[John Rogers]

Good heavens, I am like the last poster.......my Sears saw was bought in 1971 or so, been so long I have fuzzy memories about it! It gets used every several years and then for a bunch and then cleaned and put away. If I were to buy one today I would get a Harbor Freight model on sale even if I were using it every day. Their stuff last pretty darn well and the biggest decision is: corded or cordless! I did buy an electric lawn mower, weed eater, hedge trimmer and chain saw last year and I ended getting them from Lowes as the have 80 volt batteries (same one and several extras) and got a contractor's discount since I told the guy at contractor's desk how to fix his ailing home PC. I'd still go with HF if they had higher volt ratings.