Following the recomendations of various reviews I purchased this saw to replace a 23 year old Milwaukee that fell 30 feet off a roof bending the plate badly. In six months of owning it both the angle and depth knobs have broken off, the plate flexes badly when used for a depth cut, and today for no apparant reason the guard handle broke off,just sheared right off the guard rendering the saw useless. I own a number of other Bosch tools and can't say enough good about them. For all the obvious excellent engineering the saw has it's not a professionals tool. I fixed the bent plate and put the old Milwaukee back in service.

I bought this saw a couple of months ago. Overall I'm really happy with the decision. It's relatively light and well balanced. The sight line is truly the best that I've came across. Angle and depth adjustments could not be any better. I've had no problems at all. The only gripe is that I wish Bosch would include a case instead of the bag for storage. The bag just doesn't protect the saw that well, and there's no pocket for the wrench.

Update: The direct connect cord system is really a pain in the rear. Its not easy to get a cord plugged in. I've bent the prongs several times. I think the prong will break before the year is over. My suggestion is to get a the model with the included cord and leave it plugged in to the saw permanently.

Without question, the best saw available. I have experience with Skil, Milwaukee, Porter-Cable and Dewalt. All are solid products but none can match the Bosch. The sight line to the blade is incredible. Depth and bevel adjustments are large and obvious. Ripping sheet goods is great with no plug to catch your material 5 feet into the cut. My co-worker uses the Dewalt and he is ready to trade it in.

I like most bosch tools that i've owned and used, but this unit needs some serious rethinking from the bosch brains. Way to much fragile plastic for a tool that is inevitably going to take some serious abuse. The table also flexes and moves way to much for consistant, acurate cutting due to the plastic scrap. Bosch needs some good old mag on this pup or some seriously fortified plastic resin. A little redesign and this would probably be a great saw, but till that happens it is a hunk of junk. Wake up u bosch nerds and tune this puppy up.

Purchased saw 4 months ago, depth gage...broken, angle gage...broken, 1 year refund...useless because some pencil pushing consultant at bosch said the saw was misused. The bill to fix the $100 saw is $80. I have a porter cable circular saw that is over 20 years old and has taken twice the beating the bosch will ever see yet nothing is broke on it. The bosch took a 1 foot fall off the underside of a sawhorse and the fall broke the angle gage. The depth gage adjuster broke during regular use. I do not "misuse" my tools but I do use them!

I Purchased this saw as a replacement to my 8-year old milwaukee which I loved but finally wore out. I liked the idea of the direct connect cord and the composite plate seemed sturdy. After a few uses the blade guard started sticking open (not good). Bosch apparently had a recall on some older models for the same reason but mine wasn't involved in the recall. After going past customer service to the complaint department Bosch is taking the saw back to look at it and I'll be without it for a while. This saw has never been dropped, is very clean and has very little use on it. I have never had a circular saw blade guard stick before. I think this is a huge liability for Bosch. Except for the blade guard issue the saw seems fine (I haven't dropped it yet so I can't speak about the others who have). The composite plate is a little flexy for me but it seems to cut straight and true. We'll see how the repair goes, So far I'm not very happy.

First off I make my living as a carpenter and have to say that I have used just about every saw out there right now. This saw is awesome!!. The direct connect system is fantasic. The rafter hook is great aswell, especially because I don't have to bend over and put it down and then pick it back up again after every cut. I just hook it on the saw horse. It is the smoothest circ-saw I have ever used. Plenty of power and light weight too. I only gave it 4 stars, because although the positive detents in the depth adjustment are great, the lever to tighten down the plate isn't in synced with the detents, if the saw aligns with the detets, the lever can't travel far enough around to lock tightly. Kind of confuseing I know, but it is a little anoying, I might be able to adjust it a little to fix it I just havn't had the time. Overall I am very happy with my new CS20.

I picked this saw up as my second choice. I wanted the Blade Left Tilt Lock Milwaukee as a first choice, but the retailer had this saw marked down to $99 and was out of the Milwaukee. Summary, I sacrificed the Blade Left feature for the savings.

Pros: Powerful, Smooth, Easy to set up for accuracy and the direct connect feature.

Cons: Blade Right (this would not be a con for a lefty), did not come with a hard shell case.

I read the complaints about what happens when you drop this saw and all I can say is take better care of your tools and you won't have that problem. A Warranty is not designed to allow you to be reckless. I don't drop my guns and I don't drop my power tools. I work at a steady and patient pace so accidents like that don't happen. Oh yeah, clean your shop or work area as you go so you run less of a risk of incident.

All that being said, I recommend this saw to anyone who is going to use it every day.

at first this was a great was. the base being composit meens it wont break(i've tested that several times), and the direct connect cord is great. But recently the saw fell less than 2 feet onto a lawn and the blade guard cracked right in half, ive had dewalts that have fallen 10 feet with little more than a scratch. I would not recoment this saw

I gave this saw a pretty good look see ar Home Depot, and just could not convince myself that it is anything but junk. It has a plastic or synthetic composite table, and similar adjusting levers. They don't look like they will hold up very well, and there is what seems to me to be a pretty honest corroborating review here on Amazon. I am surprised that this saw received an editor's pick at Fine Home Building. I just hope that Skill doesn't degrade the fine Bosch jigsaw the way they have this product. I would not buy this saw.

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