Retailers have begun posting “beat the price increase” notifications for SawStop table saws and accessories.
The SawStop price increases are said to go into effect on August 1st, 2023.
It has not yet been published which SawStop table saws or accessories will be increasing in price, or by how much.
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One SawStop dealer shared a sampling of the price increase for example purposes, showing that two cabinet saw models will increase by around 2%, a dust collection accessory will increase by around 4.6%, and the SawStop brake cartridges (standard and dado) will increase by $4 each, reflecting increases of 4.2% and 3.5%, respectively.
Increases on SawStop table saws, attachments, and accessories could add up. If you were planning to make a big purchase, you might want to think about placing your order before the increases go into effect.
There’s no word as to whether the freight fees for portable and cabinet saws are also going up.
With the increases going into effect August 1st, the cut-off for ordering at current pricing will be July 31, 2023.
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eddie sky
Do we know why?
Is there material increases? labor?
Any shareholder that knows if its sales numbers are off?
Stuart
SawStop is part of the same company as Festool, and they do the same regularly.
SawStop’s last price increase was about a year ago https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/tool-brands-beat-the-price-increase/%3C/a%3E .
Potato
With your connections and the continuing expiration of SawStop patents, any whispering or rumors on potential competitors?
Stuart
Nothing yet.
Brands such as Powermatic and Harvey might launch cabinet saw
competitors.
I’d say that most of the new competition will be in the portable table saw segment.
It will take a few years for competitors to work out any first-gen performance or quality issues.
fred
Might Bosch have a tiny leg up – with the Reaxx design?
Stuart
Yes, and no.
The Reaxx mechanism was elegant, but the sensor tech was over-sensitive to wireless signals.
BigTimeTommy
Because they can.
Ryan Guldbrandsen
Cost of living has gone up across the board for everything. Well, for me it has. So I’m sure they are feeling it as well.
That’s the cost of raising minimum wage so much so fast. Luckily, for most of the middle class, their wages are staying the same. But, I’ve gone off topic. Sorry about that.
Mike
CPI increases are a normal way of life for brands without a true competitor. I was on the fence about replacing my CNS Sawstop with a Harvey cabinet saw. About a month ago I did something really dumb and triggered my brake. The Sawstop premium is around $1k but no consideration to change brands now. Cheap idiot insurance.
Robert
Sawstop’s audience seems pretty price insensitive. Much like Festool’s audience. Perhaps that’s one reason Festool bought Sawstop.
I thought Sawstop’s patent is close to expiring. It will be interesting to see how many competitors introduce table saws with similar technology then and the impact on pricing.
Rrich
If it was anything like the last price increase you shouldn’t wait. I remember the router table package going up around $100 or so alone. I jumped on that deal and the insert and saved a whole bunch of money.
fred
Of course, you save only if you need it or will be buying it soon.
I’m reminded of the Vaudeville skit – where the Top Banana’s wife rushes on stage to tell him that she saved him $1000. He tells her “that’s great! I’m proud of you” – but inquires how? She tells him that mink coats were on sale for $500 off – so she bought 2. He falls down in a faint.
Hon Cho
Sawstop has received a lot of grief over the years for both their attempts to mandate their technology along with simultaneous fierce protection of their patent. It’ going to be interesting to see what kind of alternatives come to market as their patents expire but my guess is that there will still be a substantial premium for saws equipped with sawstop-like safety technology.
Would be nice to not hear about another price increase. However, Sawstop, for now anyway, has unique attributes that a few more dollars in cost won’t scare away many buyers.
BigTimeTommy
Can’t wait for those patents to expire so I can upgrade my old Delta 10″ contractor saw 😉
Jim Felt
I can’t wait until the time of mostly post COVID era cost increases becomes a memory. Like the Reagan era simple home mortgage loan rates in the 15+% APRs range.
This too shall pass.
fred
As I recall – my early 1970’s – 25-year mortgage was in the 8% sort of range. The rate never got lower during its life – so I let it run – and was happy to have it when rates were in the double-digit realm.
Joe A
I’d love to own one but still, when I look at the costs, I’ll take the risk of not having one. Not having one doesn’t mean I’m automatically going to lose a finger or worse, so it’s hard to justify the expense for an occasional table saw user (probably the highest risk group though). I take the table saw very seriously and try my best not to put myself into danger. Use the guards as often as possible, always use riving knives, push blocks and sticks. Anything that puts my fingers within a few inches of the blade is a definite no.
If I ever find a deal on a used one, I’ll be all over it because I know it is a well made saw with an extra safety feature that is useful.
Art
I’m also one waiting for the parents to expire. Mandating their tech means I’ll just use my track saw for now. I should have purchased a Reaxx while I could have.
josh Morris
People will always complain about the price of daddy devices like this but if you know someone who was injured by a tool where it was preferable and ask thwm if they would have spent 500$ to keep whatever got cut off bet they would do it in a heartbeat.
Ct451
I don’t think those are the only hypothetical options. Lose a finger or pay sawstop.
You can argue the other way as well. How many more fingers would have been saved if instead of having to spend $500 “to keep whatever got cut of” it was only 100.
Alex
I don’t complain about the price of sawstop, only the monopoly. Their patent on the technology should have expired a couple years ago and twenty years was plenty of time for them to profit off the invention. By now this safety feature should be available for every table saw on the market but it’s not because they’ve done shady “continuations” of their patent to keep the tech for themselves so they don’t have to compete.
Eliot Truelove
If price increases mean not skimping on quality, I guess its the way things are now in a post COVID inflationary world. I worry about any company offering crazy deals consistently because it makes me think the quality control and longevity aren’t there as much. They have to be cutting costs somewhere.
Sawstop is annoying with it’s tight reign on its technology, but they make a product that has saved thousands of people’s fingers. Not the kind of company where I’d want to skimp on quality.