Bosch 06033C9070 EasyCut 12 Cordless Nano Blade Saw with 12 V Lithium-Ion Battery, Green

As mentioned jig saw in the 12v Pro Range broke down and I needed some intricate cutting doing, one of these (Nano's) filled the gap......it's good and cuts neatly....use within it's capabilities and it's a a neat tool. The 12v batteries for the Home & Garden range and the Professional are slightly different and not interchangeable. Blades are expensive (£30) so be careful and check for nails! Overall pleased with it - but use it carefully.

Absolutely BRILLIANT. Incredibly light and incredibly powerful. Not too noisy and no vibration.Gets into small space between branches. I use this mainly for pruning. It's so QUICK and handy. Battery lasts for ages too. Before, I've used long handled ratchet type secateurs which are heavier and clumsy, or a curved blade hedge saw which is slow. Or a proper (electric) chainsaw which is heavy and clumsy by comparison. It easily handled branches up to 2.5 ins. I'm going to have to hide it from my husband! Slight downside the battery was very difficult to remove, but this should ease with use. Well worth the money.

So I have been looking for a handheld "pistol" shaped pruner/cutter to use as a saw for small branches (around 10-30mm width), and this device from Bosch seemed to fit the bill - not that there were any other contenders. Most of the saw type devices made by other manufacturers are extremely large and unwieldy - I was hopeful that this device would fit the bill.As with all Bosch tools I have come across, their packaging is great - as you can see in the pictures it came with a durable green case (Green denotes home use tools, while their blue cases denote professional use). The chain came with it's own little guard although it's worth noting that once you've used the chain it's unlikely you will get this guard to fit again unless you clean the teeth of the chain ultra clean. The fitted chain is a 65mm which is the largest one they do (they also do a 50mm one), and in use the device cut through all the branches (including some thicker than the actual blade at around 9 to 10cm thick !) that I required it to without any problems, but there were some caveats as listed below.I have now owned this unit for some time, and am now in a position to update my original review which was quite critical in how the device fits in the palm of your hand and how it feels in ongoing usage, however my initial impressions were very unfair as I thought both safeties had to be depressed in order for the unit to work. In reality (and I suspect if I had read the manual !) I would have found out that both safeties only have to be depressed when initially starting the device - after which the only "safety" that has to be depressed is the trigger - which makes the device much nicer to use.Some other usage notes I have made - the teeth of the chainsaw seem very small, and they are quick to fill up with debris during use, to the point where the chain now looks to have a rim of wood round it interspersed with the teeth of the chainsaw ! I suspect this won't be much of an issue if you are using this device in a workshop on dry wood, however if you are in the garden and working on wood that has moisture in it, it is something to keep in the back of your mind - you certainly notice the difference in sharpness when using a new chainsaw blade !Unfortunately the EasyCut 12 doesn't come with a brush to clean it out which would have been very useful as I have noted is that quite a lot of the debris during use gets thrown into the holding mechanism for the blade - the areas that need particular attention in brushing out are above and below the blade itself and also in the circular recess which is used to house the spindle for the blade in the cover - these areas should be brushed out regularly with a stiff brush to maintain good operation and unnecessary wear and tear on the device.I would have also liked to see a slightly longer blade - maybe 80-90mm which would have made this device more useful for me.Having said all this, I've changed my review from a 3 to a 4 star - it's a nice little unit

I don’t often write reviews, but I’m so disappointed with this product I wanted to warn people before they waste their money.It’s incredibly hard to use- you have to push really hard to saw through anything but the driest, most rotten wood. It gives me hand cramp and shoulder pain, and I actively dislike using it (unusual for a power tool 😅).On top of this the battery only lasts about 20mins (and takes several hours to recharge). Yesterday, when it gave up I still had more wood to cut, so I fetched my old (not especially sharp) saw from the back of the shed. I was shocked to realise that not only was the old hand saw easier, less painful and less effort to use than this machine, it was actually significantly faster.Well done Bosch on making an electric saw which is less efficient than the original hand tool.Don’t be a fool like me, save yourself £100+ and treat yourself to a new sharp hand saw instead.