I am not a bandsaw freak as most here are, I had for years a little benchtop perform bright yellow thing which served me so well for it's capabilities.
The only reason I got another was because I was nagged on another forum that what I had was no good, it's cheap nasty won't do what I want of it, it did.
So under peer pressure bertie bandsaw went to the ebay sales room and left me with tear in eye.
Along comes Allan Axminster on his own base, standing tall and proud and so big I have nowhere to put the beast, certainly that I can manoeuvre planks around it.
So having moved most of my shed to the garden and realising I now need another shed to put it all in. I now have an ugly beast of a machine in my possesion.
Proudly I go on forum, look what I just bought I am so pleased I got this model as it is huge and I have a new storage shed to make way for the beast in workshop.
You'll not be happy with that they all say, that's only the baby of the family, when you want to cut something of substance you'll need one of these init?
What you should have got is the BMF version (Big Mother Fu****) It don't work as a bandsaw unless the ground shakes and the power station goes to red alert, thats when you know you have a bandsaw.
Moral of the story: Don't be misled by the wannabe tree turners, look at what you want to do, take your capabilities into consideration, think about what room you have, consider your neighbours.
Then think about budget and availability. Some people will have you renting an industrial unit to house the stuff you must have.
Get real for alberts sake init. are you a lumberjack or a penturner I would still be happy with bertie benchtop if I hadn't bowed to pressure from people who know nothing about me and what I do.
Nothing wrong with Handsaw which I still use rather than switch on the power hungry thing I have to still manoeuvre into position if I want to use it.