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Anonymous09/24/25, 00:10No.2946616
Is there ever a good reason to buy a cordless circular saw over a corded one? The batteries die in like 2 hours if you're actually using it
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Anon09/24/25, 00:23No.2946619
No.
It equates to about 10 minutes of runtime when new, and be drain harms the battery lifespan.
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Anon09/24/25, 00:34No.2946622
bait thread, do not post
>inb4 97 replies
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Anon09/24/25, 00:58No.2946628
why don't answer your own question? try thinking for yourself. you tell us why.
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Anon09/24/25, 01:03No.2946630
Yes for example when I'm felling trees out in the field
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Anon09/24/25, 01:06No.2946631
>using electricity to spin a sawblade
pathetic
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Anon09/24/25, 01:43No.2946633
>Is there ever a good reason to buy a circular saw
buy a corded track saw unless you are a mexican framer
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Anon09/24/25, 02:27No.2946639
When you need to work in locations without power or dealing with long extension chords is impractical.
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Anon09/24/25, 05:21No.2946665
>2 hours
It's more like 15 minutes of real runtime, possibly less.
>is there ever a good reason
I bought a cordless track saw. Track saw is used to make high precision cuts, and only ever a couple of them at a time (unless you're in a woodworking shop with no table saw). Not having to fuck with the cord is good, extra weight on the saw from batteries is good because it holds the track that much more in place. Batteries never run out because you just don't use a track saw that much at once.
If you're a /diy/er, a cordless regular circ saw could still be okay to use since again, you're not gonna be depleting the batteries all that much, but it'd be hard to justify the extra cost.
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Anon09/24/25, 06:23No.2946676
Why choose?
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Anon09/24/25, 08:46No.2946691
I'm a real luddite and i hated battery shit but even i'll admit it's way better for the most part. The only real advantage to corded is you'll get relatively more power for cheaper
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Anon09/24/25, 09:40No.2946694
Not having to work around extension cords is very nice. And if you’re cutting 2x material you can get pretty far into a larger project before you have to pop a second battery in.Great example is repairing wooden fences and bullshit like that. Bring the boards right up to the fence, measure the broken parts, cut to size, no need for 100ft+ of extension cord running out to the fence. Also working on roofs and ladders, repairing some 2x6 on facia that was rotting out. Any time you’re not set up in a shop on saw horses, and even then working around cords is annoying for lots of cute, like dragging a cord along an 8ft cut while ripping plywood.
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Anon09/24/25, 13:40No.2946727
the mexican framers didn't believe my corded saw could cut 2 sheets of plywood at the same time. battery saws fucking suck. they're handy and okay for small stuff, but they have shit power and shit battery life.
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Anon09/24/25, 21:19No.2946782
If you're moving around a lot a cordless saw that's only half as good as a corded saw will still save you time over not having to fuck with the stupid cord. If you're going to be in one spot for hours though there's not much of an advantage to cordless unless maybe you think the cord gets in the way while ripping sheets or whatever.
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Anon09/24/25, 22:00No.2946799
Cable snagging on shit during cut, needing to carry a cable to cut stuff outdoors. If you cut for 2 hours non stop every day you might want to consider another type of saw. Or you get 2 batteries and swap when empty
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Anon09/25/25, 00:04No.2946830
yes.
yes.
yes.
yes.
the cord is never long enough, this will be a problem for every single cut you make.
the battery will be recharged by the time you need it, this will be the the case for every week plebs actually use their saw. at worst a battery before lunch, one after. worth it a million times over the cord.
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Anon09/25/25, 01:27No.2946844
If you're doing work on a roof.
The whole point of cordless tools is the convenience of not needing an outlet or having chords in the way. The corded version will always do a more consistent job.
The debate is pointless.
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Anon09/26/25, 03:22No.2947068
I'm a plumber and run a m18 fuel circ saw, it's blatantly terrible compared to a corded skillsaw
it clearly doesn't struggles to power through the cut
it finishes. maybe if i used a bigger battery it wouldn't be so shit but a 6v(5?) should be plenty
i just cut backers for valves and shit and it's convenient and will do everything i need in a day on one battery
all my other milwaukee tools are amazing, 0 complaint
their warrnty years and fullfillment is amazing
but yeah the skillsaw is obviously not tolerable if you were to primarily be cutting wood as your job
it being beyond tertiary, it's plenty tolerable
also i didn't buy, they sent it me by accident when i was doing a warranty on a drill
i was using a 30$ corded makita before that, definitely better; but convenience is king
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Anon09/26/25, 15:58No.2947137
>The batteries die in like 2 hours if you're actually using it
Is that a problem? The batteries charge in considerably less time than that so you just keep 1 battery on the charger and swap them when necessary.
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Anon09/26/25, 16:49No.2947146
One thing I think people don't consider is power supply. A lot of residential installs aren't set up to run a powerful saw and a shop vac/dust extractor at the same time without popping a breaker. My house had every outlet in the garage on a single circuit with a 15A breaker that tripped the instant I tried to run my table saw on it and that was just by itself. My panel is fortunately in a very convenient location (close to both my workbench and the garage door) so I was able to easily add a new outlet with its own 20A breaker specifically for running high-draw tools but most people won't be that lucky. The situation would obviously just be worse for a pro crew doing renovations or something, then you'd have multiple people trying to run tools at once on a circuit that can't handle them. Cordless sidesteps that whole issue and you can charge a ton of batteries at once on those same circuits, along with saving them for the few tools that really don't make sense cordless like dust collection etc.
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Anon09/29/25, 08:00No.2947739
One a pistol and ones a rifle
A real man brings both to war if he wants to win
Have fun debating some retarded shit you faggots