It looks like a BT3100 to me??

[Griz]

Listed online under their reconditioned tools is this item:


Ryobi
10 In. Reconditioned Table Saw

Model ZRBTS15
Price: $109.00/ea

URL below:

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80HDUS/...rchResults.jsp

[scorrpio]

That is a BTS15. A much cheaper saw with fixed rails and direct drive.

[jobucks]

That is a BTS15. A much cheaper saw with fixed rails and direct drive.

Our local BORG had these around last X-Mass, when I bought my BT 3100-1. They were on sale at $134.99 or something like that. It was kind of funny because the BORG salesman asked me since I didn't want a "real good saw, like the big Rigid" why didn't I buy this one instead of the BT 3100!! They had the BT 3100 on sale for $199, and they didn't know anything about a "rebate."
Thanks to this site when I was looking for info about the BT3, before buying one, one of the posts on this site had a post about the address on the rebate form being wrong. I checked with Ryobi and found out indeed there was a $50 rebate. Went back to BORG and they checked and found me one of the forms and I bought the BT3.

Scorpio hit it on the head, the BTS15 looked a lot like other brands of $100 to $150 saws.

[killin5]

I bought one of these a couple of years ago before I bought my BT3. I ended up returning in a couple of days. I thought it was a quality saw, but if I remember correctly it wasn't that adjustable. I think I wanted to use the miter gauge on the other side or something and it couldn't be done. Or at least I couldn't figure it out. I had bought the saw to do a specific cut on a project I was working on and the saw just wasn’t set up to do it. I'm sure you might be able to build a jig or something, but I hadn't used a table saw in years so I wasn't that crafty.

Anyway, I exchanged it for my BT3 after making just a few cuts and think it was one of the best tool decisions I have made. All and all I thought it was a quality saw, just not what I needed.

Oh and it was really loud and the dust just drops from the bottom. Setting up dust collection was another reason to go with the BT3.

[cwsmith]

Definitly a BTS15. Though the image is a bit small, first givaway is the black top. Also note that with the exclusion of the SMT, the top is all one piece to the right of the blade. (Had to consuld my BTS "Spotter's Guide" )

I often taken note that these "reconditioned" tool prices are sometimes more than what you can pick the brand new item up for in the store... when they are doing their clearances. I'm always a bit wary.

CWS

[Aimlesssoul]

I was told......

That the BT3100 is being replaced at the BORG and that it will be re-badged as a Craftsman (i.e. BT3000????). I don't know if it is true, just an FWIW.

[mschrank]

Definitly a BTS15. Though the image is a bit small, first givaway is the black top.

The model number provides a good clue, too: ZRBTS15

[mschrank]

That the BT3100 is being replaced at the BORG and that it will be re-badged as a Craftsman (i.e. BT3000????). I don't know if it is true, just an FWIW.

This has been extensively covered here and here

FYI-A Craftsman branded version of the BT300x already exists (and has for some time)