What dry cut saw comes with the best blade

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Im ready to order a dry cut saw and I cant seem to find any bad reviews about any of the saws made by the big brands, but I have heard the milwaukee doesnt have a very good blade. So I guess Ill make my pick on who gives you the best blade.
Reply:I have the Milwaulkie, just bought it, have maybe 70 cuts with it, no problems so far.
Reply:I've only used my DeWalt.  I'm very happy with it and have only changed the blade when I did something stupid like tried to cut chain or hardened angle.I also have the 90-tooth blade for cutting thinner tubing, and the 70-tooth blade for cutting heavier structural stuff.  The make a blade for stainless, too, but I've not tried it; I just use the abrasive so far.
Reply:our northern does good for us.Have we all gone mad?
Reply:I think mine is a ryobe. All I've ever used is the abrasive wheel. It works great but the mess is kinda...well messy. But it does, in my opinion, work the best. I can power through just about anything and I use it as a grinder quite a bit. Can't do that with a tooth saw. Ztec, I bought my saw at Lowe's. The only problem with the abrasive blades is that some are too thin. They cut fast but wear out really fast and tend to flex and break too often for me. I use a thick blade and have had no problem with it.
Reply:ztec,I have the Milwaukee 6190-20 Dry Cut ($426.00 from LWS) and have been using it for a while now. Pretty happy with it actually. At first I was cutting everything with the blade included with the saw - seemed OK to me - but  I thought about "saving it" and loaded the saw up with a std metal abrasive blade. I know this is using that type of blade at a substantially lower RPM than a std "chop saw" - but I go pretty slow and it does just fine. I know - why did I buy the dry cut .vs. the abrasive chop?For my purposes and uses so far, I guess I wish I would have put the $$ towards a good horizontal bandsaw. Not saying that the dry cut isn't useful, but just my preference - everything I've done so far could have been done on a bandsaw without the noise!I don't know how I would compare the blades performance against other dry cut carbide tipped blades.Not sure I helped ya - but I can't think of any reason to steer you away from the Milwaukee - if that type of saw is your preference.Mike
Reply:I went with the milwaukee 6190-20 found a great one on ebay for 359 shipped. Got it in 2 days almost seemed to cheap its new not a reman. Whats the thickest stock you are suppose to cut with it? I have about 6 cuts I need to make in some .5x1-1/2
Reply:congrats! sounds like a good find and I'm sure you'll be happy with it. That size material should be no problem, just go slow and steady - no forcing it - and that'll help save the blade.hope the blade is still in good shape - since you never know used!
Reply:Originally Posted by mtncrawlercongrats! sounds like a good find and I'm sure you'll be happy with it. That size material should be no problem, just go slow and steady - no forcing it - and that'll help save the blade.hope the blade is still in good shape - since you never know used!
Reply:cool! figured e-bay=used...my bad
Reply:ztec= I have cut 3x3 solid stock with mine.  just go slow and let the blade cut and it will do good.  On thick cuts like that I also shoot some comressed air at the leading edge of the cut to help keep the blade cool.  It seems to help with blade life.