These videos are hugely beneficial to people like myself that go full blown OCD into research before purchasing “Big Ticket Items” I think that you and your team do a Great, fair and unbiased job in the testing and scoring of all your Head to Head tests. Thanks once more for spending the time and energy doing these kinds of tests.

I've been using the Dewalt 735X in my shop for about 7 years and I love that planer. I haven't read the accompanying article to this video, so I might be mentioning a few things that they've already mentioned that were skipped in the video. The 735 is a beast at 90+ lbs and that's a good thing. There have been many times I've planned an 8 foot long 8/4 board and that planer didn't even think about tipping. Of course I used external work supports but still, you don't have to worry about the heavy boards shifting the machine in any way. Second, it has an internal blower that forcefully eject the wood chips. That means that you don't really have to connect it to a vacuum/dust collector. If you're setting up a shop on a budget and only have a shop vac, no worries. You can leave the shop vac hooked to your other gear. This planer doesn't need it. I built a cabinet cart for this planer that has a built in baffle , filter and exhaust port. I feed the 4" hose from the planer into the cabinet. All of the wood chips are collected inside. After each heavy milling session, I open the cabinet and shovel out the chips (filling a 33 gallon trash bag), and shake the dust out of the filter. The filters cost me a few dollars each at the big box store. Once a year, I toss the filter and insert a new one. Blade changes are easy and the blades are double edged, so that you can take them out and turn them around to a fresh sharp edge. They're also slotted so that you and shift them a little from side-to-side. Thus if you get a nick in your blades, all you have to do is off set them from each other so that the nick is staggered. This eliminates it showing up on your planed boards, further getting more use out of a set of blades. I run my planer on a 15 amp circuit without any issues or heating, but I've never removed 3/32" like they did in the test. My max cut is usually 1/16" and my typical cut 1/32". Each revolution of the height adjustment crank is 1/16" and I've easily adjusted my depth of cut reliably down below 1/128" increments. You can nudge that crank to take off a few 1/1000s of an inch. Much faster than hitting it with a hand plane. Just use the hand plane to remove any mill marks, which you won't have many of when removing less than 1/128" as a final pass. Oh, there's also a 'finish quality' speed that pushes the board through at half the speed rate letting the knives take twice as many cuts along the board, yielding an extremely smooth surface. To be honest, I've rarely used this feature for that. I use it to simply slow down my overall planning operation when I have a lot of boards to plane and I'm working alone. This gives me time to grab the boards as they exit the planer and stack them while still feeding in another board butted up against the one currently being planed. You only get snipe on the front edge of the first board (which can be scrap) and the back edge of the very last board (which can be the same piece of scrap), thus if you don't want to waste stock cutting off the snipe, just feed your multiple boards through as one very long continuous board. Anyway, that's when I use the slow speed. Fantastic planer!

3 years later and this is still probably the best tool comparison video on youtube.

This is one of the best ever tool comparisons I have seen. Your team’s very professional time and effort will not only help in my future choice, but many others. THANK YOU!

Thanks for taking the time to do these tests. I don't think people realize how tedious it can be to collect data from repetitive testing. It's much appreciated and I hope you guys keep doing them!

Robert De Niro has had some weird roles lately, but reviewing planers is my favorite one yet. Hahaha Good video

Thanks for putting together these comparisons. This was really helpful in picking out a planer. I’ve been a die hard Makita man my whole life, and watching this video saved me about $400. I decided to give the Ridgid a shot.

Wow, this has to be thee most thorough review I've ever watched. Great Job!

The Delta 50-359 dust collection adapter fits the Porter Cable perfectly. It provides a 4" post perfect for most dust collectors.

Damn. THAT'S how a tool comparison is done

I want to thank all of you for giving your time and expert findings. I am that guy that will sit in front of the computer reading and watching all I can to feel good about any purchase I make. Your channel has given me back many hours of my own research time and for that I am very grateful. Thanks again I look forward to your next video.

I've now owned 2 Ridgid surface planers. Seeing your review of these tools is most enlightening. Thanks. Your insight exceeds my knowledge when it comes to knowing a planer. I must say that my Ridgid planer is responsible for 9 pieces of furniture in my living room presently. Glad I got Ridgid.

