Best Power Saws

Plunge saw – I’m really impressed with Cordless plunge saw 5.0 Ah XL.

My One and Only Mitre Saw – It has to be the most accurate - 'Machine Tool - to cut at any ( Simple 90 degree or compound angle cut. ) available!...Cheers. Show details

This thing is bloody awesome – The saw on the track cuts beautiful straight clean square cuts like nothing else I've used bar a table saw and it cuts thick particle board and… Read more

laminates like they are not there. I got the deal where they threw in the extra guide rail which made it better value than the teal coloured contender, so it was a no brainer, just get the best. I like that you get a charger per battery as well. This is only my second Festool purchase after the CT 15 Midi extractor. One hit of the green cordial and you're hooked.

I loved this saw until 3hrs of use time cutting pine skirting, it died. WHAT THE HELL MAKITA? – Brought from Sydney Tools late Aug 2022, didn't get to use it until October 2022 due to landscaping being brought forward. Used only to cut skirting… Read more

and Archs, total run time of around 3hrs. Saw stopped working but still power to light and laser. Took it into Sydney Tools and they sent it immediately to local authorised repairer. Repairer advised that brushes were totally worn out and NOT covered by warranty. At first I think everyone just assumed I was lying and had used and abused the saw, but I asked them to have a look at it and they agreed it was as new and definitely NOT a saw that had been used much at all.

Makita have denied everything and any warranty claim despite the repairer suggesting they should, and the rep won't even call me to discuss. It's not necessarily about the money, but the principle. The saw brushes are obviously faulty.

My Dad had said decades ago that Makita had lost their mojo so I had avoided them for all this time - and I have bought a lot of tools as I regularly move and renovate my homes. So, I finally went out on a limb and back to Makita and this is the result. I am out of pocket for the repairs and totally disgusted in their after sales service. I took the worn brushes back to ST and they suggested that the brushes can sometimes have material contamination which weakens them and they just shatter. Sydney Tools felt my pain, know me well enough and have offered a store credit for the repair costs as I buy a lot from them.

I really look after my tools and I don't flog them. I am sooooo disappointed and based solely on their lack of response, you can be sure that the long list of tools I have on Santas list won't be Makita - its a running joke with the trades on site already. Sadly for Makita I have a wicked sense of humour and they can BANK on me telling my friends and acquaintances (and maybe I'll even go and make new friends just to tell them) how crap this experience has been. Things go wrong with products - noone denies that but its reasonable to expect respectful after sales service when there is a legitimate issue. The rep for Port Macquarie should have just called...

For the price, this saw performed well. Easy to set up and operate and not heavy to move around. Cuts are clean and the saw has no problem with… Read more

thicker pieces of timber. A couple of downsides - the dust bag is for show only and practically useless and before using the saw, make a couple of practice cuts to ensure the saw is cutting at 90 degrees. The first saw I bought had to be offset by around 8 degrees to get a perfect square cut (even with the saw table offset to the max). I returned this saw to Bunnings and they had no issue to provide a replacement. The new saw still needs to be offset by a couple of degrees but nowhere near as bad as the original saw. I figure this will be an issue with these saws and a result of a low price. 'You get what you pay for' right? The upsides - it's cheap, does what it's supposed to do and has a 3 year warranty. Overall, a positive experience and happy with Ozito.

Beating heart of home woodshop – Note: item pictured at top of reviews shows a trolley stand which is not included with the saw. Being a hobbyist DIYer who likes to make things… Read more

about the house, I put off getting a table saw for a long timel they're just so expensive. Now I feel like an idiot for doing so. The DWE7491 has become the most used tool in the shop.

This thing isn't cheap. Weighing in at nearly $1300 it was a cause for anxiety when I pulled the trigger. But I am so glad I did.

Here are the things I love: - The fence is dreamy, with a wonderful rack and pinion adjustment. Keeps it true. - Rip capacity is well over 800mm - Powerful motor cuts everything with ease - Onboard storage of fence and other tooling (but not blade changing spanners) - Includes blade changing spanners that work

Here are the things I'm not so fond of: - It is LOUD! The motor is not built in to cabinetry so it is free to yell at you. Wear ear protection. - The motor sparks when stopping - The tracks are non-standard size - The arbor is 16mm, making it difficult to find suitable blades (use a reducer) - The fence is a little short for longer cuts. - Dust collection isn't perfect, but show me a saw that is

This tool opens up so many opportunities for new projects. It has been used to build shelves, shop tools (e.g. drill press table), cabinets, cutlery drawer inserts, ripped down panels and ply, and much more. I haven't touched my circular saws or mitre saw since I bought it several months ago.

