The makita plunge saw has been available in here for sometime now. The price is not much less than th festool and only one year guarantee. Today at my favourate tool shop the had both side by sid on the same rail a makita rail. That was a revelation the makita rails is a lot cheaper they have only two sizes 1400 and 3000 mm. Then there is the makita carrying case the only difference to festools systainer is the colour. The saw itself has some features not available on the festool it can bevel cut from -1 to 48 degrees it has positive stops on -1; 1; 22.5; 45 and 48 degrees. It has a slide lever which ensures that it will not tip when cutting bevels. Then there is a 2MM depth stopper for preliminary grooves for splinter free cuts. The best thing is the guide clamps is half the price of the festool clamps and fits on the mft. If anybody is interested in a fs-ks they have that as well its called a bevel guide set do not expect better performance it looks exactly the same did not try it, only saw the brochure. Now there is another source for systainers rails and clamps and I suppose splinter strips as well. Do not know what is the price difference on the systainers but I did buy a 3000 MM rail and some clamps.