Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Bought this from Sears/Target for $271.89. Read some good reviews as well as a few very bad ones. After setting up and using it for a day , I was panicking that I prematurely threw out the box to return it. But after dozens of you tube videos on properly setting up a bandsaw, the next day was a pleasure. Properly setting up this band saw is a bit of a nightmare, but afterwards it performed like the champ that many other reviewers said it was. Cant understand why these things arent preset at the factory to avoid people thinking that they bought a piece of junk. The few design flaws i found were the light is attached to the back side of the saw, shining more in your face than on the blade. But its on a flexible extension so you can munipulate it a bit. The guide adjustments or hidden and hard to reach with the included allen keys, and the single point guide (although stable) is insufficient. So far i love this saw and highly recommend it, but be ready for some long arduous adjusting to get it just right for operation. Forgot to mention that there is no reference point for adjusting the blade tension, you have to figure it out as you go along and make your own reference marks.