6 months ago my old Hitachi 10" Sliding Compound MS fell apart. The plastic parts were brittle just started cracking, the handle fell off. I needed to replace it as I was doing some crown molding on my cabinets and for cutting laminate flooring.
Read/watched reviews the Kobalt model # KMS 0724B-03 had and decided to buy it $269.00 tool only at Lowe's in June 2020. Had to buy the charger & batteries separate, bought 2-4 amp batteries $99.00 and a quick charger $40.00. They recommend using a 6 amp battery but that was $99.00 ea. Thought the 2-4 amp batteries were a better deal and they work just fine as you'll always have a 2nd fully charged battery handy for the same price and each battery lasted several days. It has a greater cutting capacity than most other 7 1/4" SCMS and has a brushless motor with a 24V battery power. Out of the box it was pretty accurate, the blade that came with it was ok but, didn't last long cutting laminate flooring. Laminate flooring is brutal on your blades, just used Diablo 40T blades as they're cheap and just throw them away when dull. It was easy to use for cutting the crown as all the usual angles were marked 22.5 and 45 degrees and the plus is it's a dual bevel saw. It's light only about 30 lbs. so easy to carry around plus the handle on top and 2 on each side of the table. Performance was very good never bogged down and liked the shadow line of the blade so you know where it's cutting. It is much quieter than my 10" SCMS plus 7 1/4" blades are much cheaper. Like most miter saws it's not good at catching all the dust it makes even with a vacuum attached. Another issue is it cannot cut a 1 x 4 or 2 x 4 standing up on it's edge, gotta lay it flat. The Kobalt saw came in "Over All Best" with the "Tool Box Buzz" recent review with 11 other 7 1/4" saw brands (watch it on You Tube). I myself am very satisfied with it and highly recommend it.
Read/watched reviews the Kobalt model # KMS 0724B-03 had and decided to buy it $269.00 tool only at Lowe's in June 2020. Had to buy the charger & batteries separate, bought 2-4 amp batteries $99.00 and a quick charger $40.00. They recommend using a 6 amp battery but that was $99.00 ea. Thought the 2-4 amp batteries were a better deal and they work just fine as you'll always have a 2nd fully charged battery handy for the same price and each battery lasted several days. It has a greater cutting capacity than most other 7 1/4" SCMS and has a brushless motor with a 24V battery power. Out of the box it was pretty accurate, the blade that came with it was ok but, didn't last long cutting laminate flooring. Laminate flooring is brutal on your blades, just used Diablo 40T blades as they're cheap and just throw them away when dull. It was easy to use for cutting the crown as all the usual angles were marked 22.5 and 45 degrees and the plus is it's a dual bevel saw. It's light only about 30 lbs. so easy to carry around plus the handle on top and 2 on each side of the table. Performance was very good never bogged down and liked the shadow line of the blade so you know where it's cutting. It is much quieter than my 10" SCMS plus 7 1/4" blades are much cheaper. Like most miter saws it's not good at catching all the dust it makes even with a vacuum attached. Another issue is it cannot cut a 1 x 4 or 2 x 4 standing up on it's edge, gotta lay it flat. The Kobalt saw came in "Over All Best" with the "Tool Box Buzz" recent review with 11 other 7 1/4" saw brands (watch it on You Tube). I myself am very satisfied with it and highly recommend it.
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