Buying a reciprocating saw, opinion?

whatever you get make sure it is lithium battery.
lighter, last much longer on single charge, longer overall battery life.
down side, costs a little more (but worth it)

 

X10000 I'll never buy any other sawzall... we have one thats outlasted at least 5 other recip. saws....

 

I work at home depot and am trying to get moved to hardware but all of those guys swear by Milwaukee. Me and my pops use Milwaukee at home and love them.

 

Dewalt, we got one and its been through He!!

 

my dad's milwaukee must be 15 years old and still going stong!

 

Hey man i do quite a bit of building and general construction for peope and also build north shore features at a local bike park. I always use dewalt tools they are very high quality and customer service is amazing. In addition if your going cordless id drop the extra cash for a Lithium Ion (XRP) set up because expecially on reciprocating saws as well as cut off tools they drain power like crazy. Also maybe consider Hitachi and Makita. Finally consider a worm drive for significantly more torque

Btw if your looking for great prices look at www.toolking.com

I built this with dewalt xrp tools
http://www.tacomaworld.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/44321/cat/500/ppuser/23666

 

milwaukee for me as well indestructable

 

Milwaukee by far

 

Whatever brand you decide to go with go to a REAL tool store and not home depot or lowes. Def a big difference in quality and worth the extra money. There is nothing more aggrivating than trying to complete a job and having a tool from a do it yourselfer store crapping out because it was made of garbage plastic parts in order to save a couple of pennies.

 

Dewalt XRP metal tools for real men

 

Milwaukee is the way to gooo! I have two old ones and they have been threw alot. Ive climbed trees 30 feet hight with them and dropped them by accident and they are still working great.

 

I shell out the money for tools that I know will work. Milwaukee and Makita. I've wasted too much money on Dewalt crap.

 

climbing trees with power saws......lol aounds like an adrenaline rush

...does a single cab indicate lack of common sense

just playin!!

 

Haha the 20ft extention ladder wasn't long enough and i need to cut this branch before it fell on the roof of my house. But it def was a adrenaline rush.

 

I've got all the BIG 3, dewalt,Makita & Rigid (corded & cordless) As far as cordless goes its a toss up between the Dewalt & Makita, performance is about the same ,Dewalt being a little less expensive, as far as plug-in types: Rigid, hands down (actually I have 4 plug-in types adding the Milwalkee) The Rigid is a little higher amp than the rest & is a work horse & has a higher reciprocating speed I believe, they're all good saws though...

P.S. Anything but a Ryobi

 

I am kind of a tool guru amoung my friends and co workers, the thing I constantly remind people is to buy according to how much you are going to use it.

once=harbor freight
sometimes=craftsman, ryobi, skil, black & decker, Hitachi
a lot=Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Bosch, Porter Cable

 

I'd go with the Dewalt. My cousin has one, and we used it to tear down a large fence after Hurricane Gustav. The fence was full of metal pipes and such, and the saw cut right through all of it. I was impressed.

 

i work at one of those stores. Milwaukee invented the sawzall, and their's is still the best. Porter Cable would be my second choice. i know some have had luck with DeWalt, but we order more parts for them than the Milwaukee by far. i would go with a corded model unless you absolutley need the freedom of cordless. if going cordless, consider batteries...they only last so long (3-5 year life at best) and are very expensive to replace. also, try to stick with like brands on cordless as most batts and chargers will be compatible with other tools you may have/have in the future.

 

Milwaukee

 

RIDGID- Lifetime warranty, just take it to The Homedepot and they ship it out for you and handle all of the paper work and it's quick.

Dewalt- was good untill bought by Black n Decker who was good untill 1990.