Tanus wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
In article , "J. Clarke"
wrote:

Until recently their Craftsman Professional jigsaw was a Bosch.
Now
it's an Australian made Triton, which may be a brilliant move on
both parts--Triton makes good stuff and they've never had a major
US
distributer before. If I hadn't just gotten a new Bosch I might
give it a try just to see if it's as good as other Triton stuff.

Interesting... and just when I was looking to pick up a
replacement,
too.
Anybody have experience with the Triton jigsaws? Is the Sears
version simply a rebadged OEM unit, or are there functional
differences?


I'm also looking for a replacement, and
I've been to both CDN and US Sears
sites. The US price looks good. The CDN
price - not so much.

Whether there are functional differences is always the question, but
in practical terms it's unlikely as that kind of retooling for a
limited production run generally costs more than just continuing to
make what was already in production. Changing the color of the
plastic and slapping a different label on is one thing, changing the
mechanical design is quite another.

I recall reading a review somewhere but now I can't find it.

Of course if you want to play safe, the latest Bosch from Coastal is
only about 45 bucks more.

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