Hitatchi mitre saw in b&q

[yoyo]

Was in my local B&Q today and saw a Hitatchi mitre saw for £200 and it looked quite robust and tomorrow it will be on sale for £170.
Its a sliding 216mm and am wondering if hitatchi stuff is any good, any one got any experience of them and is their quality any good.
I have got a Bosch 10sd mitre saw unused but am looking to sell this as I want something smaller.
I know the price is attractive but am unsure of the brand..

 

[r896neo]

their stuff is pretty good as reputation goes, they are mainly in the light trade bracket i think. I don't have any of their kit but i know a few guys who swear by their cordless stuff.

 

[Therms]

The Hitachi sliding mitre saw is a £260 saw. Are you sure the one in B&Q was the sliding saw?

I’ve had a quick look at their website and the one that they do for £170 is the chop saw, not the sliding saw.

 

[yoyo]

was in B&Q yesterday and it was the hitatchi 216mm sliding saw it was reduced from £270 to£199 and today they doin 15% off as well, I also checked the website and it is listed as £270.
I am goin back up to B&Q later today so will be having another look at it.

 

[Therms]

Blimey, that's cheap.

What B&Q is it?

 

[yoyo]

Its the one in chester,
I goin there in about 1/2 hour and providing its the same price as yesterday and with 15% off I will grab one .
I had a bit of a play with it yesterday and it seemed very well made and absolute no movement side to side on the blade when it was fully forward and also comes with a second blade in the box but could not see which type of blade it was.

 

[yoyo]

Just got back and it is the Hitatchi C8FSE slide one and the spare blade is a 24 tooth (better than nothing) and it cost me £170 (the offer is on till Monday)
I got to say it does feel very well built and it is quite light 18kg.

 

[Thermo]

i changed my kit from dewalt to hitachi (apart from my large sliding mitre saw). I have to say its very very good kit. very well built and very reliable. My stuff gets used in all sorts of external conditions doing landsacping work. I always think thats a pretty good proving ground for any tools.