A couple weeks ago I was at one of my local Home Depots, and asked about the Makita rental saws. Was told that they do sell them, but didn't have any then. Yesterday I hit a different HD on the way home from work. Turned out they didn't have a rental center, but in looking for it I came across what seemed to be the store manager. He told me that HD is switching from Makita to Stihl for rentals in the next few months. So if you want one of those Makitas now might be the time. On the other hand, maybe in a year or so they will start having used Stihls for sale.