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I've spent the last week or so googling for information on corded jigsaws, and it seems like I've run into a problem where I've been able to find issues with every single option offered out there. The Bosch 1590 Is the original great, but of course discontinued and you can't find one for sale anymore (not keen on buying used tools, who knows how hard they were abused). So the new JS470E replacement Bosch has a weird canted angle blade, and they also removed the blade guides.
The milwaukee 6268 came close to the 1590 in comparisons but apparently had worse clean cuts and worse visibility to the blade.
http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/Main/Articles/Jigsaw_Review_Performance_Chart_8440.aspx
The Mikata was a solid third place but has pretty much bare bones features. The trigger is either on or off with no sense of speed control. Then I went on home depot then got confused why there was a JV0600K that costed $30 less than the more commonly reviewed 4350FCT. is that an improved, newer model or a newer, cheaper model. I guess you get what you pay for. I wanted to stay under $200 so the festool was out of the picture as well.
So I guess I come here asking as a newbie what kind of advice you can give for my first purchase. I'd like to invest once instead of running into issues and that's why I've done so much research. It just seems like there's no safe bet with any of these options. Maybe you can provide some helpful insight here. I'm leaning toward the milwaukee because at least I can still get one new in a box unlike the 1590.
The milwaukee 6268 came close to the 1590 in comparisons but apparently had worse clean cuts and worse visibility to the blade.
http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/Main/Articles/Jigsaw_Review_Performance_Chart_8440.aspx
The Mikata was a solid third place but has pretty much bare bones features. The trigger is either on or off with no sense of speed control. Then I went on home depot then got confused why there was a JV0600K that costed $30 less than the more commonly reviewed 4350FCT. is that an improved, newer model or a newer, cheaper model. I guess you get what you pay for. I wanted to stay under $200 so the festool was out of the picture as well.
So I guess I come here asking as a newbie what kind of advice you can give for my first purchase. I'd like to invest once instead of running into issues and that's why I've done so much research. It just seems like there's no safe bet with any of these options. Maybe you can provide some helpful insight here. I'm leaning toward the milwaukee because at least I can still get one new in a box unlike the 1590.
