A very nice saw. Very heavy (which I take to be a good thing) and I went for this model because it has the electric brake (didn't like the idea of standing there forever waiting for the blade to slow down. The handle sits nicely in my hand and all in all I'm very pleased with it. I bought a better blade so can't comment on the blade it comes with (actually I have used that one once when I was ripping out a piece of old subfloor and was worried about hitting nails with my good blade - it worked fine).