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Definately the blade for a low powered saw. Dont know about durability yet as I only have a few hours on it. Use this in my 3HP cabinet saw for ripping and mortise cheek cuts in softer wooods and can hardly tell your cutting anything. The aggresive hook angle, thin kerf and low run out make for smooth cuts (for 24 teeth) and very low feed effort. The lazer cut dampers vertually eliminate vibration and noise. This blade goes beyond cutting and surgically removes wood with ease. Thump it with your finger and all you hear is a dull thunk. The finish cut is comparable to a combo blade.
It's not recommended as a crosscut blade, but does a very respectable job of it's intended task. It'll rip efficiently to ~ 3" on most common 110v saws (< 2hp) , and leaves a glue ready edge with minimal saw marks. IMHO, the LU87 is as good as any bulk ripper. Performance of the Freud LU87R010 is about as good as you can reasonably get from a 10" thin kerf 24 tooth bulk ripping blade. It has a flat top grind (FTG) that efficiently removes stock, and a steep positive hook angle to reduce resistance when feeding wood into the saw. I've also used the Freud LM72, DeWalt 7124TK, Leitz 24T ripper, and Infinity 24T ripper.
Great blade and I'm glad that I bought it. Just wish I had purchased it sooner.
In my 27 years of building and buying tools I have learned that when you buy cheap you get cheap, so if you want good quality then you have to spend more but in the end it's way worth it. I put this saw in a Rousseau stand with out feed table which I highly reccomend. I had bought a cheaper blade for it and it bogged down my saw even in thinner materials such as 3/4" pine but the Freud blade rips 2 by stock like butter. and can be done by yourself which is nice. The Freud LU87R010 blade I purchased from Amazon is awesome. I put it on my porter cable 3812 portable table saw and what a difference, WOW. The stand makes the saw safer to use and gives you more working space for ripping full sheets of plywood, paneling etc.
If your saw is underpowered or marginal, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this blade. I suppose the most positive endorsement I can make is that I would gladly purchase this blade again. I was so excited, I pulled out a full 2" red oak board and ripped a 2" strip from it - it required a slower feed rate, but it cut it cleanly and (relatively speaking) quickly. My saw at that time was a Ryobi BT3000. Nominal, well dried lumber cut like butter - the thick walnut was no effort. I now have a Ridgid 3660 and use the LU87R010 on it almost exclusively.
I assume that this blade puts less strain on the motor thus extending its life. While it did manage to rip full 2" boards with a 40 tooth combo blade, it did struggle and left a lot of burn marks. The blade made an incredible difference in the capabilities of the BT3000. Several months prior I had broken a belt on the saw trying to rip this same oak board. So I did a little internet research and settled on the Freud blade since the manufacturer claimed "This blade gives new life to underpowered table saws.". I bought this blade last year when I had a considerable quantity of rough-cut walnut to process.
I frequently am disappointed by product claims, but not in this case. The edges are extremely smooth and I can't think of a single down side to this blade.
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