Skil - SKL-75536 SKIL 75536 Carbide Flooring Blade, 4-3/8"

Great balance of price to blade life. If you have not cut flooring before and are cutting engineered hardwood / pergo etc.... you will find out quickly that it is very tough stuff ! Blade performs very well on Pergo XP and bamboo. In fact, it appears to last about as long as $25.00 makita blade. I'd expect to cut at least 150-200 Square feet with numerous rips before having to change blades IF you are "gentle" with the saw. This of course will vary greatly with material.A few tips -Do yourself a favor and order a COUPLE OF BLADES if you are doing multiple rooms ! It will save a trip to the local hardware store where you will probably pay 2-4 x as much for comparable blades.Don't "push" the saw - this will cause the blade to get too hot and dull quickly. CUT SLOWLY and let the blade do it's job.How do I know the blade is shot ? - You will know. Higher resistance + you will likely be setting off smoke detectors and wondering what is on fire. It's the blade overheating and scorching the sides of the cut.

Great blades!

Cuts very well

Installing 1000 sq ft of 3/4 inch prefinished solid oak hardwood and 500 sq ft of 3/4 inch prefinished solid brazilian tiete chestnut. About finished with the oak. Bought a backup blade in addition to one included with Skil 3600-02 flooring saw purchased from Amazon for this home remodeling project. Initial blade went dull after a few rip cuts. Second blade lasted a long time. Obviously, needed additional backup blades. Read a few reviews giving good marks especially for convenience of the saw (I agree) but indicated the blades went quickly. Ordered 4 blades to be on the safe side. Now using newer blade for cross cuts and older blade for rip cuts. Rotating to a new blade when rip cut blade is tired. About to shift to exotic hardwood which is heavier (more dense) than the oak. We'll see if I need to order more blades. The blades are not that expensive and the saw is a timesaver - easy trade.

This seems to be a manufacturers upgrade! Works a bit smother than the blade that originally came with the saw. I am betting it has to be the extra teeth.

I use these blades all the time and they tend to last pretty long.

It work perfectly

I found nothing wrong with this blade. It is as advertised. .. Tyme, Me, will tell if it fails to stand up to careful use, but so far it is Ok....After cutting 50 - 60 feet of laminate flooring the blade began to burn both side of the work but still cut in a perfect straight line. On close examination of the blade I saw a buildup of what looked like varnish on one side of it. It looks like that buildup was causing the blade to rub instead of cut and thereforoverheat. There is some dulling of the carbide tips but that could be partially caused by the heat. I already replaced that blade with a new one but will clean the old one and see what it can do after the new one dulls. I think the one sided buildup is caused by the fence being to open on the far end of the Skill Floor Saw. All in all the floor saw is a very handy, accurate, inexpensive tool.