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Bosch Professional GCM 8 SJL review

A professional-line Bosch slider sold as an Amazon set — and a listing that publishes nothing you could compare it on.

The bottom line Hard to place. At €460 in France it is asked to beat a DWS774 at €294 on evidence it does not provide.

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.

What the specification says

Nothing. The listing is titled as an Amazon Exclusive set and carries a Bosch Professional part number, and it publishes no blade diameter, no crosscut capacity, no cut height and no motor rating.

Why that is the review

We have written eleven saws on this page around their published capacities. This one cannot be written that way, and pretending otherwise would mean importing figures from Bosch’s catalogue, or from a different retailer, and presenting them as though they described this listing. They might. We do not know that they do, and the difference between “probably” and “verified” is the whole editorial position of this site.

What can be said

It is Bosch Professional rather than Bosch’s green DIY line, which means a serious spares and service network and a machine built for daily use. It carries one reference and one EAN across all six markets, which is more than most saws here manage. And it costs about €400 in Germany and €460 in France, Italy and Spain.

At that price it is competing with the DeWalt DWS774 at €294–399, which publishes its capacities and has the XPS shadow line. On the evidence available, we cannot tell you the Bosch wins.

What we could not check

Everything a specification sheet answers, and the contents of the set.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • Bosch Professional line, with the service and spares network behind it
  • One reference and one EAN on all six markets

Compromises

  • The listing publishes no technical specification whatsoever
  • About €400 in Germany and €460 elsewhere in Europe — more than the DWS774, with less known about it
  • What is in the "set" is not itemised on the listing either

Specifications

Part number0601B19101
Sold asAmazon Exclusive set
Published specificationNone on this listing — no blade diameter, no capacities, no motor rating
Amazon referenceB09RQMWWHY (identical on 6 markets)
EAN4059952623443

Questions people actually ask

What does the "8" in GCM 8 SJL mean?

Bosch's naming convention puts it at eight inches, which is 216 mm — but that is us reading a convention, not the listing telling you. We are flagging it rather than stating it as a specification, because the whole point of this page is that we do not fill in numbers the manufacturer has not published.

Why review it at all if there is nothing to compare?

Because it appears in searches at a price above several saws on this page that publish everything. A reader deserves to know the comparison cannot be made, rather than to assume it was made and came out favourably.