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I've worked in a hardware shop for the past five summers, and on weekends during the school year so I think I know what you're looking for. If you don't want to go for keeps, you can always try out a tool hire. They have the fairly good models for hire quite frequently, but you don't have to pay the insane prices for them.
On a sliding scale of quality: Dewalt are one of the best, long lasting brands out there. It'll never break, if it does they're incredibly helpful about repair/replacement.
The next recommendation would be a Makita jigsaw. They're almost as sturdy and reliable as Dewalt, but for some reason, not as popular. They're nice and cheap, but the quality is great. This is what we'd sell most frequently to people doing DIY stuff at home. Linky.
A lot of people seem to think stuff like Black and Decker is a great brand for the casual user. It isn't. They're really quite shoddily made and are incompatible with most blades on the market, beyond their own brand. With Makita, you'll probably be able to come across blades for it from any range of producer. I can't count the number of times customers have come in to return their B&D stuff. I have no idea why the shop still stocks them, but they do sell quite well despite the high returns rate.
So yeah..I never thought I'd be discussing hardware on Barbelith, but I hope I was of some little amount of help to you.
Oh and I'd recommend buying from an actual shop, as opposed to online. That way, you can physically hold the thing and if the shop assistants are as nice as I am, they should take it out of the box to let you examine it. Maybe not in bigger places like Homebase, but if you can try out a smaller town's hardware shop, they're frequently friendlier and more helpful when it comes to stuff like that. |
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