If I wanted to watch some short review about “the best planer” I could’ve easily found someone’ else’s opinionated video. The level of detail and work put into this video is excellent and deserves a like and sub. Thanks for this content gentlemen. You’ve definitely helped me to narrow down my decision on a deck planer.

That was amazingly well done, thank you! I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE for you guys to do a benchtop bandsaw version of this. I could really use one and don't have the space/budget for a full sized one yet.

This is the BEST review of any product I have seen on KZfaq. I love the fact that you determine "your" winner AND provide all the information for others to determine what was best for them. Job well done.

Really great testing! This was insanely helpful even three years later! I hope you all do this again for some of these newer spiral cutter heads like those on the Wen, Wahuda, and Rykon (I say spiral because they don't look like true helical cutters).

Would love to see a final recommendation for 3 categories: DYI ers, Prosumer grade, and pro grade.

I got my 735x for 430.00 to my door from HD!!! Super deal one day about 6 4 months ago. Love it!!!! Its a Beast!!! Great reviews. Love this series.

The BEST tool review channel hands down. You guys are a professional as it can be. The best !!!!

I have my Ridgid for over 20 yrs never had problems with it !!..Love this machine

Great head to heads but this one..absolutely one of the best head to heads I have ever seen. Especially since you've also include the specs that you discounted in your rankings so we can do a more personal evaluation if necessary. Great work guys. Subscribed

Great presentation, you fellas worked hard. I own the Makita for two-years now, change the blades when it begins to pound the wood(twice a year on average) I dress the blades on a diamond-plate every few months. I like the machine overall, I will purchase the shelix head this year when it's available(costs more than the machine, but long-term satisfaction.) I think the quality of this Makita can be a life-time tool.

I cannot tell you how many woodworking tool reviews I have watched... I am so grateful to have found your channel. You cover so much information. Truly, thank you. I always do a ton of research before I buy anything and I love having the honest unbiased feedback.

Now that’s how tool comparison is done !! I’m retiring in 93 days and setting up a wood shop I’m excited beyond words and guess what your gonna help me set it up ( smiley face) Thanks to you and your team for doing an excellent job of laying all the information out to make an informative decision

Thank you for your review. My research also shows the Dewalt 735X as the best planer for me, however, it is very helpful to have an independent head to head review. Keep up the outstanding videos!

Would have loved to have seen how the Rikon and Cutechtool spiral head bench top portable planers compared too. Thanks for the great reviews and your in-depth info.

All, thanks very much for your review. You produce by far the most thorough, consistently conducted and we'll-documented took reviews I've found. Huge kudos to the team.

Watching this now I understand why it took so long to make. Was well worth the wait.

I really appreciate the time you guys put in to do this testing. Excellent, Outstanding, Magnificent, etc.

Once again no detail is forgotten! Nicely done boys👍

Well my $45 craftsman planner was a great price but after watching this I think I got my money out of it and gonna get me a ridged. Very helpful thanks

I first saw this review about a year ago, and bought the Triton based of it. Triton is not a well known brand in Sweden and without your review I don't think I would have considered it. I was on a budget (lots of tools to buy...) and I couldn't be more happy with my plainer. Thanks for sharing this great review and helping me make a decision I'm really happy with. Keep up the good work!

Very well done. I am in the market for a planer and the Dewalt 735x seems to always be at the top. It was great to see how some of the other ones performed, great job, lot’s of time and effort went into this and I for one have greatly benefited from it.

Great comparison, evident a lot of time and effort was put into this. Glad I chose the right planer a couple years ago. One thing to note is that regardless which one you choose, it requires some trial and error for us laymen to get the best result. Thanks for the comparison.

I am watching this 2 years after you made it, but it still has very valuable info, as most of these tools are still available. I really like the detail and thoughtfulness of your reviews. Nobody does it better! Thanks!

Thank You, because people do not always tell the whole story as to what is truly what serve as ones needs. Being a woman and learning late in life to work with wood, I need all the info that I can get to buy one time and not over and over. When I wanted to take shop is school, girls were not allowed. Go figure, now that I am retired I can do what I want. Starting with scrolling and now making small things, I want to do furniture. Enjoyed watching and have in the past, you always give me ideas where I need to go. My first project in a larger piece is country farm table and a hutch for my antique dishes. Thank you so much on tips of a planner. now I know what will best suit my needs. Keep the videos coming.

