OK...
First impressions, fairly heavy but well balanced. The 4m rubber cable is made by the 'Wuxi Wire Factory' no less :)
The blade clamp and mechanism has virtually no play at all, though the blade support roller has some side to side movement.
Comes with 3 blades, a coarse wavy set wood blade, a medium taper ground wood blade and a fine wavy set HSS metal blade. The box states the blades are Swiss made, but somehow I doubt the jigsaw is ;)
Tried it out with the medium wood blade on ply with the cutting angle at 90 deg, and found it cut a few degrees off vertical. Easily sorted, just moved the shoe foward and tried a few cuts adjusting until it was bang on.
Also found when cutting close to an edge the plastic shoe flexes in the middle which can make the cut wander, so took it off. Underneath there is a plated steel plate screwed to the ally base, so at least the steel doesn't mark wood the way ally would.
Next tried some test cuts on ply using a guide. If run at a fairly high speed or allowed to cut more slowly without pushing it hard, it does a *perfect* 90 deg cut with no wandering at all. ABSOLUTELY BLOODY MARVELLOUS!!!
That said, if pushed too hard on a slower speed or with the wavy set blade, it does tend to wander off vertical but not terminally so.
Tried a few cuts on a 2x2, much the same as long as the jigsaw isn't pushed to one side while making the cut.
So in in summary, not quite as good as a =A3100 jigsaw, but unbeatable for the money, especially as it has a 3 yr guarantee.
cheers, Pete.