimum.
So, are they just charging more for the model that is most likely to be used in a high production commercial setting to take advantage of your business' profits? Or do they have such good intentions that they want to discourage Joe Homeowner from buying the potentially more dangerous to use model, when he has likely had little to no chainsaw experience or safety training? Quite often it looks like tools intended for commercial use cost much more, not always because they are built tougher, but because they know they can get that much more money from someone who will use it to make money.