Also the tourque of the wormdrive is constantly pulling you off your line (when making longer rip cuts. The makita doesn’t do that which a little hard to get used to since we are all used to from the
Mag77. However once I do become used to it there’s no goin back brother!

Don’t forget during promotions you can get the makita kit with 4 5.0 batteries and double charger for $255 out the door. The batteries alone are worth it for that price but then it’s like you get a saw and double charger for free. The skil 7 1/4 cordless is crap didn’t even last a full day on the job while my makita which I have 7 5.0 batteries at my disposal usually lasts all day but if it doesn’t throw 2 freshies on and your drained batteries are charged in a half hour, almost impossible to outwork it.

Thanks for pointing that out. This article was originally written well before DeWalt released their 4.0/12.0Ah battery. We’ll get it updated.

While you can certainly pop a 12Ah (really a 4Ah at 60V) battery in there, DeWalt doesn’t currently sell the DCS577 with a 12Ah battery option. We weren’t talking about maximum potential but rather what you could expect from the referenced available kits.

If I don’t like the result it’s obviously rigged.

I am tooled up with dewalt as well. But after using both battery saws on a commercial framing site, I truly felt like the Makita was lighter, better line of site, and more comfortable cutting. The wide dewalt body makes it a little hard to cut.

We also pre-filled the old run with sawdust so it would look more realistic… that or the cut is actually 1/4″ off from what you’re accusing us of running. We have high standards for what we report, never makeup results, and never rig tests. Our readers deserve better than that.