I have used many circular saw, and my favorite is my worm drive ridgid, but it is rather heavy, i needed a lighter saw for smaller ply cuts. saw this at dixieline, as much as i hate skil products, i read good reviews on amazon while i was at the store about this one, so i just gave it a try. this is my 2nd skil, my first suck somekind of awful. while this...well simply amazing saw! the oem blade that comes with it sucks, don't even put it on. the blades are hard to find, even Dixieline that sold the saw had no blades, but i got lucky and found a Tenyru silence blade at a local wood store. no where on the package it says it but inside there is an adaptor from 5/8 to 1/2. This saw with this blade, works so good i cant never imagine a 100.00 saw working this good, i rarely use my dewalt track saw for ply anymore, and my poor ridgid is collecting dust as well. if you do alot of wood work, this is a difenite saw to have in your inventory, and if you need a blade for it, the tenryu 5 1/2 silence blade works excellent, but comes in a 36.00, rather pricey, but then again it is a tenryu.