I also received the DWE74912-XJ scissor stand as a bonus and the saw fitted on to it with no problems. The stand is stable and I've had no issues with balance or tipping. I also use roller stands from Bunnings for longer workpieces to ensure they remain level at the ends of the cuts.

It isn't a match for a cabinet saw, but it is more affordable, transportable and smaller, which is great for the hobbyist on a money and space budget.

Heavy duty workhorse – These saws are big, heavy and powerful but thats why you buy one. Well not so much for the weight. These saws have remained a similar design for 30… Read more

years and its a well proven, simple and reliable design. Ive used these for framing for years and they just dont miss a beat.

You really can treat these harshly and you would be working hard to kill one. Given thier size and weight I only get it out when the cordless circular saw wont get the job done and thats only for serious full depth ripping in hardwood. They come with the standard accessories you would expect and I would recommend for those serious into heavy timber framing if youre not doing that get one of the smaller and lighter makita cordless saws.

Second replacement saw – First saw lasted 13 months. under warranty took 3 month then was replaced with a brand new saw. This one as a hobbyist has just failed after 17 months. Very poor saws Show details

Great tool for gardeners with arthritis – It is a very useful tool for trimming camellias, rhodos and smallpox shrubs and trees. Makes pruning a breeze. I used it to help out my elderly… Read more

neighbour and my sister-in-law decided that dhe had to buy her own after using mine.i also bought the Bosch edhrr and trimmer to ho with it.

My go to site saw – When fitted with the 250mm crosscut track, it essentially become a very portable mitre saw. If you're not doing repitative lengths of cuts, might as… Read more

well just get this out, may even be slightly faster than a bench mitre saw. Because it's so easy to line up cut mark. Battery life is fine, power is fine, even when ripping. Handy too that it is a plunge track saw as well. Being able to quickly and accurately adjust the height of cut is great. Only negative is combination cuts at 45' on 45mm timber, because blade is just slightly too small. Well worth getting, no other circular saw can compare with the results of quality and speed.

Good value but understand it's limitations – This is not a tool designed for fine wood working. It has many shortcomings, but some can be overcome with a little bit of effort. Some very good… Read more

videos on youtube about mods and improvements.

I got mine for about 580 on clearance and it was pretty square right out of the box.

I made a cross cut sled and found that using two runners caused the sled to bind. The runners on their own slid smoothly, so I can only assume that the mitre slots are not 100% parallel which is a shame but not a huge deal. I just use one runner now. The blade is close enough to parallel with the slots that the cuts are good enough for my work.

It makes a ton of dust so use it outside or with dust collection.

Cuts well, plenty of power, the rack and pinion fence is easy to dial in accurate cuts. It does a good job for the price.

I do wish it was more precise but this tool is compact and portable which for me is more important.

The power switch makes perfect sense to me. Easy to turn off, hard to start. If you read the manual you'd know how it works.

Well built machine – This saw is built really well and has enough power for most hobbyists and diyers. I've used it for a number of projects including building a timber… Read more

pergola and as long as you have a decent blade it can handle 45mm thick pine beams, particle board benchtops etc. So far no complaints. Obviously it's going to struggle with hardwoods or a blunt blade so you need to be sensible on how to use it. It'd be great if Ozito made a 36V version.

Great bit of kit – Great tool but the dust collection in the bag that’s supplied is poor. That’s why only 4 stars.

I use Festool because of the precision it gives me and this Carvex is incredible

Great saw with plenty of power – Bought this saw for $119 in August 2020 to rip some 45mm thick hardwood. Very impressed with how easily it ripped through the timber and how fast it… Read more

was. The blade was at the right angle straight out of the box and did not require any adjustment. The guide is surprisingly easy to use to cut to pre-determined width. Overall very impressive!

Great tool with room of improvement – Had my chain for at least couple of years. Cuts great and beats the noise of conventional chainsaws. You can easily view oil level. Issues I found… Read more

with the chain bar were when cutting close to the tip of the bar, the chain may go into the bar opening a gap. This happened twice. Milwaukee’s warranty is great, however, the bar quality can be improved. I was wondering if I had the chain too tight, but hard to imagine this would happen twice. Never experienced this with other conventional saws. The chain saw RPM is on the low side compared to others. Aside from that, as usual with Milwaukee products, great product.

