The perfect Jigsaw...

Holmz said:
So the perfection score is 5 out of 8.

Add in my BlackDiamond headlamp, and it moves to 6 out of 8 
75% is not too bad in the real world.

Ya, and that's measured against standards that the OP deemed important. In actuality, the score is several points higher.  [smile]

1.  900 watts of power

2. The parallel fence is included with the saw and it becomes a circle cutter, a rip fence and can be used as a rail guide to guide the saw for straight line cutting. The fence also has a compartment that contains 2 different pins used for circle cutting.

3. The saw blade can be reversed for cutting close to an edge.

4. The P1 cc can be slid forward on the baseplate so it can cut right up to a wall/vertical surface.

5. The CUnex W1 blade is double the thickness of a regular blade yet has a lot of negative draft (taper to the rear of the blade) which allows it to also cut circles/curves.

6. The Systainer insert was designed to also hold the optional tilting base plate and optional blade saw assortment package, so everything fits in a SYS 1.

I've cut a series of curves in 2x material, using a standard Festool S 75/4 FSG blade and they were all 90º to the cutting surface.
 
It’s still a pipe dream to have a cordless Jigsaw that can perform as well as the corded models.  I couldn’t image using a cordless Jigsaw to cut a pattern into thick hardwood without bogging down or eating batteries for breakfast lunch and dinner.  Most 7 amp batteries are just too heavy to use in tools that required a lot of agility.  (Cutting circles, curves, ect..)
 
Cheese said:
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Ya, and that's measured against standards that the OP deemed important. In actuality, the score is several points higher.  [smile]

2. The parallel fence is included with the saw and it becomes a circle cutter, a rip fence and can be used as a rail guide to guide the saw for straight line cutting. The fence also has a compartment that contains 2 different pins used for circle cutting.

6. The Systainer insert was designed to also hold the optional tilting base plate and optional blade saw assortment package, so everything fits in a SYS 1.

I've cut a series of curves in 2x material, using a standard Festool S 75/4 FSG blade and they were all 90º to the cutting surface.

I used the OPs list for the scoring.

Not even knowing that the blade can be put in backwards makes it hard to put it on the list when one starts out using "a comparison" of existing features.
One needs innovation and fresh look to come up with that scheme, no guide wheels, and no guide blocks.

So if the OP is tallying up the scores and dividing by cost to arrive at some value metric, then...
The only thing I recalled paying more for, was the angle base.
People bitch about the cost, but at least one receives the entire working thing without further nickel-n-dime'in (or 50s and 100s) on accessorising it.
 
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