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Circular saws: plug them in.(Corded saws offer more value than cordless saws)(Buyers Guide)
After drills, circular saws are the most common power tool in a home workshop. Battery-powered saws offer go-anywhere convenience, but there's a reason you aren't likely to see professional carpenters using them: Plug-in saws are far more capable.
Our tests of 32 corded and cordless saws found that corded models still outperform cordless models by a wide margin. Corded saws have up to seven times the speed and power of cordless saws.
Corded saws offer more value than cordless, too. Saws we tested ranged from $30 to $150 for corded, $100 to $420 for cordless. (Pro-style, corded high-torque hybrid models cost $150 to $175 and offer little to justify their ...
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