Here’s a first look at the new Hilti cordless circular saws, with a deep dive into all of the information they sent us.
Shown above is the new Hilti Nuron 22V cordless circular saw with small baseplate, model SC 30WR (02) US.
Features include:
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- Faster cuts and more cuts per charge
- Optimized saw dust capture rate thanks to the dust channel
- Less accidental hose disconnections thanks to quick connect hose connection
- Best dust extraction system in its class
The maximum cutting depth is 2-3/4″ (70mm).
This is all the information Hilti provided. They haven’t quantified the “faster cuts and more cuts per charge” claims. I guess maybe this is compared to the older Hilti Nuron saw.
Is the dust port removable? Cutting speed?
Blade brake?
I don’t see a rafter hook on either saw, but these are the only images Hilti provided of the new Nuron circular saws.
This is the new “big baseplate” version, model SC 30WR (02).
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It looks like maybe you go with the smaller baseplate saw for regular cutting, and the larger baseplate saw if you want a larger parallel rip guide.
Hilti did not share availability details. The model numbers suggest that maybe the smaller shoe Hilti saw will be available in the US, and the other model internationally.
They’re both wood and wood material circular saws. Blade size is likely 7-1/4″, given the cutting depth and blade-right configuration.
Of course, both are powered by Hilti Nuron 22V batteries.
Hilti has not said whether these will be replacing their existing SC 30WR Nuron battery-powered cordless circular saw.
If you’re in the market for a premium wood-cutting circular saw, also check out the Milwaukee M18 FUEL, and power it with their FORGE Li-ion battery. We feel this is the industry leader right now.
This was all the information that Hilti provided us with. If you have any questions, maybe Hilti’s influencer partners, who attended an exclusive event and have reviews up on social media, can help.
Rog
When I saw the headline in light of the recent post, I knew it was going to be snarky. Love it! Hold their feet to the fire.
KMR
Some constructive criticism:
Hilti is an elite professional tool company. I’m not sure the blog format is the most appropriate way for them to promote their tools in 2025, relative to say YouTube, where the tools can actually be demonstrated in use. Viewers can hear and relate to the product in use with video, rather than just seeing static text and images.
Speaking of YouTube, a quick peek at the TG channel, shows a see of red for the vast majority of videos in the past 8 years. Perhaps Hilti thinks TG is too aligned with Milwaukee, although I do see a handful of Hilti videos.
There are a few other content choices you make here that I think puts you at odds with Hilti. Do you think the professionals that Hilti is targeting would ever consider rainbow colored titanium coated wire strippers? Or Target’s gimmick Tinkr tools? Or Craftsman branded outdoor fire pits?
Liechtensteiners, as with the Swiss and German brethren, are serious people. Hilti is a serious company. They don’t want to be associated with gimmicky tools. I don’t think the vast majority of your readers have any interest in actually buying the three items I noted above either. Bosch Blue vs Bosch Green is a real thing in Europe. If you’re a trade person and you show up with Bosch Green tools, you will be scoffed at. And if you’ve got a Hilti drill, you’re clearly thought of as superior to even Bosch Blue drill owners.
I’ve been a long time TG reader, but you have to admit that Hilti probably has a point in prioritizing other avenues with promoting their new product launches. The blog format isn’t the greatest for tool promotions and reviews. YouTube videos are the hands down better medium. Hilti is also discerning company, it is part of their culture, the type and quality of other content featured here on TG they likely do not consider to be worthy of their stature in the marketplace. They’re also being polite in not telling you this, that is also part of their culture.
Stuart
Maybe ToolGuyd isn’t “worthy of Hilti’s attention.” Maybe they do look down on ToolGuyd and the range of products I feature, review, or discuss.
ToolGuyd’s readers’ interests – as well as my own – are broad and skew towards MPP and HPP pro tier offerings. Hilti product news is worth including.