The ryobi 150mm circular saw 18v is useless with your small batteries it sucked the life out of three of small batteries to cut a length of wood around 3 feet long very disappointed had to use the large battery

I'll be right up front and say that I've only had the mower (kit) for about a week and only used it once. So my opinion is short term, it may change… Read more

once I've had the mower for weeks/months/years.

So far it's been a positive experience. My yard is quite long between having my previous mower away (trying to get fixed under warranty) and Cyclone Alfred. So my first mow was on a yard that hasn't been touched in nearly a month. As a result the mower did stall more than once, and it was more noticeable while using the self-propel feature. Basically when pushing it, if it bogged down I'd stop pushing before it stalled. But with the SP on it'd sometimes stall before I cut the power to the wheels.

Frankly though the yard was really high and thick so it'd have easily stalled my defunct AEG and probably my previous Victa petrol too. So I can't downrate it for that. Once I got the pacing of the SP feature right (or just didn't use it) it performed just fine.

While on the subject of the SP feature it's something I wasn't looking for but the kit was priced too attractively compared to the standard (non SP) mower so I grabbed it. And having used it I'm glad I did. On the flat it's no big deal but on the uphill runs it's so nice letting the mower do the work. I've read other people complaining about the handle used to activate the SP feature. I have to say I didn't have issues with it. I think it could be better designed (shorter range), but I didn't find it painful to use or difficult to keep in place. I would like to move the speed control to the top of the handle though because it's current location (about halfway down) is inconvenient if you want to adjust it regularly.

Pace wise the top speed seems too fast, and ultimately I had to dial it way back to slowest pace. I think the top speed is fine (it'll work for younger, fitter people) but oldies might find the slowest pace to still be too fast. It's also "heavy" for a couple seconds after turning SP off. I guess the wheels are still connected to the driving mechanism. So you need to turn off SP, push gently for a second and then the mechanism disengages and you can turn the mower or drag it backwards more easily.

I think between the heavy load (thick, long grass) and using the SP a lot it's very hard on the battery. I got less than a quarter of my yard done, and it lasted less than half an hour. However, I think that'll change dramatically once I'm doing "normal" mows. This brings us to the charging, which is super fast but sounds like a hair dryer. This is because the charging unit (and possibly the battery too) has a cooling fan that is active while charging. It's ridiculously noisy, so don't expect to charge the battery while having a nap anywhere nearby. It does however smash the charge in really quickly. I didn't time it, but the 60v 4ah battery was definitely done in less than an hour (from flat).

The catcher has one interesting quirk. I say quirk because I'm not sure if it's a problem or not. Basically half the space where the grass exits to the rear is completely blocked off. So it's only throwing grass into the catcher through a hole about 20cm wide instead of the full width. It seemed to catch roughly as well as the AEG did with a full width gap so I'm not sure it's makes a difference.

Other than that, build quality seems quite solid, the handles fold well, and it can be stored upright. The cut seems a bit wider than on the AEG, but I think that's because the blades are the same length but the body of the mower is narrower. So you're getting closer to the full width of the mower when making a pass. There are some plastic components underneath the mower that I'm worried about trapping grass near the deck and becoming a potential rust risk. Will have to keep an eye on that.

All in all I'd like to give it 4.5 stars not 4, but can't do that. So the deduction is for the slight niggle adjusting speed and that it feels a little too fast in SP mode.

Warranty repair – The saw itself is ok, until it broke, lucky for me it was still under warranty.that has now been over 10 weeks since I took it in for repairs. What a… Read more

joke, ever time I ring they say it should be done in a couple of days!! Let’s see if it back after 11 weeks. This has put me off buying Bosch in the future. Very poor service.

Good for the price – I'm just a DIY user, but I quickly grew past what this saw could do. The two major issues that hold it back for me are the blade cover getting stuck… Read more

at the start of work, often needing to awkwardly pull it back slightly to get it started Then the power of it, I instantly swapped the default blade to a Irwin Weldtech and was having issue with it getting bogged down.swapped again to a Diablo and still the same issue. Now I am talking about cutting 200x50mm sleepers so it's quite a task for a small saw, but it's still enough to make me look elsewhere now. Besides those two issues it has been great.

The Material Clamp is usless – There is nothing to secure the material clamp to the saw. No locking screw, nothing. Just a lsmooth shaft and a loose hole. Tighten it up and it just… Read more

moves up and falls out. There is no way that it could work. It's a joke. I had to drill a hole in the back and put a bolt in to get it to function. Also the blade is very poor quality and I had to replace it with the blade from my old saw. The dust bag doesn't collect dust at all. Apart from that it works OK for the price.

