Sliding mitre saw. Ideas ?

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I’m looking at a corded sliding mitre saw (single bevel is ok). Borrowed a mates older evolution 210 but need my own really

The evolution R210-300 (£173) is tempting me or the R255SMS+ with a bigger blade for £198 on Amazon. R255SMS is on sale at screwfix for £170 but misses a few features.

It’s for DIY work like studwork, Skirting, floors etc and around £200 lots of choice. Don’t see the point of cordless despite being a DEWALT fanboy.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
 
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YMMV but a tonne of the evolution stuff crops up on Facebook market place for dirt cheap - usually DIY enthusiasts who have finished with the kit.

Edit: there is a Bosch GCM8 for £180 with a spare blade local to me (£380 brand new).
 
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FWIW I got the R255SMS+ for just doing DIY stuff, it was/is perfect for me.

I’ll be keeping it even though I’m finished with it, it may gather dust but the features for me are worth paying the extra for.
 
I bought the R255SMS from Screwfix for £170 the other day, I'm impressed for the money.

I looked at the DeWalt, but 210mm was too shallow for me.

So far I've sliced through aluminium profile (2040 extrusion), and various soft and hard woods with the supplied blade with ease.

Takes about 10 mins to assemble, loads of settings/options and changing the blade is a doddle too.
 
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Do you have a cordless saw also? I ask as I tend to use mine far more and irregularly get out the chop saw.

I have an evolution 210 saw (got it for 50quid 6years ago refurbished...). Its OK but if I was to want another I'd want it slightly lighter (it's quite cumbersome) and also to have a double bevel. Currently only bevels in one direction
 
Ive been using my Evolution sliding mitre saw for 4 years. Still on original blade and it works fine for my needs.

Clearly not the tool for fine finish work but for most tasks will be sufficient if you spend a bit of time setting it up.
 
Got a corded circular at moment which is ok just not accurate like a mitre
 
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I have an evolution 210 300mm slide and a 255, excellent tools IMO ive punished mine a lot and still going strong. The blades are very good, diamond discs are very good as well, I cut a load of bricks for the pizza oven on the 255 as well... IMO the price of cordless versions for the same or inferior performance is not warranted and its not the sort of tool where a cable hinders the user. The 210 is easily portable.
 
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200sols said:
I have an evolution 210 300mm slide and a 255, excellent tools IMO ive punished mine a lot and still going strong. The blades are very good, diamond discs are very good as well, I cut a load of bricks for the pizza oven on the 255 as well... IMO the price of cordless versions for the same or inferior performance is not warranted and its not the sort of tool where a cable hinders the user. The 210 is easily portable.
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Yeh I tend to do stuff for mates family etc so being able to chuck in a car easy is useful. The 255 are much bigger motor. Do u notice the difference ?

Also with a diamond blade I guess they are useful for tiles ?

The 255SMS+ is £200 or £250 for the double bevel. Not sure I need the DB enough for that premium
 
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Yeh I tend to do stuff for mates family etc so being able to chuck in a car easy is useful. The 255 are much bigger motor. Do u notice the difference ?

Also with a diamond blade I guess they are useful for tiles ?

The 255SMS+ is £200 or £250 for the double bevel. Not sure I need the DB enough for that premium
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You can work around not having a double bevel, unless you have a need to be doing DB operations frequently I'd save the £50.

If you dont have one a small engineers square is great for setup (Fence, Table to Saw, Fence to Saw, Table to Fence etc)
 
Thanks for all the help. Went for the R210-300 in the end. With the extra diamond blade for bricks etc
 
We went with the 255 sized mitre saw a couple of years ago. Main reason was to cut bricks to finish the driveway. Came with a free diamond blade at the time as well. It chomped through them (enough bricks that we required 2 diamond blades in the end) and kept on going. Used it recently for cutting some sleepers down.

Also picked up the Evolution mitre saw stand at the same time. That has helped a lot.
 
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We went with the 255 sized mitre saw a couple of years ago. Main reason was to cut bricks to finish the driveway. Came with a free diamond blade at the time as well. It chomped through them (enough bricks that we required 2 diamond blades in the end) and kept on going. Used it recently for cutting some sleepers down.

Also picked up the Evolution mitre saw stand at the same time. That has helped a lot.
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Must admit I kind of regret not getting the stand. I won’t use mines as much, it’s a dust gatherer but any bigger projects i do i’ll 100% get the stand.
 
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Must admit I kind of regret not getting the stand. I won’t use mines as much, it’s a dust gatherer but any bigger projects i do i’ll 100% get the stand.
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If you're working with longer material it's extremely useful. For smaller use, I have clamped it to a workbench from time to time, but prefer using it outside on the stand just for ease of cleaning up.
 
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