Dewalt dws773 vs Evol r210sms+

[elcaro]

Hi (help!) do I go for the dewalt, pre-owned bur looks concourse condition at £115, or the evolution new at amazon £134?
The dewalt says it’s soft start, which obvs I can check if I go to the seller’s house, but afaik doesn’t do trench cuts. The Evolution does trench cuts but is hard start. The dewalt is £229.99 new. The crosscut width is 250mm (dewalt) vs 230 (Evolution).
Subject to seeing the dewalt round at the seller’s place, which would youse go for?
TIA, Terry

 

[crank39]

Dewalt all day long, better castings, more accurate and you won't be limited to blades, unless you use a conversion kit the only evolution blades will fit the saw due to the bore hole centre

 

[foxhole]

Dewalt.

 

[big-all]

my thoughts all my big saws are dewalt [mitre table/track]small are ryobi [chop and rip]and bosch[mini rip] i love the trenching ability but in general evolution many swear by them as they can give good results if well set up if your lucky most off the time where as dewalt will give good results virtually without fail
as said unusual bore size for evo but not really a big deal as space washers come as standard with saxton blades [my standard non trade level/casual occasional use blades] with dewalt for heavier use level

soft start as an aside is far far better if a good distance away as the inrush current is much much less
in conclusion do you need trenching enough to preclude the dewalt
trenching facility is brilliant but as a facility if you think you wont use is not a consideration

 

[big-all]

as an aside trenching can only be done iff the slide rods are horizontal and the head nods