I have a DeWalt oscillating tool that I only use occasionally. But it's one of those tools that are really handy for certain jobs.
Anyway, I needed it recently and needed some new blades (for wood) so I went to Home Depot. Wow, are those blades expensive. They ran from about $8 EACH to $17 EACH. And for some applications they don't last a long time.
So I started searching for alternatives and found some on Amazon. I chose these which were about $0.60 each but you have to purchase 50. I've been using them for a short while and they seem to last about as long as more expensive blades I've used. But even if they didn't, I'd have to go through more than 10 for one of the expensive blades.
There are other (off) brands of oscillating blades but I don't know anything about them. The 50 that I got in this order will probably last me a long time.
I don't really understand why the name brand blades are so expensive. There's nothing really special about them - they're not carbide or any special metal that I can see. I suppose it's just that they don't sell a lot of them because the oscillating tool is not used every day.
Mike