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Hikoki 18V Brushless 165mm Circular Saw (Bare Tool) $299 + Del. from $20 ($0 C&C Hastings) @ Hector Jones (+ Pricematch at M10)

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This is Hikoki's 18V 6½" circular saw, 66mm cut at 90°. Blade right, LEDs, a really nice depth adjustment, parallelism adjustment (which even Bosch is missing on its flagships), no ripping guide in the box (sad) but there is an option of a long ripping guide that attaches to both the front and rear of the plate. Tilt is secured front and rear to reduce wobble. Motor body is a bit higher off the plate than others I've seen so it is more likely to clear your speed square. Good visibility, especially if you remove the pommel (cough - don't do that, of course). Other signs of quality: the captive screws that secure the ripping guide don't screw down on the guide's arm: they push on a plate that squeezes on the arm, so tightening doesn't try to wind the guide in or out like it does on the PoS skilly I'm using now. You can nudge the spring-loaded zero-degree tilt adjustment out of the way to tilt a tiny bit negatively.

For those who don't know, Hikoki is ex-Hitachi, aka Metabo HPT, but this deal is really only for those who do know because you bring your own battery or charger. If you need those, they will set you back another $400, or you could buy a second skin (the cheapest might be a jigsaw) in the same transaction and get a small free battery by redemption offer before it expires at the end of this month, then a second-hand charger for under $100.

I tried price matching at the Toolshed, both online and in person. In both cases they said "no way, that's below cost". I tried at Mitre 10 and she was agreeable, but she didn't look closely at the deal (she just said Hector Jones was okay) so I guess there's a chance they might blanche after seeing the price.

If Mitre 10's 15% works as I think it does, this will end up closer to $270-$290 after adding shipping.
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/hikoki-165mm-cordless-circula…

This is a great deal if you have Hikoki batteries and don't want the gruntier 36V version. I'm sceptical about whether I would need that extra power in a small skilly. I dearly wish I was into team green already so I could take advantage.

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  • (Thanks for correcting the title.)

  • Sweet deal. Not a lot of stock at M10 though (I think the product has to be stocked locally to utilise the price beat).

    • The website said that the M10 I was at, and at which I was admiring the saw, had none in stock. But I had one in my hand. Maybe it was the last.

  • Nice! Wish there were some deals on drill/impact sets, could really use one now. The best bang for buck seems to be the Ryobi kit at $350, but was $250 a while ago.

    • If you’re happy with Ryobi, just get used ones on TradeMe. Without much effort, you can get a drill driver for around $40 and an impact driver for $60 delivered.
      Then you’re looking at around $25 for small capacity batteries like 1.3/1.5Ah if you don’t already have some.

      With a bit of cheapies patience and based on what I’ve seen recently, you can get a drill/impact/battery/charger for $100 or so

    • The following might all be too much buck for the bang.

      $500 down from $900, buying into a platform that maybe isn't super-popular down here:
      https://www.hectorjones.co.nz/shop/on-sale/metabo-18v-brushl…

      Bosch blue have some redemptions on two-piece kits. Damnably difficult-to-use PDF at
      https://www.boschbluecrew.co.nz/Promotions/Content/Docs/v5_F…

      $500 for this gets you a free battery (for three total) or angle grinder or recip saw.

      Or if 12V is enough for your jobs, buy this kit for $289 (same price at Bunnings and testntools) and get a free 12V mini angle grinder.

      Just ideas.

  • Not a bad deal. I have an old corded Hitachi one and it is a beast.
    A let down with this one is it does not appear to be rail compatible.
    My recommendation for gear is too go with Ozito if you only use your tools occasionally. They have a good ecosystem with everything you can possibly need and garden tools. The batteries can be had very reasonably. Just search older posts.
    I myself went with Bosch blue. Bosch often run promos. There are good deals to be found on trademe - I grabbed me a new skillsaw which is rail compatible for under $300. Aftermarket batteries are freely available.

    • I am also on Bosch blue, slightly regretfully because they don't have a small skilly as good as this one and the only deals I hear about are free batteries and chargers and I'm overflowing with chargers. So two questions.

      Was that guide-compatible skilly you got for under $300 the 18V-68 GC? With the height-adjustment button on the handle? That would be a fantastic deal.

      And are those aftermarket batteries any good?

      • Got gks 57g. Not hugely powerful but rips 2x4 easily enough and fits my Makita rail. Think retail over $450

        Regarding after market batteries. I have a few and they seem ok. Think I had them for a couple of years. Just bought three more. My wage guys seem to think of them as disposables… Lose or smash them up

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