POWERTEC 71550 55" Track Saw Guide Rail Kit for Makita or Festool | Includes (2) Guide Rails/Protective Guide Rail Bag/Rail Connectors

I use Festool and Milwaukee. Although Festool has a slightly better product in general, I really enjoy the convenience of the Milwaukee batteries.Pros compared to Milwaukee:- the biggest pro by far is the rubber splitter, it’s way better!! It’s thicker and more rigid and feels like it’s apart of the track rather than a piece of crappy door seal. I’ve replaced the rubber splitter twice on Milwaukee rail. It peals off when the slightest amount of dust gets in there or warm weather releases the tape.- slides a lot easier due to the ribs in the plastic sliders.- grips better to cutting service.Cons so far:- very slightly out of square on one of the edges. Meaning you just have to double check when connecting them end to end to get a perfectly straight line.

These tracks are perfect for my Makita track saw. It slides very smoothly across the track without any hiccups between the two tracks.

I bought this version for my Milwaukee saw because it was $40 cheaper and the reviews say it works with Milwaukee. It does… kinda.The only difference other than the color is the channel for the anti-tip feature on the saw. The blue track has a bigger channel and allows you to properly use the anti-tip device.You CAN use the anti-tip on the silver track too, but it makes it so tight that it’s hard to slide the saw on the track. Definitely not ideal, and probably unsafe.Sending these back and keeping the blue ones.

Rails are machined well, easy to setup and use. The case is padded and has been excellent storage for the rails, connector bars, and also a track square I have. It has been nice for storage in my small shop with limited space. Using my Wen track saw has been a perfect fit, accurate cuts every time.

The item arrived with subpar packaging. I compared the guide rails to a Makita guard rail. Very similar although slightly different in size. The Makita track saw can adjust to those small discrepancies though, however, two things made me rethink about returning it: 1) For whatever reason, the Makita track saw doesn't slide as well on the Powertec guide rail as it did on the Makita guide rail. 2) The Makita made contact with the Powertec guide rail irregularly. While I could have saved about a hundred dollars by going with the Powertec, the uncertainty of the quality of the track saw made me rethink about it, since the material I used them are butcher blocks that sometimes cost significantly more and thus ruining only one piece has a bigger financial impact that the savings by using Powertec. It is possible that I got a defective one, so getting a new one could have been an option. Ultimately, I returned it because I don't trust the quality. The refund is taking forever. So, even if you are willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and order it thinking it is an easy refund, just save the aggravation of getting a subpar product and taking a long time to get your refund.

I’m one of those “don’t really review unless it’s really terrible” type of people. When I shop on Amazon I take negative reviews with a grain of salt. Sometimes I think it’s user error or a “one-off” faulty product.In my case I know it’s not user error, but perhaps it’s a “one-off” but it’s a very expensive one-off for me.I have the cordless DeWalt track saw and I needed a track long enough to rip 8’ plywood sheets. I wanted the genuine track. I would have paid the extra money for the track…but I couldn’t find it in stock anywhere. Every site I searched said it would take 3-4 weeks to ship. I needed it right away.I use to have the Wen track saw and had the Powertec track and it worked great. I decided to buy the Powertec track for my DeWalt saw.I read a lot of bad reviews about the splinter guard not staying on but didn’t worry about it. Sure enough, when I got the saw I had the same problem. Splinter guard would not stick. I peeled it all off and used fastback tape to reapply and it still peeled off. I spent $30 to buy Makita splintergaurd tape and that worked perfectly.On to the REAL problem: my first cut was an 8’ rip 12” wide. After trimming the splinter guard I moved on to working with the track. As I made my cut I realized the 12” wide strip was a 1/16” more narrow in the middle!!! I thought. It was a flaw in the track design. There is only one rail holding the two track pieces steady. I thought maybe they flexed as I was cutting.I used JB Weld to fuse the two tracks together in hopes the two pieces wouldn’t flex during my next cuts. Used a level to check the splinter guard and saw that it was perfect!Made two more rips on a sheet of plywood and noticed I was still off a 1/16” of an inch halfway through the 8’ rip.I realized the rail that the saw rides along was off!! 😡I can’t fix the track. Plywood is so expensive right now (note:I was cutting 3/4” cherry plywood) and I spent extra money on new splinter guard.I could contact Powertec and ask that they send me a new track, but I doubt they will reimburse me for the $100 sheet of ruined plywood, the $30 in splinter guard, $12 in fastback tape and $8 in JB weld.I’m just going to use my mitersaw to chop this piece of junk in half again (as it came) and send it back and wait for the 102” Dewalt track. Hopefully I’ll have better luck.

Fits like a glove with the Makita 36v track saw. Glides nicely while having minimal if any play between the track and the saw. Rubber appears to be attached well to the tracks. Time will tell on the rubber. Aluminum tracks and protective case are better than most imo.

I have been using the tracks connected for ripping strips off of 8' sheets. The alignment between the two tracks just isn't very good. Every time the saw passes over the junction it is a fight to get it past, to initiate and to leave. I probably need to spend some more time trying different permutations of alignment but I shouldn't have to.