Best Mitre Saws in the UK (2026)

For standard UK architrave and skirting up to about 120mm, a 210mm fixed-head compound saw is enough - that is what the Evolution R210CMS and Einhell TC-MS 2112 below are built for, and both publish a crosscut around 120-125mm. Taller Victorian skirting, or skirting you want to cut flat on the table rather than nested against the fence, needs more: a sliding head takes you to 230mm or 310mm, and the 255mm Evolution publishes 300 x 90mm. If your house has 170mm or 220mm skirting, size up or plan to cut it nested against a tall fence.

Yes, for anything standard. UK decking boards are commonly 120mm to 145mm wide, which a 210mm fixed head will just about manage at 90 degrees and will not manage at all once you mitre the cut - the capacity at 45 degrees drops to around 80-85mm. Any of the four sliding saws below handles a decking board square or mitred. If you are also cutting 90 x 90mm posts, only the Evolution R255SMS-DB+ publishes the 90mm depth to do it in one pass.

It is worth it if you cut long runs of skirting, coving or crown moulding, and not worth it otherwise. A single bevel tilts one way, so every opposite-hand compound cut means picking the length up, turning it round and re-marking it. Over a room that is a lot of handling and a lot of chances to cut the wrong way. A double bevel tilts left and right and you never flip anything. Two saws below do it: the Evolution R255SMS-DB+ at the top of the list and the Einhell TC-SM 2534/1 Dual, which costs less than the Evolution. For straight crosscuts and simple 45s on frames and decking, save the money.

UK building sites run power tools at 110V through a yellow centre-tapped transformer, because it is far less dangerous on a wet site than 240V. If you are working on a commercial site, the site rules will require it. Every saw ranked below is the 230V or 240V domestic version - the ASINs here are the mains-plug models. The same saws exist in 110V under different codes: DeWalt appends -LX (so the 110V version of the DWS774-GB is the DWS774-LX), and Evolution and Einhell list 110V as separate products. They are not interchangeable and a 110V saw will not run off a domestic socket without a transformer, so check the suffix before you buy.

Evolution's can, and that is the company's whole pitch. Its RAGE range uses a tungsten-carbide-tipped blade with a tooth geometry and rake angle meant for mixed materials, so one blade takes mild steel, aluminium, plastic and timber with nails still in it. The trade-off is blade speed: the R255SMS-DB+ turns at 2,600rpm where the wood-only saws on this list run at 4,500 and 5,000rpm, because cutting metal wants a slower blade. If you regularly cut conduit, threaded rod, aluminium angle or reclaimed timber alongside wood, that is a genuinely useful thing to own. If you only ever cut clean softwood and MDF, a dedicated fine-tooth wood blade in any of these saws will give a better finish.

Evolution is a Sheffield company whose corded and 18V EXT saws are widely stocked on Amazon UK, and whose single circular blade saws carry a three-year warranty once registered. Einhell is a German brand that sells heavily through Amazon and the sheds and owns the volume end of this category by review count. Erbauer EXT and Titan TXP are Screwfix's own lines - a lot of UK tradespeople own them, but they are not sold on Amazon, so they cannot appear in this ranking. Worth knowing if you already have Titan batteries: TXP packs are not backward compatible with older non-TXP Titan tools.

Black Friday falls on 27 November 2026 and is the deepest discounting of the year on power tools, followed by Boxing Day and the January sales. After that the next real window is the run-up to Easter on 28 March 2027, when the DIY and garden season opens and decking projects start, and the May bank holidays on 3 and 31 May. Father's Day on 20 June 2027 moves a lot of mid-range tools. If you are buying through a business, the timing that matters more is the tax year ending 5 April and what the Annual Investment Allowance lets you write off.