Crosscuts & angles · review
A cordless dual-bevel mitre saw at €430 in Germany and €599 in Spain — the widest price gap in this lot as a proportion of the price.
The bottom line A good cordless saw sold under a listing that will not say what it cuts. Price it in Germany, not in Spain.
Hands-on testing pending. Nothing below is presented as our own measurement. Every figure is a manufacturer specification, read off the listing itself, and the judgements are ours — drawn from how the specification behaves in this class of machine and from what long-term owners consistently report. Where a figure is missing, we say so rather than fill it in.
A BITURBO cordless mitre saw on the Bosch Professional 18 V system, part number 0601B51000, bevelling in both directions from an ergonomic clamping wheel, rated by Bosch for wood, aluminium and PVC. Supplied with a 216 × 30 × 1.7 mm 24-tooth Standard for Wood blade, two workpiece supports, a dust bag and a clamp. Compatible with Bosch extractors, GTA work tables and the brand’s cordless mitre saw blades. No battery, no charger.
A mitre saw is bought for two numbers: how wide a board it cross-cuts at 90°, and how wide it still cuts at 45°. Blade diameter is a proxy for neither. A sliding saw on a small blade will out-cut a fixed saw on a large one, because the carriage and not the blade sets the width.
The third number is what the saw manages at full bevel, which is always less. A listing that quotes one capacity is quoting its best one; a listing that quotes none, as several saws in this lot do, is asking you to buy a machine on its silhouette.
AMPShare is the reason to buy into this saw rather than a corded one at half the money: the same packs run the rest of the Bosch Professional 18 V range and a list of other brands in the alliance. If you already own them, this is a €430 saw. If you do not, add two high-capacity packs and a charger before you compare it with anything.
€430 in Germany, €455 in Britain, €474 in France, €559 in Italy, €599 in Spain. One reference and one barcode across six markets, and the Spanish price is close to 40 per cent above the German one for an identical machine. The American listing exists but carried no price when we checked.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.
| System | Bosch Professional 18 V BITURBO, AMPShare |
|---|---|
| Bevel | Both directions, ergonomic clamping wheel |
| Materials | Wood, aluminium, PVC |
| Supplied blade | Standard for Wood, 216 × 30 × 1.7 mm, 24 teeth |
| Also supplied | Two workpiece supports, dust bag, clamp |
| Part number | 0601B51000 |
| Amazon reference | B0BTZ3QKC2 (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 4059952613239 |
The listing reads GCM 18V-216 D under part number 0601B51000, and the D matters: this is the version that bevels in both directions. We name the saw the listing names.
It saves turning the workpiece around when a cut mirrors the previous one, which is most of skirting and architrave work. On a fixed-bevel saw you flip the board, re-mark and re-set; on this one you tilt the head the other way. It is a time and error saving, not a capacity one.
Bosch lists wood, aluminium and PVC. Non-ferrous metal on a mitre saw needs the right blade, a slow steady feed and eye protection, because the chips come off hot and sideways. The supplied 24-tooth wood blade is not the blade for it.
254 mm · 90 × 305 mm cut · dual bevel
The only saw here that states its capacity as a cross-section — 90 × 305 mm — which is the number you actually need.
Best for: A workshop cutting wide boards and tall sections, where capacity decides what is possible
≈ £1315 / 545 €
Bosch Professional · Amazon Exclusive set
A professional-line Bosch slider sold as an Amazon set — and a listing that publishes nothing you could compare it on.
Best for: A buyer already committed to Bosch Professional who knows this model
≈ 400 €
216 mm · XPS shadow line · 1 400 W
The cheapest way onto DeWalt's XPS shadow line, which is the feature that changes how a mitre saw is used.
Best for: Anyone who wants an accurate cut line and does not need the bigger motor
≈ £345 / 295 €
