Is a cheap $25 jigsaw any good? Actually, yeah!

About a year ago bought a really cheap spare jigsaw to have a backup/learning tool for friends. Picked a random Black & Decker one that had good reviews. How bad can it be?

Wasn't impressed with it initially, shelved the video, forgot all about it & haven't touched the jigsaw since. Now my trusty ole 6 amp Ridgid finally broke after 4 years of hard duty (it was already 10+ years old by then) & out of necessity broke out the El Cheapo. Surprisingly it cut amazingly well on the cabinet grade 1/2 inch plywood and 1/4. Did ok on 3/4 but was just about half the speed of 6 amp one (it's 4 amp for the new one).

Meanwhile have to decide what kind of burial to give to my old jigsaw & test out a new Wen jigsaw I just got in the mail.

P.S. Looks like it's been replaced with another one