If you are going to buy a SawStop, it is important to keep a spare cartridge or two around in case of an accident so that you can continue to use the saw with its safety features intact and without waiting on the mailman to bring you a new brake. These extra cartridges tend to cost somewhere between $70 and $100, depending on where you buy them. For example, ToolKing.com currently has SawStop brake cartridges for $89.00.
But you must also consider that the brake might damage your blade, requiring a blade replacement as well. Factoring in the price of a new blade on top of another cartridge, you may be out ~$200ish if your SawStop brake triggers. That might sound like a lot, but consider that surgery to reconstruct an appendage can cost you well in excess of $10,000 and may not even be able to restore a finger or hand to perfect condition. Suddenly $200 to replace some materials doesn’t sound so bad!
Of course, if you experience a false stop that ruins a brake cartridge, you may feel that you’ve wasted all of that money. Luckily, SawStop will evaluate your triggered cartridges and replace them free of charge if they discover that they misfired.
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