Best Dewalt Power Saws

A powerful and easy to use reciprocating saw – I bought this saw as part of a five piece kit in June 2020, when I finally decided on DeWalt as the tool brand I would buy into, after some research… Read more

and asking various friends. In hindsight I think I made the right decision, and I wish I’d taken the plunge into the DeWalt cordless tools sooner!

Initially I wasn’t sure whether I needed a reciprocating saw in my collection. I’d used my friend's Makita reciprocating saw and found it useful, though I thought a handsaw could be used instead for many applications.

However I’m glad I did buy a kit with this reciprocating saw, because there’s just the odd application where a reciprocating saw is indispensable, and many where it is the ideal tool, including cutting through wood embedded with nails, or when the circular saw blade isn’t deep enough or is the wrong shape to access the wood you want to cut. I’ve mainly used mine with hardwood, and occasionally with metal. I bought a carbide-tipped metal-cutting blade, and having that is a good back-up option for metal cutting when you don’t have the angle-grinder or when the reciprocating saw is a better option (sometimes it is). With such a blade, it’s like a high-powered hacksaw.

I’ve also used the saw for tree pruning when my chainsaw has been out of action or unavailable. Using a bi-metal general purpose blade, it’s fairly slow-cutting, though pruning is not really its intended purpose. You need to be careful not to overheat the blade, which will damage/blunten it. Because this reciprocating saw is pretty quiet, my friend used it one morning to prune a couple of pittosporum trees by the house while I was sleeping, to avoid waking me up with the chainsaw.

I can’t actually think of anything to fault this tool. It’s pretty heavy and bulky, but I guess that’s just the nature of reciprocating saws. Blade change-over is very quick and easy. Battery life seems great. The tool is comfortable to hold, powerful and well-made. It seems to tick all the boxes.

It's the one tool you thought you never needed until you have it! – If there is one thing I hate is spending money on tools that I end up not using or worse, regret buying! Try to explain that to your wife! Well this… Read more

isn't the case with this little gem, it can do a lot with its small package and I end up using far more than its bigger counterpart the angle grinder.

Few reasons why: 1 the size, it fits in any tool bag, 2 the weight, it's super light with my 2A battery and it last 3 in most cases you want to cut something on the fly, you hold it in one hand and you use the tool in the other, try that safely with the angle grinder. 4 dust extraction! 5 you can change the direction of cutting! 6 setting a depth of cut 7 flat and square shroud plate 8 over 20mm of cutting depth 9 dust extraction I am sure there is more but I can't think of the others.

No joke, this tool is a fantastic addition to my collection, and I wished it was on the blue skin but theirs has a massive flaw that the Dewalt doesn't. The shroud can be removed easily, without having to use any tool or remove the blade. that's genius! It comes with 3 blades, metal, ceramic and the universal, and I have used them all, only concern that I have is the availability of the blades but I will find them but overhaul I am very happy with the results if I had to describe the tool in only a few words, It's like having the circular saw on your angle grinder.

So to finish, For the price point you can't go wrong ($236.50 at the time of writing), and it will be as versatile as the angle grinder, except a lot safer.

Powerful, fast cutting and well built, can’t fault it – I bought this saw as part of a five piece kit in June 2020, when I finally decided on DeWalt as the tool brand I would buy into, after some research… Read more

and asking various friends. In hindsight I think I made the right decision, and I wish I’d taken the plunge into the DeWalt cordless tools sooner!

For a long time, I was using my housemate's corded Makita circular saw. It was a good saw, and I even bought the same saw after he moved out and took his saw with him. However I probably should have bought one of these instead, because having a cord on a circular saw is just a major inconvenience. Since I got this saw, I’ve hardly used my corded Makita.

I don’t use my circular saw for that much cutting since I now own a corded Makita sliding compound mitre saw, which I use for accurate right angle or other angled cuts. I find the circular saw particularly useful for ripping (since I don’t have a table saw). It comes with a rip fence, which makes ripping easy, though simply following a ruled line is also easy enough. I also use it for convenient cutting when I’m not near a power-point or can’t be bothered lugging the sliding compound mitre saw to location.

I’ve found this DeWalt saw to be an excellent saw. I’ve mostly used it with hardwood. It’s powerful and cuts very quickly. It’s well-balanced and comfortable to hold. It has an LED which is effective at lighting up your cutting area. The blade depth can be adjusted easily, and the blade angle can be changed to make bevel cuts (which I don’t do much but it’s good to have the option). The weight of the saw is fine, it fits my expectations. The runtime also seems pretty good; I used mine to cut firewood from a bunch of off-cuts from some hardwood milling and I could get a decent little pile out of each 6 Ah battery. I also like the electric brake, which stops the blade pretty quickly when you release the trigger, for a bit of added safety.

