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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The base has positive detentes to allow you to exactly select common angles when mitering. I’d say this compares well to its “yellow” counterpart for $200 less.

Small enough to handle easily, portable and plenty of power. It makes nice clean cuts with the included blade.



Cons

Central saw plate is flimsy, not flush with surrounding surface and not adjustable. The head is to wobbly (on all 4 saws i looked at). The other 95% is flung out in all directions.

The instructions are ludicrously hard to figure out. First off, the saw comes out the box locked in a beveled and mitered position. Secondly, the instructions fail to mention whether you use one of the wrenches that come with it to attach/loosen. Hita...  Read More

Don't be deceived by 10 inches of blade. Don't expect to cut wide peices of wood or tall crown molding. This saw is dangerous!

The cut is square, since i calibrated the saw to be exactly 90 degrees to the fence, but it isn't uniform along the entire line of the cut. The geometry of the defective cuts is identical for three different blades - fine toward the top, then wide-ish...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


Quality saw for a very good price


This strikes me as a fine product

Price


This is a great saw at a great price

Packaging/appearance


Good piece of machinery accurate right out of the box

Competitiveness


Mine had an issue the release to change the blade angle was so tight that we almost broke the saw to get it to work we had to w...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, good, quality, easy and nice.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 371.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,454 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 26 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The dust bag is useless but that seems to be an issue with every other brand


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Being apprehensive about power saw potential to ruin ones life in a second of ignorance or inattention i carefully read underlined and highlighted the instruction manual before ever turning it on


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Cosmetic issues safety cover guard was broken


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Hitachi has yet to let me down


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Base doorwindow casings it still hits square


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I’d say this compares well to its “yellow” counterpart for 200 less


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Mine had an issue the release to change the blade angle was so tight that we almost broke the saw to get it to work we had to watch multiple unboxing videos to realize that ours indeed had an issue

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