I love your detailed tool comparisons, but I would make a case to throw a harbor freight brand tool into the mix as well. I know your a top level pro, and there's no way you would ever use them, but I would argue by far most of your viewers are just home owners and we often consider the Harbor Freight stuff from time to time. Especially when it comes to tools we just wouldn't use that often, such as a planer. And if nothing else, this would be a great showcase on how far less superior one them may be to something even on the lower end of what you're already testing. This may convince someone considering a Harbor Freight tool, that spending a bit more, is far and away the better option. Keep the videos coming sir!

Thanks so much for this comparison guys. I've been waiting for this for a while and there are none to be found on KZfaq till now. I appreciate all the hard work. Love your videos, keep em coming 👍

Another great video..... I've been a very happy and satisfied owner/user of my DW735X for the past 2 years.... Nice to see it crowned the winner. It's really a great machine.....

I really like that this is a fully transparent review. It's great to have the data for categories that weren't considered when picking the "winner"!

Excellent evaluations. Job well done. I’m on the fence about which make/model to buy and this video was very helpful. Thank you for spending the time to evaluate the wood planners and producing this video.

Really Appreciate how much y'all put into this!

The dewalt 735 is what I just bought about a month ago. I'm new to woodworking but I always think it's worth it to buy the best and not worry about outgrowing it.

This is like the America's Test Kitchen of tools. Awesome. Thanks for doing an in-depth, hands-on comparison. It's always so hard to decide what to buy because most reviewers only have a single product, have brand biases, etc. And then the reviewers that just check the Amazon reviews for a few products and put them together are such a waste of my time. This video is the kind of stuff I want to see. Hope you keep doing things like this.

As always with your videos, they are very informative and have helped me a lot with my buying decisions. Well presented information.

I was so excited when I saw this video in my sub box. I always had a feeling the dewalt 735 was the best. But for me it had to be the 734 since I got a steal on it. Some guy had it sitting around and never used it. He was moving out of state and just wanted to get rid of it. $150 brand new factory sealed, can't go wrong with that. But now this video is making me wish I had the 735 lol.

Would not buy a piece of kit without watching one of your videos! Thank you.

This is by far the most Scientific video compassion on YT 😎👍👍

Great article... As a former owner of a Dewalt 735X, I concur with your findings... I "upgraded" to a 15" General Tools planer and honestly I miss the lack of snipe and fine finish the 735X provided. I rarely use the increased capacity and miss the small form factor of the 735X. One thing I will say about the 735X is that it was LOUD! Nothing some ear muffs can't fix, but worth noting none the less. I purchased the Infinity Tools carbide tipped blades for my 735X, and they were still razor sharp when I sold it to a fellow woodworker. I wonder if he still has it and would be willing to sell it back to me... :)

Got the Makita over the Dewalt. The 735 is just way to heavy for a small DIY situation. It was something like 60% heavier. I hand plane once at the end so consistency and thickness and minimized snipe is more important. The bigger the snipe the more you have to match the depth.

What an outstanding presentation, you have accomplished the most comprehensive, thorough comparison of these benchtop planners. Thank You for your efforts, Louis S.

This by far the best review of any machine in woodworking I have every seen. Being in the UK I even understood every word.

That Dewalt 735x planner is awesome

I have been leaning heavily towards the Dewalt 735 and been holding off for this video. Time to pull the trigger!

I was looking for a video to validate Dewalt 735X. I just pulled the trigger on Amazon. Thank you for the analysis. Years ago I had a Delta planer. Never an issue with it. Now a days I'm a Dewalt guy😃😊

This really helped me to decide over the Ridgid or the Dewalt. Thank you

I love the head to head stuff you guys do and for me the Dewalt has been ahead for a long time. It's just the better planer and miles ahead of the rest. It has a lot of the features the pros have on their stationary planers like two speeds and the like. It's probably one that a lot of pros use now because it doesn't take the room a stationary one will take and for what it does I doubt there's a lot of planners anywhere close to that price range will do what it can do. Warranty well that isn't a major thing for me. All these will outlast the warranty and the thing that will fail is the rollers and I doubt any of the warranties cover those. And wax the table. It will make everything better.

