About to be in the market for a new circular saw, just looking for the typical 7.25 blade saw. One thing that has constantly bothered me though is the depth adjustment. Every saw I’ve ever had used a flip lever on a nut in the back, and that’s always been the point of failure. They slip, break, seize or otherwise fail first before anything else on the saw. And it’s literally the only setting on a saw that i ever touch beyond changing blades.
So what brand has a reliable depth adjustment?
Something like Festools adjustment knob should be a bit better but then you paying a LOT more to buy it and at its core is just the same friction based mechanism.
Personally I would just buy a bigger name brand that actually offers spares for the adjuster if it does break as its super simple to replace it yourself. Couple that with actually servicing the part yourself (it could not be simpler) every so often. Just letting it sit there and not cleaning and re-greasing it just seems bad practice IMO. It should be part of your workflow to service your tools.