Thread: Are the older ryobi circular saws any good

I finally got to try this saw on some timber that is native to new zealand (Rimu)and it is harder than the pine I had been using it on and this old ryobi handled it very nicely in fact I never heard that blade slow down even when it was fully inside the wood I was ripping and measurements at both ends of the wood I was cutting down to size was spot on it will probably be the only ryobi that I won't be in a rush to get rid of unlike my green ryobi drill and electric planer (I have gone to using hand planes)