Ryobi table saw - not level! – Bought this last weekend. Had to fiddle with the various gauges to make the blade straight, but if you actually read the instructions - it’s not too… Read more

hard. Set up the stand, and the table is not level!?! Got a 15mm lean across, and 8mm lean front to back. Whilst theoretically it doesn’t affect the function of the table - it’s not in any way OK for the table to be out of square on the basic parameter of levelness. More than disappointed - I sent them a question on how to fix it, and they don’t monitor their queries inbox. Sent them a second - no response again. Tried to send Bunnings a complaint - the form doesn’t work! (Not an unusual tactic for big corporates.) I have stocked up on #Ryobi tools this year (30!). And overall they are good, but service matters. I will be returning this for a credit.

Perfect work table and sawhorse, versatile, strong and value for money – Highly recommend this. Pros - strong and stable, can easily put a mitre saw on it as well - has 2 clamps embedded that can be used with the table… Read more

nicely as well - portable and very easy to fold - great value for money compared to other ones - versatile and can link up multiple worx benches

Cons - plastic but that does keep it light - clamping vertically against the side of table not as easy, I have to use a piece of wood underneath, that said compared to other ones, this is still way better especially for the price tag

A joy to use – I bought this saw as an upgrade from an older TS75 Festool model, which had seen a lot of use and after being dropped on the work site a couple of… Read more

times was no longer the machine it once was. A test cut with the new TS 60K made it clear I needed to put a new splinter guard strip on my tracks because the new saw had a thinner blade and made the cut slightly different from the old model.

When that was done I started cutting some melamine-coated 20mm hardwood ply panels for a cabinetry project. I was amazed by the difference. Firstly the saw ran a lot quieter than the old model. The cut accuracy was incredible and the new blade sliced through the ply so easily. It also made a much cleaner cut with no chips at all. I previously had to edge the cut panels with a router to clean up the cut. No need for that anymore. It's also much easier to set the depth of cut with a high degree of accuracy.

I love this saw. It's a joy to use. It will save me so much time and give me a much better quality end product. Highly recommended.

I got a lesson and advice on blades from the staff in bunnings. Let the tool weight do the work, push it and you kill it. Bought blades at same time… Read more

for cutting green timber. The included ones went straight into the bin. For $109 in machine and two blade pack for $20 australian I would be happy if it lasts a season. Using it on the farm for a few months to clean up a lot of small tree and branches around the house before fire season. First day It did very well, I even cut through some 150mm timber. I am 71 and have arthritic hands which makes a chainsaw impossible, not much pain at end of day, no trouble guiding blade with this saw. Compared to my petrol pole saw this is a little easier. And it will run off my 1kw generator for where a power cable will not reach. I will update this review if it survives the season or it dies. Hopefully the blade holding mechanism has been improved in the years since the other reviews.

update so far half a dozen trees cut into small lengths, a ton of the thickest bits went to a friend by trailer. bent a blade. broke a blade. third blade is 300mm long and has cut logs 200mm thick. no problems

Excellent lightweight drop saw – Used this drop saw for a sauna build so it needed to cut framing, lining boards and lots of mitres. It never missed a beat and was easy to finely adjust to get 45 degree angles perfect. Would definitely recommend. Show details

Only for light duty use – The motor burned out after about 12 months of occasional use (1-2 times/month), mostly gardening and a bit of 'demo' type work. After a bit of grief… Read more

from Bunnings re. warranty, I replaced it with the much more expensive brushless version, which so far doesn't get as smoking hot but really isn't any more powerful.

Handyman must have – Good value product, battery lasts long enough to do decent days work.. design and feel of the saw fits well and is easy to use...not to heavy..

No more cords – Ive had one of these for years, they are powerful and useful. When i first got it i took a bit of a chance as they were fairly new on the market and… Read more

only 3ah batteries were availble. Now there are bigger capacities available the corded 9 1/4 only comes out for ripping ironbark or similar heavy work. I have the new cordless makits 18v and it sits even higher up the chain than this one in terms of features, build quality and battery life. I would spend the extra and go for the newer model. If youre on a budget this will get you by fine.

is a little bulky but what got me to give it a 1 star is the fact that you have to press a small button located near the power button at the same… Read more

time as the power button in order for it to work which makes it very hard to use, so basically the only usefulness it would have would be for pruning small branches. total waste of money