[Shop-talk] recommend a portable bandsaw

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

Ok, following my normal practice, I bought a cheapie portable bandsaw from 
HF for $70 to see how it worked, if I liked it, and if I used it much.

It worked well (while it worked), I liked it, and I used it pretty often.

Of course, its from HF so the other night the fact that the blade doesn't 
hit the roller bearings finally meant the blade wore through the case 
enough to toss the blade and chew up the drive wheels.  So now I'm 
wondering which 'real' portable bandsaw I should get.

Any advice?  I'm leaning toward the Milwaukee mostly by default.  One 
reviewer I saw liked the DeWalt, but I've seen spotty quality on some of 
my DeWalt stuff and all the Milwaukee things have been bulletproof.

Anyway... Recommendations or things you don't like about one of these in 
particular?

Thanks!

Mark