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powerful and light
The saw is very powerful and will cut thorugh a lot.
Of course the battery drain is according to its power - it will drain fast if you load it a lot, but that's rather a good sign.
I bought it during a sale when they gave me a free extra battery. When using it intensively I would have 4 batteries, 2 charging a 2 with me.

It is rather light, not too noisy and the vibrations are ok.

Make sure you get the "type 2", not the "type 1"

For short bursts only.
I bought this to work on a remodel on a house for a friend. The 90 degree rotating head came in handy several times and I was glad to have the feature. I run all of my tools off DeWalt's 18v batteries and I was lucky that I had four of them when I went to the job site. This tool eats the batteries! I use to install garage doors and could install two full-size doors on one battery using my hammer drill, but this tool kills a battery in 10-30 minutes of use. With three batteries charging and one in the tool, I was able to keep a rotation and get jobs done with no waiting around, but it was close.

The head unit would get hot, not unreasonable and with gloves I didn't even notice.

If you plan to buy, just have extra batteries around or lose the portability and get a corded one. It works great, but don't expect miracles.

Saw
Its awesome, still works no problems. Its tough and the battery lasts a long time.

Its Dewalt, so you could drop it from a ladder and it will still work. Just make sure your over grass when you do drop it.

great tool
i have used one of these tools for about five years. i have had the same tool, but many batteries. i use it and lend it all the time. we often use it to cut pipelines that still have a lot of water in them, so this thing gets wet and muddy all of the time. so far i couldn't be happier with my dewalt cordless saw. i must have for a pipeliner.

Batteries only last about 5 minutes. Poor blade release!
My cordless reciprocating saw lasted 9 months. I do mostly bath renovation work. This unit used to come with me everywhere to do the demo work but I found that the batter life is only 5-7 minutes. I used to have 4 batteries with me so I wouldn't have to stop and wait for a charge. Then I found that if the blade release mechanism gets dusty (what kind of tool doesn't get dust????) the ball bearings inside the chuck don't move easily and you have to use a glove and your hand to pull out the blade. God forbid your blade breaks off and the tip stays in the chuck, your there all day with needle nose pliers taking it out. I've used WD 40 to lube the chuck. Yeah, that works for about a few blade changes then once it gets full of dust, your back to using your hands and gloves to remove the blade. What a dissappointing tool. If I can give you some advise, it's to spend a few extra $$ and either buy the Milwaukee. It's a much better chuck design and the batteries last me 10-13 minutes.