I have the Ridgid R4331 and it's great! Well, it's great after you fix the problems it ships with - I did a video covering the poor out of the box adjustments... but once I got it set up right, it's been very good. Great to know that all your research confirms this is a great choice!

I bought the DEWALT 735X planer maybe 18-20 years ago, and it has been a beast! I had no doubt of the 1st place finish it would have! When it dies, I WILL replace it with the DEWALT 735X once again!

Huge respect, your head to head videos are great. Thank you VERY much! :)

This was absolutely amazing. I hope you are getting some companies to send you stuff for free to use and or pay you to do this for their products. Guitar YT channels do this regularly.

Wanted to thank you for the thorough and professional evaluation conducted. Very helpful. Subbed right away after watching. This is what all testing should look like, thank you for taking the time to provide this service.

Superbly instructive video. As an occassional DIYer it's always difficult to know where to start with those bigger work tool items, but this is so informative and saves a huge amount of searching and ultimately money. Here in the UK, the Triton retails for just £160 which makes it so affordable - I could not even consider the Makita because of the price. Thank you so much.

I have a wen planer, works great

Awesome testing 👍, and with great detail 👍. Thank you guys !

Just snagged the Ridgid for $185 brand new, free shipping from Home Depot. I'm stoked.

honestly the best review i have assisted. Look's like the guys working there are very proud of what they do.

Having lived in Worcester for the first 20 years of my life, I could place that accent immediately.

Would have loved to have seen the WEN 6552 as part of this comparison.

Just saw full video. Absolutely, best tool comparison I've ever seen! Scientific Method applied in every step. Great job to you and the team! Viewed Oct 2022!

I own the Dewalt 735X. Without a doubt, I agree with the outcome of this review. I am 100% confident I made the right choice. Love this planer.

Great information to have, I've been considering the 735x for awhile now. Your review gives me confidence now to pull the trigger and buy it!

Been waiting a few weeks for this so thanks for getting it on here. Will go with your findings and pick up that DeWalt. Great video!

I’ve been eyeballing the 2012nb for a few years now. You lot helped me toward a better choice. Thanks for that.

After this video I subscribed. You boys put a lot of hard work and consideration into this review, thus saving hundreds if not thousand of people from getting surprised of minor defects or performance factors. Keep doing what you do. It is highly appreciated!

I have had the Jet surface planer for over 20 years and a Ryobi for close to 15 years While not the latest and the greatest, they have run thousands of linear feet of boards flawlessly. I have however had my eye on the 735x for a good number of years and once I get the big shop built, I will be adding to my collection.

I've had the Dewalt 735 for a number of years and am very happy with it, the only knock I have in it is the blades do wear quickly in my opinion.. maybe it's because I mill a lot of rough sawn lumber?

a mammoth amount of work. good fair testing with multiple checks. amazing test considerations. Well done guys!

I have a Dewalt 734 planer and I do a lot of Red Pine projects! I love this machine and it works well for me. I log and mill all my lumber myself and air dry it for over 1 year.I have found the best time of year to log and cut it is in the winter time the pitch is much lower in the wood. I have to take the blades out and wipe them down with alcohol about two times a year. the pitch is a lot higher in the summer months and the blades will have to be cleaned more often. That is why I only cut Red Pine in the winter months now. I have started making Red Pine flooring tongue & groove and will be buying a much bigger planer just for that use.

Great video, thank you for doing a comparison! I've been interested in the Ridgid planer so I've been doing research on it and was glad to see it did pretty well compared to the other planers. Also, the fact that I can get their lifetime service agreement when I purchase it at home depot is huge to me

So thorough as always. I want you to go with me when I go house shopping for the first time and rank THEM! Well done!

I just bought a Dewalt 735X , it came with the extra tables and spare blades. The finish of the boards after planing was awesome and just as your testing showed it mows thru the boards. I love it and so look forwards to using this in my shop

The regimen of tests and methodology in this test was fantastic.

We need one of these on benchtop jointers!

As always GREAT video and review!!! Thank you for your work!!!

Love the format. I can skip to the rankings and then go back if I want to look at the in-depth discussions.

