I got tired of not being able to start my gas-powered chain saw when I needed it, so broke down and bought an Echo 58V electric chain saw. Man, do I love that thing. No starting, no filling with gas, no noise while not using, no exhaust fumes, no dangerous spinning chain while not using. It will go through anything I throw at it and the battery lasts forever before it needs to be recharged. I will never go back to gas.
I bought a $39.00 elec chainsaw at Harbor Fright and power it with $88.00 gas generator from HF.
I put the generator in the back of my Kawasaki Mule and use the elec chainsaw to cut small trees that fall in my woods trails.
For way less than $150 it works pretty good.