SKIL 15 Amp Heavy Duty Reciprocating Saw-SPT44-10

Unboxed today, solid as a rock! Looks good so far, just gotta pick up some Diablo 9 and 12 inch blades and give her a test drive! It is heavy...will be interesting to see how that plays into things. Hopefully this old fart can you use the weight to his advantage.

This SkilSaw SawzAll is truly a beast and very very powerful which is exactly what is needed for contractor and demolition work.My only complaint about this SawzAll is that brand new out of the box I used it to cut down some wooden deck stairs that were attached to my backyard deck and issue number one is that the trigger switch locked in place and I had to really work at pressing the trigger switch in order to get the SawzAll to stop which is a very serious safety issue because power tools must stop once the trigger switch is released.Issue number two is that the dial which controls the cutting speed of the of the SawzAll will not stay at the number when the number is dialed in.I called Skil and the customer service is excellent,the Skill customer service agent was extremely patient and paid close attention to my explanation of the issues that I am having with the SkilSaw SawzAll and assured me that my issues would be resolved.I have worked with contractors since I was sixteen years old doing carpentry,plumbing and renovations and I have always needed a good SawzAll.I am sixty two years old now going on sixty three years of age and I can tell you in all honesty that I know the difference between a good SawzAll and a great SawzAll and the SkilSaw SawzAll is most definitely a great SawzAll.I used to buy Milwaukee SawzAlls but Milwaukee seems to have disregarded the quality with which they used to manufacture the Milwaukee SawzAlls.I do not understand why Milwaukee does not take the same pride in manufacturing the Milwaukee Sawzalls because Milwaukee charges more then enough for their SawzAlls so I do not and will not ever buy Milwaukee SawzAlls ever again.If you need a heavy duty SawzAll then this is the Sawzall that you should buy because it is very well made and the SkilSaw SawzAll is truly heavy duty,the SkilSaw SawzAll is all business and no excuses.I cut through the nail embedded four by fours posts and the two by twelve inch stringers on the the old deck stairs that were attached to my backyard like if they were made of balsa wood.The deck stair wood was not rotted out,what happened is that who ever made the backyard deck and deck stairs failed to install a concrete slab/concrete footings for the deck stair posts to rest on and instead rested the deck stair posts on the bare soil which caused the deck stairs to start sagging and pulling apart as the soil under the deck stair posts settled over the years.If you fail to use the proper saw blades for the materials that you are cutting thinking to save money on the saw blades that's all on you and nothing to do with the quality and performance of this SkilSaw SawzAll.I used to own a Milwaukee Super SawzAll and from my own personal experience through the years of using SawzAlls this SkilSaw SawzAll beats the Milwaukee Super SawzAll both in price and performance.

Great tool very good quality and very smooth to use the motor brushes very strong I like that.

Nice solid tool.

I call this my "Idea Saw." Nearly every time I use it, I have to stop, and come up with a different plan. "Oops, I'm shaking this entire wall down! Maybe I should try a circular saw." "Oops, I've accidentally made 4 parallel cuts in this rebar in 3 seconds! Maybe I should use a grinder and cutoff wheel." This saw is fantastic at spurning new and better ideas than whatever I had intended initially!So yeah, it's exceptionally powerful. This is not a surgical instrument. I have 2 reciprocating saws that I could use to carve the works of Shakespeare into a decking board. This is like trying to cut with a live Tasmanian devil. It will 100% do the job, but the way that killing a fly with a shotgun blast will "do the job."Pros:-Great for demo-Of anything-Seriously, you could take apart a submarineCons:-It destroyed my house, killed my dog, and ran off with my wifeIn conclusion, this saw is a menace, and is situationally useful, but know that whatever your plans are for it, it will probably be too powerful.

The media could not be loaded. You can’t find a better deal than this for a 15amp saw! Took me less than 15 min to cut this tree to pieces. It’s already paid for itself. I’m confident this tool will last longer than most. This is the brand that built America!

Pretty good saw for the budget. It really delivers on the “buzzkill” feature, this thing really doesn’t vibrate at all (besides obviously being a saw). That said, it’s VERY heavy. I found that it helps for controlling the saw and whatnot, it can’t jump around as much since it’s not as light. I was under a truck and didn’t have the room to use my arms to push, so the natural weight of the saw really bored through the pipe, which was helpful. It certainly did the job for my application, but if you need a saw that’s “wieldy” or working above your head for a while, I can’t recommend.