Subscribed. This is how reviews are done. At first, I rolled my eyes when I saw a 21 minute review. I watched anyways, and I then I found I couldn't stop watching. Nothing but information. Fantastic information. Thank you all for the hard work that you put in to making a great video. Ready to buy a planer.

Been waiting for this one! Thanks!

I would have loved to watch this video before I bought my planer last year!

I’ve been considering buying a thickness planer for quite a while. The nearby Woodcraft store always has a DeWalt planer on display in their featured tools area. This well done video really helped me understand why. Thanks very much for taking the time to perform this study and share the results.

Happy to see the Dewalt 735x as the ultimate winner as |I just bought one on sale and haven't even taken it out of the box yet.

Great test! Thank you for doing this, I’ve been waiting to hear from you guys before I purchased my first planer.

I’ve used the dewalt and think fairly highly of it. I’ve owned the delta planers and basically through them in the garbage where they belong. Chips(regardless of dust extraction) consistently wedged in between the knife locking bar and under the blades warping that lock bar. Also, even if I’d only run the machine for a couple of minutes the motor housing would be hot to the touch. I’ve had the Makita for10 years (fortunately I paid $400 for it) and I’ve found the performance superior to most including the finish. I can run it all day putting maple through it and the motor is cool to the touch. It’s just really well built.

Wow, the best review for someone looking for a right planner. Thank you so much.

Great video! I've owned 2 DW735 over 3 years. They are excellent in my shop and provide no reason to upgrade to anything larger in capacity. The electrical pull is definitely something to consider, and I replaced my 15a breaker with a 20a soon after buying the first DW735. Also, because it is on a shared circuit, I have to be aware of what else is operating at the same time. In my case, I've moved other things off the circuit or make sure they are shut off while the planer is operating. The DW735 uses a blower for chip ejection, and there's really no reason to attach it to a vacuum system, which likely will clog and have filter problems if you do. I've routed a hose into a filtered shop vac barrel, as well simply routed a long hose out of the shop to a chip pile. Both have worked adequately. The DW735 blower is very powerful and if possible, should be directed as far away as possible to avoid major amounts of airborne dust and chips. For both of my machines, snipe has not been much of a problem. Generally, I angle-feed my boards into the machine, which relieves much of the sniping. But obviously this won't work for wider boards. Also, in the model I purchased 6/2020, the guide rails on the platen are very sharp and gouge the board edges, where as on the model I purchased in 2017 the guide rails were very smooth and did not create tears or gouges. There's a reason I have two of these: the drive pulley on my #1 cracked at the shaft key and spun out on the shaft, also melting the drive belt. I'm not exactly sure what caused this problem, and have been told that a pulley slightly misaligned on the shaft during manufacturing assembly can prematurely wear out and fail. If this is what caused the pulley to fail, it took 3 years of moderate use. But I suspect it was another significant problem which I'll explain. I changed the blades in my #1 unit about 1 1/2 years ago. In reassembling, I failed to properly torque one of the lock screws that fix the blade to the shaft. After a bit of use, that screw backed-out and ended up flying around under the dust extraction shroud between the shaft and the metal shaft housing. This caused significant damage to the blades, the blade clamps, and the shaft. Also shredded the underside of the dust shroud. I was able to repair the shaft by filing the damaged spots, but the end of one of the blade clamps was bent and distorted and was never really repairable. I bought a new set of blade clamps from Dewalt - I forget the cost, but not overly expensive - and went ahead and installed another set of new blades. While I was able to use the planer after the repairs I made, the original damage is likely what lead to the pulley failure. At any rate, I'll buy a new shaft, knives, pulley, drive belt, and dust shroud, and sell the unit as used. Overall the DW735 has been a great machine in my shop, and I don't plan on buying anything else, anytime soon!

Well, now i know, add another Dewalt. I see a theam developing in my shop. Lol thanks for another well thought out an executed video.

my dewalt 735x still the best after 5 years. nice. lates

You Are Intense! Thanks for the in depth advice. I just ordered my DW735X.

I’m in the process of starting a diy cabinet shop and always use your reviews to purchase big ticket items. I had purchased a table saw based off of your recommendation and it’s a great tool. This is the tool I’m looking to purchase now so your assessment is perfect timing. Thanks for your diligence!

Thanks, I was looking forward to this one.