Looking for a 10" mitre saw for general household DIY duties, cutting fence posts, skirting etc.
I know there are a few guys in the trade on here, what do you recommend for a budget of £150 ish?
Have thought about either - Hitachi C10FCE or Matika MLS100?
I've had a DeWalt for nearly twenty years. I replaced the push button on/off switch about ten years ago. I dont know if current ones are as good. Great tool.
I was looking for the catch with the hitachi. It says "slide" but from the cutting capacities, I'm sure it's not. You'll find you're quite limited with what you can do without the slide. But you'll also find that the equivalents of those two saws with a slide suddenly sticks quite a chunk onto the price.
Depends on how precise you need to be I guess but cheap sliding saws get "baggy" very quickly.
Way out of your budget, but I've just ordered a Dewalt 717 xps for £450 delivered. Nice. Bargain!
Have a look at metabo, some good deals on those out there. Check ebay and do a google search. That'll throw up loads of tool shops, D&M, tooled up, lawson, folkstone fixings are all good. Lots more besides then though
I was looking for the catch with the hitachi. It says "slide" but from the cutting capacities, I'm sure it's not.
It isn't.
http://www.hitachi-powertools.co.uk/plist/c10fce.pdf
"I know there are a few guys in the trade on here, what do you recommend for a budget of £150 ish?"
There lies your problem - anyone in the trade is likely to have spent more than twice that amount, so is unlikely to know very much about the cheaper/DIY models. There's no reason why you should spend that sort of money though. Having said that, both Hitachi and Makita makes excellent tools, so if you are happy with the cutting capacity of the Hitachi C10FCE or the Makita MLS100, then I reckon either would be excellent buys.
the Evolution Rage is a cracking saw cuts steel as well as wood .
around your budget .
I used one for cutting the roll cage steel for my landrover trialer .
and then with the same blade in the skirting boards for my bathroom .
it is a scary tool though
I have a makita one that I used for Kitchen fitting, love it, I don't really like the slidy ones as the don't do very neat cuts on laminate and tend to chip the back edge, find I'm not as accurate with them either
the model I got at the time was about £180 and its still going strong 5 years later, a good blade is money well spent also
Ohh makita on the other side...
Defo makita.
Thanks for the input guys, blown the budget and bought a Makita LS1040 
Even if you hammer it, it will last for years and just keep going.
Invest in a good frued blade and make sure it's square when you get it.
Enjoy, I love new tools 
Can't wait (sad I know) it's replacing a 7 year old £30 B&Q special which in fairness has never let me down.
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