I’ve had the R255sms saw for over a year now I suffer with arthritis so with this model having chunky knobs it helps tremendously, also it’s so easy to set up to get that perfect cut. The price is well set for most users The down sides well for me it’s just nit picking really dust extraction is poor but it’s the same with all saws like this from what I’ve read. The only thing I’d like to have had is a changeable zero gap for blade and the extra clamp should be on all models, also the only other down point is the slides should be in gators as the dust over a period of time is going to give some problems on the slides so far I’ve remembered to clean them. On the whole I would and have done recommendations for this tool in my opinion it can handle its self with a lot of other makes of a greater cost.