Bosch Barrel Grip vs. Trion

[Dixon Peer]

Any good Bosch dealer has inserts.  They're on Amazon for god's sake.

No big deal inserting them.

Nobodys mentioned the biggest reason that the Bosch is an equal if not better value.   On the Trion, every time you switch to a different thickness blade, you have to manually adjust the lower blade guides with an Allen wrench to match the blade thickness.

With the Bosch, a one-click button closes the guides to the blade in a self-adjusting manner, and they automatically open when releasing the blade.

Systainer?  Buy one - you'll still be $100 cheaper than a Trion.
Guide rail?  Who uses a jigsaw on a guide rail and why would you?  Plus, very easy to modify the Trion's guide rail adapter to work with the Bosch.  I modified mine to work with a laminate trimmer...

If you want your tools to match, more power to you, but don't pretend it's really worth the premium over the Swiss-made Bosch.

Most times, most Festool's - worth it.  Not this time.

Julian

Agree.  The Bosch is a very good jig saw (used to be Scintilla).  Wonder what stroke the guy in the video was using on both machines?  Could it be that the Bosch was set to the most aggressive orbital stroke while the Festool was not???  I like my Bosch barrel grip better than my Trion, honestly.  It feels more comfortable in my hand, and I can actually guide it with just the cord, it's that smooth running.