I just read an article in Wood magazine. It tested the Grizzly, Jet , and
DeWalt portable planers. The DeWalt is the new one that has been talked
about here. It looks more like the stationary style planer. Has 3 blades
instead of the normal 2, and has 2 speeds. Like the new Delta, apparently
the DeWalt produces a marginal advantage with using the slower planer speed
as the fast speed is slow enough to begin with. It also has an automatic
cutter head lock and apparently produces no snipe, none, zip, unless you are
hogging off a lot of wood. The planer uses disposable blades. Apparently
it quite loud and weighs almost 100 lbs. Oh yeah, its color is still Yella.

Now a question from me. I have been using a portable planer for about 15
years that uses HSS blades that can be resharpened. For those of you that
have the disposable blades, how long do they last before having to buy a new
set?