Select Lowe's Stores: Metabo HPT 10" 15-Amp Carbide-Tipped Blade Table Saw Expired

I have nothing against Hitachi/Metabo, they make good quality tools in my opinion but this review is just crap where it counts. For disclosure, I bought the $299.99 deal on the Ridgid that's now $350. Maybe the Hitachi/Metabo is the better saw, but if it is, it's not for the reasons given by this review.

Substantially, the biggest reason the Hitachi/Metabo won is because of its #2 spot in the "performance" category. But if you go look at how they ranked "performance", they combined the % drop in RPM with the % increase in AMPs. This makes zero sense. Absolutely none. The no-load RPM of a saw is meaningless, for an AC motor, it's determined by the number of poles it is built with. All motors will slow down below its no-load RPM when load is applied. The more powerful motor will be able to maintain a higher RPM, and thus a faster cutting rate. If we look at the Hitachi/Metabo, it suffers much larger RPM drops when doing tougher cuts and has the lowest RPM compared to all saws when cutting pressure treated and hardwood.

The testers also made the silly comparison of current increase, as if a larger increase in amps under load is indicative of lower performance. This is a meaningless metric. Some of the table saws have a more efficient no-load power consumption, leading to a lower initial current draw. When under load, the current draw will always increase to maintain saw speed. A more powerful motor will result in more current increase. Perhaps you can make some correlation between the maximum current draw with the power of the motor. But here again, being able to maintain a cutting RPM is the ultimate indicator of power.

I simply don't see how a saw that had the lowest cutting RPM of all saws somehow gets 2nd best in performance. It is clearly the least powerful saw in the test. This is ridiculous. Again, I don't think this is a bad table saw, but it's a poor review.

Yes I highly recommend this saw.

This saw is going to be much better than the jig saw and reciprocating saw. Much much better. Haha.

I recently did my LVP with this saw and worked like a champ. I've built the following with this saw.
-kitchen cabinets
-laundry room cabinets
-entertainment center
-shop cabinets
-shop storage
-picture frames
-crafting desk for my wife
-bookcase for my daughter
-pull out drawers for kitchen cabinets

I've got more plans but my real job is crazy right now so woodworking has taken a back seat for a bit.

I hope that answers your questions. Let me know if you need anything else.

This may be repeat of details in other comments here but I think they're very important.

Rack and pinion fence is great and allows for small changes in fence position.

Fence locking mechanism is sturdy.

If the fence is not square, adjustments are really easy.

Ripping width is about 34" or 35".

Capable of using a Dado stack. My only concern with this is that the riving knife needs to be removed to use the Dado stack I bought (I forget if it was a 6" or 8" stack). You also need to buy, or better yet make an insert.

Setup is really easy and fast. Moving is easy with the built in wheels.

Dust collection from the rear port is acceptable. I think it would be better from the top of the blade and rear port but I think that's the same for all jobsite table saws.

Someone else mentioned the soft start. I've been using this saw for just about 2.5 years and don't know any other way for a table saw to start!

One issue I encountered a few times early on with this saw is tripping the breaker while using both the table saw and dust collection. I had to install another outlet off the other leg of my panel. Once that was done, no issues at all.

I hope this helps! Let me know if there are any questions!