I actually really like it, but I will say that I don't have extensive experience with other brands, or even extensive use of this particular miter saw. I tend to use it for cutting stick lumber, but when I do have pieces that fit the capacity, I'll use it for finer cuts too. I did upgrade the blade to a CMT blade which I'm pretty happy with.
What I like best is that it doesn't have the horizontal poles of traditional sliding miter saws that require a lot more space behind. I am pretty limited on space, so that was important. For some reason, I prefer the orientation of these hinges over that of the Bosch, really just personal preference though.
The sliding head can definitely be shifted side to side if you are pushing in those directions, but I find that it is accurate enough for my cuts, and I have become pretty consistent with pulling straight down and not adding side to side pressure. When I need to take off just a smidge, I do the trick of pushing the material against the blade while it is down, shifting it to the side just a bit, and then I'll lift it up and then cut, which allows me to take really small amounts off when I need that kind of accuracy.
The dust collection is pretty terrible, so I bought the unit from shop nation:
https://shopnationstore.com/products...ust-collection and it made a world of a difference. I have the miter saw on one of those switches that also turns on a shop vac that I have beneath the miter saw for dust collection.
The loose blade is my mistake, just something I wasn't expecting. In the future, I'll make sure to check that first.
Other things that come to mind is that everything was square when I took it out of the box. I had all my machinist squares ready to set everything, but everything that I checked was as I wanted it, which was nice.
I hope that helps! Let me know if there is anything else about it I can help you with!