Recomend good saws all/blades

[hydroid]

Hello all:
I need to get a good rechargeable saws all and blades for working with my bamboo, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Bo

[dependable]

I have a cordless dewalt that works fine, batteries don't have the best service life, but don't have a comparison. Also have a corded milwalkee, which is the gold standard of sawzalls. Metal cutting blade with fine teeth best for making neat culm cuts. Demo blades are good for cutting rhizomes below ground.

[marcat]

Ryobi 18 volt Has a good price and the older blue Recipicating saw I have has stood up well. The new Lithium batterys are excellent have used them for three years and have not had one fail yet.
MarCat

[bambambooboo]

I'm looking forward to my Ryobi cordless breaking so I can justify to myself buying something better. It's pretty close to worthless. I often wind up manually cutting with it. One battery is nearly dead and the other, just a year or two old, is hard to hold a charge. I get maybe three cuts before I have to recharge. The thing originally cost about $80 if I remember right and now they want $60 for new batteries which come two to a pack. My next purchase will be a corded sawzall instead.

[ricshaw]

My corded Makita with 8 inch long blade (and 50 ft. extension cord ) has almost replaced my chainsaw.

[Matt W]

This guy was at my place salvaging some of my killed nigra culms a coupe of weeks ago. His system worked real neat. Solves the problem of sharp branch stubs and tearing out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ASDfcP56II
He said the small saw works great for cutting culms as well. I haven't tried it yet, but I will.