I can still make use of the limited media resources they provided, even if it’s just thumbnails with a couple of selling points. I’d love to better understand actual details – maybe one day ToolGuyd will be worthy of more of Hilti’s attention.
Like I said, their partnered influencers have reviews up on social media already – I saw there are a couple of TikToks although none of them answer any of my questions.
Yes, I posted about the Craftsman fire pit – https://toolguyd.com/craftsman-hot-launch-summer-2025/ . Would you rather the title read “I can’t believe Craftsman backed out on their promise to launch more USA tools and instead is focusing on this generic junk?”
At the surface the post is about the fire pit. But it’s not really about the fire pit.
The WorkPro wire stripper with “titanium coating” -https://toolguyd.com/workpro-titanium-coated-wire-stripping-tool/
Just like how someone might prefer a premium cut of steak but not be discernible when it comes to their potatoes, I’ve found that readers have a broad range of interests.
Is the WorkPro something I would buy? Probably not – I stick with Klein, Knipex, Jokari, Jonard, and other such brands – but I found it interesting. Readers have broad needs and interests. I can think about what those needs are, or I can easily test it with a post, especially if a tool piques my interest.
I also posted about the WorkPro because it contrasted against the previous post about what I see as a very hazardous tool. https://toolguyd.com/electrical-multi-tool-2025-warning/
Someone might buy top of the like Milwaukee MX Fuel cordless equipment for their job, and then a $5 multi-bit screwdriver to keep in their car. I try not to judge.
Mosh
My company is a big Hilti customer and I read almost every ToolGuyd article
So yes, thanks Stuart
fred
You can’t please everyone all of the time. The companies that I owned an interest in – had their origins as small family businesses – and while we grew them a bit – they never reached the size that would have attracted Hilti’s business model. We’d buy tools for each of the businesses – perhaps in batches of 10 to 20 – but just as often as onesie-twosie propositions. We had a few Hilti tools – but not a fleet of them.
From the comments that I’ve read over the years on Toolguyd (and reader’s comments are sometimes just as informative as your content), I take it that you have a mix of readership from newbie tool users to seasoned contractors. I’m not sure how many large-corporation tool buyers read TG – but guess that’s the audience Hilti would like to reach. During my active career, trade journals were a vehicle for such outreach. Now – perhaps it’s the Internet. To KMR’s points about how some companies think – and might dismiss any blogger that entertains a broad spectrum of topics – I see little you can do – unless you want to christen a new blog that caters solely to tools that appeal to fleet buyers and/or highly specialized contractors. Then you might compare Hilti’s puny saws to some from Vermeer.
kent_skinner
Is 22v the same as 18/20v or is Hilti running larger groups of cells?
Logland
It’s an extra cell 18v is 5 cells 22v is actually 21.6v 6 cells
Stuart
6S battery packs, so 6x 3.6V = 21.6V. They round up to 22V. Or maybe they use 6x 3.7V for 22.2V and round down. Hilti Nuron 22V battery packs are akin to “24V Max.”
They are physically larger than 18V/20V Max battery packs. Given the type of tools and equipment Hilti flagships, 22V (6S1P, 6S2P, 6S3P) is a good choice. It also follows in the footsteps of the previous 22V system that they changed over from a few years ago.
About the previous 22V system – it turned out that they were marketing 21.6V batteries as 18V. They rebranded from 18V to 22V, and then replaced the system with Nuron 22V (there are adapters).
https://toolguyd.com/hilti-22v-cordless-power-tools-batteries-18v-compatible/
Laura A
People who make their tool purchase choices based on culture or social status are what real craftsman and tradespeole call Posers or Phonies.
Hon Cho
Hilti is a much bigger company than probably many of us reading ToolGuyd realize. A bit of quick searching revealed to me that Hilti AG (the parent corporation) has worldwide revenue of about $8 billion. Beyond DeWalt in power tools, Stanley Black and Decker (SBD) here in the USA competes against Hilti in many of the same areas.
