Comments on: Hands-On: Skil 4690 Corded Jigsaw

By: fred

fred — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:22:17 +0000

The Skil name used to be synonomous with high quality circular saws and the produced decent drills too. I think that when they were acquired by Bosch - that a decision was made that they would be to DIY’er line - like Black & Decker became to Dewalt and Porter Cable. I don’t see any more saws like the old super sawcat bearing the B&D name - whereas PC may offer a fairly decent product (although we will not trade in our old Skill 77’s just yet.). That probably makes good marketing sense - but it also means that the Skil Jigsaw offering will not compete with the Bosch (which was always the standard to judge others by.) If you make your living with using jigsaws to cope moldings etc. - buy a Bosch.

By: ToolFreak

ToolFreak — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:53:17 +0000

I’ve got the cordless 14.4V Skil model, one of the few cordless jigsaws out there. It works great for what it is, but it sucks the life out of the battery incredibly fast, so is only useful for occasional use. I’ve used a Bosch corded model, and it was definitely a lot more solid and heavy duty than either Skil model.

By: Old Coot

Old Coot — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:06:33 +0000

I got a new Bosch 1587AVSK on eBay last month for $81.00 including shipping, no sales tax. Previous experience with Skil tools tells me I made the correct choice.

By: Brau

Brau — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:50:07 +0000

I really like the addition of a blower, but ever since owning a cordless one I feel *not* having a cord is the best feature a jigsaw can have.

By: european

european — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:31:13 +0000

Buy it now, it’s only 70 bucks. Consider yourself lucky, in Europe same specs model goes for 170 USD!!!

By: M

Tue, 20 May 2008 05:46:50 +0000

I have the older version of the same jigsaw. I hate it. The keyless holder has never been quite straight and the lever on the foot can’t be tightened, so it wiggles side to side. Lots of bad cuts and broken blades. It even caused a blade to catch and the jigsaw to jump up and hit me in the face once. Spend the extra dough and get the Bosh model.

By: berettaguy

berettaguy — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:55:47 +0000

I bought one of these on sale from the Depot a couple of months ago to help with a new entertainment center project I was working on. I have to agree with your assessment, not only does it rock, but it does it at a great price too!