So, I’m very happy with this saw, and can’t think of anything to fault it.

Love dewalt – Dewalt, what more can I say the BEST. Dewalt never disappoints me, great reliable product that I have professionally and in my personal garage. Good… Read more

power, have never burnt it out even after some abuse. I buy dewalt as gifts for my siblings because I trust it.

Adjustments required when new, in for repair after less than 3 months of light use – LED light stopped working less than 3 months in. Expect to spend some (A LOT) of time adjusting the saw when you first get it as it wont cut… Read more

straight/accurately when you first take it out of the box. Pretty much every preset cut needed to be adjusted.

Motor has a lot of kickback when you pull the trigger, not a huge issue but it means you have to start the saw well away from your work or anything else.

Dust extraction isn't perfect but does direct a fair amount of the wood shavings in the right direction.

Its expensive but if you need accuracy and am willing to put in the time to adjust it correctly its ok. Next time I'll look into the bosch blue or the hitachi.

I hate this jigsaw, it made me look at switching to Makita – My DeWalt 3-speed impact driver is pretty much attached to my hand all day long, and I love it. It has great power, reliability, and grip. The… Read more

triggers are so much better than Milwaukee and Makita, controlling the speed with the trigger is silky smooth.

But I hate this jigsaw. It retails for about AU$380 and it's obviously a D-handle jigsaw that hasn't been redesigned for the barrel grip. Both the tilt and the speed adjuster are in the way of the grip areas, so changing settings accidentally is a constant battle. Even the way the model is holding it on the DeWalt website, the tilt handle is in the way of his grip. All the time, I'll finish a cut, lift the jigsaw, and see the plate has tilted to 45 degrees while I've been cutting. This is a weak problem to have in a tool that's nearly $400 as a bare skin.

It's so off-balance and has such an awkward grip that it's hard to hold the weight. Especially if you're cutting something small and the jigsaw can't just sit on the materials. And any time you have to wrap your hand around the body to hold it, the problems with controls in the way of the grip become unavoidable.

DeWalt pretty much make one of everything, they don't have a range like Milwaukee and Makita. So my options are this, a D-handle brushed or brushless jigsaw which is at least as heavy and bulky, another brand - and a big problem with what to do with all the batteries and chargers, or a corded jigsaw. Whatever happens, I'm out of pocket because of lazy design.

Edit: When I weighed it, it actually is 2.1kg, but everyone who has used it noticed it feels much heavier than it is, probably because it is so out of balance and the grip is so awkward.

I am now using the Makita barrel-grip 18v jigsaw and it's worlds ahead. The oscillate function saves blades and cuts much better through steel, it's lighter, takes up less room in my bag, and everything works well on it.

After sales service non-existent - no dust port included – Bought this little saw from Bunnings while during a promotion (battery and charger included at no cost) and it represented a cost effective purchase.… Read more

I'm very aware of hazards associated with wood dust so researched the saw on the Dewalt Australia site and confirmed in the 'included items' section and accompanying photograph that a dust port was included.

Unfortunately after purchase, and the purchase a better blade, I discovered that there was no dust port included.

I emailed Dewalt and they acknowledged the port should be included and undertook to make things right. Two weeks later I'd heard no more so wrote again and received no reply, so emailed again and was ignored. A third email was sent and again has gone unanswered.

It seems that they are now ignoring me and I dont think that I will have this problem resolved.

I wont be buying this brand again.

Dissapointing Dewalt Purchase – Avoid Dewalt. As a loyal customer for over 15 years, was really disappointed with the quality of these newer saws. The saw was misaligned right out… Read more

of the box, with a 1.36mm difference between the front and rear of the blade. It struggles to cut straight even when using a straight edge as a guide. Additionally, the blade didn't align with the 0-degree mark on the plate, being off by about 2mm.

I took it for warranty service, but they couldn’t fix it. They replaced the shoe, but the alignment issue was still there. They claimed it was within their manufacturing tolerance and said these saws are for rough cuts. So does that mean they don't need to align with the 0 marking? My cheaper and much older circular saws didn't have these problems.

This is not an isolated case, there are other people online complaining about the same issue.