In the USA, Hilti serves many customers directly and I often see Hilti trucks out and about in my metropolitan area. Hilti even has a store in my area!
As an aside, ToolGuyd is USA-centric and, I feel, doesn’t really capture that companies like Hilti, Festool , Bosch and Makita have a huge presence in Europe and world beyond the USA. Those companies certainly want their USA sales to grow and be profitable but they’re not immune to marketing misses. Especially where a non-USA approach stumbles in the American market.
I like much of what ToolGuyd provides but I doth think Stuart whines a bit much about what is a seismic shift of marketing to the influencers. The movement to influencer marketing on outlets like Instagram and YouTube is making life harder for text-based outlets like ToolGuyd. I don’t know how much Stuart relies on ToolGuyd for his income. However, if ToolGuyd is his livelihood, then perhaps a close look at what will make his approach sufficiently profitable and sustainable is in order. Change is hard, especially when one believes their methods are worthwhile and should endure. The difficult trick is to bring the value of integrity and forthrightness forward into the whatever the future of ToolGuyd may be. I wish Stuart luck
Stuart
I think the new circular saws sound great. Who wouldn’t be interesting in “faster cutting?” I very much appreciate that Hilti was willing to share these resources. I wish they provided more, but I’m also not going to search around to see if a TikTok answers my questions.
While it might come across as whining, my complaints about the “seismic shift of marketing to the influencers” has a purpose.
I strive to understand every product that I post about on ToolGuyd. When I worked at a supermarket, I was told that “I don’t know” is not an acceptable answer. You don’t say that, you say “I can help you, let me find out.” When a post is lacking in details or insights, and it’s not my fault, I feel compelled to explain why. I’m not going to say “I don’t know,” I’m going to point fingers.
NoDak Farming
There have been some things that don’t quite line up with these latest Hilti articles. And I’m not directing this toward Toolguyd. But as an example, Hilti has had a cordless chainsaw available for a long time now. Several months I would imagine. Shouldn’t they have sent out press releases, when it was first introduced as being for sale? And then visit their right angle grinder page. The word “new” is clearly brought to your attention above the new corded grinders. But the cordless ones mentioned as new by Toolguyd, are just presented as a regular offering. And visiting their saws page, they don’t tout anything as new. The circular saw brought to our attention here, has very little information available in its online Hilti description. But if you click on the right spot, you can read the owners manual, and see where the rafter hook is and what the saws rpm is.
Again, nothing towards Toolguyd. But from what I can tell, Hilti’s press release department is falling behind. And I’ve visited their website enough to know that their product descriptions are always awful. I respect the company for the actual tools they make. I’ve been on large industrial construction jobs and have seen the tools at work. But as it’s been suggested before, they are a unique company. And aren’t geared towards a casual tool buyer.
Stuart
I was provided a PDF of everything new. Everything did look new to me, and so I assumed it all was.
I did check their website via the model numbers, as I know they had a circular saw, but all the saws I found looked too different.
They haven’t sent a single Hilti product press release in nearly 4 years. Leaf blower? Plunge cutting saw? I couldn’t tell you when these came out.
The new higher powered batteries I posted about this week? https://toolguyd.com/hilti-nuron-batteries-tabless-launch/ Apparently those launched months ago and yet I can barely tell you anything about them.
The new FLASH Charging Battery. I couldn’t tell you anything about this.
I’m sure that once their current event wraps up, Hilti would be glad to answer some of my questions. But as I’ve told them repeatedly over the past 2 years, I cannot justify putting excessive effort into news content after their sponsored influencers have reviews up.
So, I decided to make do with the media resources provided to me, which was a PDF with thumbnail images and main features for all of the new products and – as you brought to my attention – apparently some not so new ones.
Stuart
Saw an influencer post today where they said the circular saws were brand new and upgraded. I have no idea whether they’re also mistaken, or if the saws have indeed been improved in some way.