Jeff Thies wrote:
Ran out to HF (not close) to get an electric multi tool. They had
three models and I got the "top" model as I think this may get a lot
of use.
It does nothing. I'm not thinking well of Chicago Tools at the
moment.
Recommendations, exchange or buy another brand?

I bought one of the HF reciprocating saws last year for about $20. When I
brought it home, I plugged it in to test it, and observed that it moved very
slowly and stalled out when trying to cut a 2x4.

I decided that it must have been defective, and put it back in the box.

As I was finishing up closing the box, I noticed that it said, on the box,
that it was a variable speed unit. At that time, I re-opened the box,
plugged it back in, and found, when I turned the speed control up from the
lowest setting, that it worked just as it was supposed to. The problem was
that I excluded the possibility of variable speed on a $20 reciprocating
saw.

Jon