Originally Posted by Frosty

I have a Ryobi jigsaw and TBH, it's either faulty or just crap and won't hold a vertical cut.

The old man has sent out his Christmas list and has one of these on it but I'm just not sure about the quality.

Anyone got opnions on Ryobi?

Jigsaws tend to follow the grain I find. You can get deeperer blades that might help but I tend to reserve jigsaws for intricate fiddly stuff, less than 18mm in most cases. Any thicker and I'd rather use a good hardpoint handsaw.

Originally Posted by Frosty

It was 18mm MDF, but TBH I'm not so concerned about the specific jigsaw issue, more the quality of Ryobi tools in general.

Should I be seeking out other brands of circular saw at that £80 price point or stick with the Ryobi one he sent the link to?

Well to put another way, I have had wandering blade type problems with every make of jigsaw that I've used and hate the things except for cutting large pipe holes etc in thin board or metal so I wouldn't write the brand off on the strength of its jigsaw.

I had an old bottom of the range black and decker jigsaw that was more reliable and held the blade and angle adjustment better than the Bosch one I currently have. I don't own any Ryobi tools but I believe they are probably reasonable quality for the price.

Got the ryobi one+ drill and driver, they have been used and abused, still going strong.

As to the circular saw, I got caught out a few weeks ago, my circular saw of 10 years that had provided excellent service died. In a hurry I went to B&Q and ended up buying the smaller of the 2 MacAlister saws they have. Its nice and lightweight but had done 18mm MDF, ply and a solid wood worktop without complaint. Very happy with that. I may buy a better/larger saw but that is still going to be the choice of its weight and unsability.

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