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Nah. That irwin one seems to get good reviews and is cheap. I've got a Japanese Lidl middle isle thing, but I don't really get on with the floppiness.
I think this will actually be the first pannel saw I've bought!
hugo7-
Sure go for whatever suits. I was just saying that there's almost no difference between any of the induction hardened saws so buy cheap and replace as soon as the teeth dull and cutting gets harder.
Spring steel saws are great to use when sharp but they lose that sharpness quicker and you have to file the teeth back to sharpness.
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It depends on what you are going to do with it and how often you are going to use it. I have not used my western/push saws at all since I got my japanese pull saws. For anything I want to do by hand, they are IME/O way better. Anything bigger/more agricultural I will go to power tools. The floppiness is something that took me a while to get over and was for me a case of technique. They are not designed to be put into compression (I properly kinked a blade once by catching it on the push stroke - cheap-ish to swap the blade out). Once you can get that nailed down, I have found they cut faster than any cheap western push saw I've had. Also, it may be personal preference again, with the pull cut and the handle shape, I find it easier to keep a straight cut. Much narrower kerf too. Again, if it is something where the size of kerf doesn't matter, I'm going circ/mitre/track saw.
Grumpy_Git
stevo_com
Buy whatever is on offer at Screwfix/b&q unless you are into resharpening saws as a past time and want something fancy