Black+Decker Chainsaws
USA · Est. 1910 · 7 models
Black+Decker is an American manufacturer of power tools and outdoor equipment founded in 1910. Their chainsaw lineup includes affordable cordless models on the 20V MAX battery platform, designed for light-duty homeowner use like pruning and small tree removal.
BCCS320C1
BECS600
CS1216
CS1518
LCS1020
LCS1020B
LCS1240
All 7 Black+Decker models
Specifications as published by the manufacturer. A dash means the figure is not published.
How the Black+Decker chainsaw range is organised
Black+Decker's seven chainsaws split cleanly in two: cordless saws that run on a battery platform, and corded saws that run from the mains. ChainsawData records a weight for every one of them — the only brand in this group where that is true — which makes this the easiest range in the catalogue to compare like for like.
Cordless. Four saws, and they do not all sit on the same platform. The database records LCS1240 as running a 40V MAX lithium-ion pack, while the shorter LCS1020 and LCS1020B sit on the lower-voltage line named in their own designation, and BCCS320C1 is a different family again. That distinction matters more than bar length does: the pack bought for an LCS1240 is not the pack that runs an LCS1020. Bars run 15.24 cm on the BCCS320C1, stored for "pruning", 25.4 cm on both LCS1020 listings, and 30.5 cm on the LCS1240.
Corded. Three saws, and every bar longer than 30.5 cm in the Black+Decker range is one of them: BECS600 at 35.6 cm, CS1216 at 40.64 cm and CS1518 at 45.7 cm, the last stored for "tree pruning and cutting branches".
What the weights show. In order: BCCS320C1 3.67 kg, LCS1020B 3.86 kg, LCS1020 4.13 kg, BECS600 4.22 kg, LCS1240 5.03 kg, CS1216 5.99 kg, CS1518 7.1 kg. Two things stand out. The 30.5 cm LCS1240 weighs 5.03 kg, more than the longer-barred 35.6 cm BECS600 at 4.22 kg — the cordless saw carries its power source with it. And the two LCS1020 listings differ by 0.27 kg, the bare-tool version being the lighter.
The trade-off across the range is blunt. The longest bar Black+Decker offers comes with a cord and 7.1 kg. Staying on a battery platform means staying at 30.5 cm or below, and picking the right voltage line at the outset.
Reading a Black+Decker model number
Black+Decker uses three prefixes, and each one changes how the digits after it should be read.
CS… — corded chainsaws. The four digits split in half: the first pair is the motor's electrical rating, the second pair is the bar length in inches. CS1216 records a 40.64 cm bar, which is 16 inches; CS1518 records 45.7 cm, which is 18. The stored bar lengths confirm the pattern on both.
LCS… — the lithium, i.e. cordless, chainsaws, and here the digits swap order. The first pair is the bar in inches and the second pair is the battery voltage. LCS1020 is a 10-inch saw — 25.4 cm in the database — on the 20-volt line, and LCS1240 is a 12-inch saw, recorded at 30.5 cm, whose stored fuel type is a 40V MAX lithium-ion pack. This is the only designation in the range that states the platform outright, so read it before buying packs: the 1020 and the 1240 are not interchangeable.
BCCS… and BECS… — newer prefixes that abandon the pattern; their digits are catalogue references. BCCS320C1 is cordless and records a 15.24 cm bar; BECS600 is corded and records 35.6 cm. Neither number encodes either figure.
Suffixes follow the usual convention: a trailing B, as on LCS1020B, is the bare tool sold without a battery, and C1 on the BCCS320C1 marks a kit that includes one.