About iQ Power Tools
iQ Power Tools was founded by brothers Joel and Paul Guth, third-generation masons with more than 30 years running their own masonry companies. After living with the wet-cutting mess, slurry cleanup, and dust exposure that come with traditional saws, they set out to engineer a better way, building a company now headquartered in California with coast-to-coast warehouses and products sold across multiple countries.
The company's stated mission is to "build tools that save lives," and every saw in its lineup pairs a diamond blade with an integrated high-powered vacuum system engineered to capture up to 99.5% of silica dust. Its tile-saw line includes the world's first 7-inch dry-cutting table tile saw with integrated dust control, and its flagship iQMS362 masonry saw is marketed by the company as the best-selling masonry saw in the USA. iQ backs its dry-cut tile saws with a lifetime warranty, well beyond the one- to two-year coverage typical of the category.
Brand website: iqpowertools.com
What iQ Power Tools makes
iQ Power Tools's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Dry-Cut Tile Saws
no-water tile saws with integrated dust extraction, built for indoor and finished-home cutting — featured on DIYRated — featured on DIYRated
Dust-Control Masonry Saws
walk-behind and table masonry saws with integrated vacuum dust collection
Diamond Blades
blades matched to tile, masonry, marble, porcelain, and concrete cutting
Dust Extraction Systems
cyclonic HEPA dust extractors for jobsite silica control
Accessories & Attachments
replacement parts, adapters, LED work lights, and vacuum kits
Why we recognized iQ Power Tools
The DIYRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. iQ Power Tools earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, put to work on real jobs, and judged on merit.
iQ Power Tools products we rated highly
iQ Power Tools IQ228 CYCLONE 7-Inch Dry-Cut Tile Saw
A dry-cut design with integrated dust extraction that is OSHA-compliant for silica, so it can be set up and run indoors in a finished home with no water and no slurry at all. In our testing it was light at 36 pounds, set up in seconds, and its TRU-CUT sliding table delivered accurate 18-inch rip cuts, backed by a lifetime warranty.
Read the 7 Best Tile Saws of 2026 guide →What earned iQ Power Tools the recognition
- Founded by third-generation masons Joel and Paul Guth after more than 30 years running their own masonry companies, iQ Power Tools set out to engineer dust and slurry out of tile and masonry cutting.
- Every saw in the line pairs a diamond blade with a high-powered integrated vacuum system engineered to capture up to 99.5% of silica dust, keeping cuts within OSHA dust-control limits without a separate respirator-and-vacuum setup.
- The IQ228 CYCLONE 7-inch dry-cut tile saw is one of our top picks for indoor work: no water, no slurry, a TRU-CUT sliding table for accurate 18-inch rip cuts, and a lifetime warranty.
- The company's stated mission is to build tools that save lives, reflecting a focus on occupational silica-dust safety alongside cutting performance.
- Coast-to-coast US warehouses and international distribution back a catalog spanning tile saws, masonry saws, diamond blades, and dust extraction systems.