Tools you wish you'd bought sooner...
Discussion
The Gauge said:
My Makita cordless DGA452Z 115mm angle grinder packed up today, think I over worked it cutting away loads of mortar from the ridge tiles i'm replacing. It's a tool I've found very useful and used a lot, though only for lightish work. Might replace it with the brushless model.
To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
No wonder it burnt out, you were using it with the side handle, everyone knows you chuck it and the blade guard in the bin whenever you buy a new 4 1/2 inch grinderTo all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
CrouchingWayne said:
Thanks for the feedback - I’m not too fussed on brand so agree it could be overkill. I thought the offer seemed an OK. I was initially looking at Ryobi given my amateur requirements. Unfortunately the kit I linked is not available near me.
Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
I’ve bought almost all my Ryobi kit online. Often some deals on at https://uk.ryobitools.eu/?wgdp=ppc&gad_source=... or https://www.cbspowertools.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatI... & occasionally Amazon.Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
Tools approved by our pals doggo:
I would go brushless if you can….makes a difference. Start with what you really need & build up over the years ahead!
Fave tools for me: garden lopper, impact driver, tyre inflator, hedge trimmer. Of course the ubiquitous drill.
…but I appear to have amassed rather a large collection over the past 10-15 years….
If you go Ryobi, always remember to register the kit within 30 days for the extra year of warranty (3 instead of 2). I did have an early lopper break, & they sent a replacement which had a better design!
CorradoTDI said:
The Gauge said:
My Makita cordless DGA452Z 115mm angle grinder packed up today, think I over worked it cutting away loads of mortar from the ridge tiles i'm replacing. It's a tool I've found very useful and used a lot, though only for lightish work. Might replace it with the brushless model.
To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
It will be repairable most likely - the brushes burn out on those, my local Makita repair place always has a load on the shelf to be looked at.To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
The Gauge said:
CorradoTDI said:
The Gauge said:
My Makita cordless DGA452Z 115mm angle grinder packed up today, think I over worked it cutting away loads of mortar from the ridge tiles i'm replacing. It's a tool I've found very useful and used a lot, though only for lightish work. Might replace it with the brushless model.
To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
It will be repairable most likely - the brushes burn out on those, my local Makita repair place always has a load on the shelf to be looked at.To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
The Gauge said:
CorradoTDI said:
The Gauge said:
My Makita cordless DGA452Z 115mm angle grinder packed up today, think I over worked it cutting away loads of mortar from the ridge tiles i'm replacing. It's a tool I've found very useful and used a lot, though only for lightish work. Might replace it with the brushless model.
To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
It will be repairable most likely - the brushes burn out on those, my local Makita repair place always has a load on the shelf to be looked at.To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
dickymint said:
The Gauge said:
CorradoTDI said:
The Gauge said:
My Makita cordless DGA452Z 115mm angle grinder packed up today, think I over worked it cutting away loads of mortar from the ridge tiles i'm replacing. It's a tool I've found very useful and used a lot, though only for lightish work. Might replace it with the brushless model.
To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
It will be repairable most likely - the brushes burn out on those, my local Makita repair place always has a load on the shelf to be looked at.To all those tools killed in action, we will remember them..
mikeiow said:
CrouchingWayne said:
Thanks for the feedback - I’m not too fussed on brand so agree it could be overkill. I thought the offer seemed an OK. I was initially looking at Ryobi given my amateur requirements. Unfortunately the kit I linked is not available near me.
Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
I’ve bought almost all my Ryobi kit online. Often some deals on at https://uk.ryobitools.eu/?wgdp=ppc&gad_source=... or https://www.cbspowertools.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatI... & occasionally Amazon.Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
Tools approved by our pals doggo:
I would go brushless if you can….makes a difference. Start with what you really need & build up over the years ahead!
Fave tools for me: garden lopper, impact driver, tyre inflator, hedge trimmer. Of course the ubiquitous drill.
…but I appear to have amassed rather a large collection over the past 10-15 years….
If you go Ryobi, always remember to register the kit within 30 days for the extra year of warranty (3 instead of 2). I did have an early lopper break, & they sent a replacement which had a better design!
My main brand is Hitachi/Hikoki, and I'm invested in both the 18V and 36V battery systems. However, Hikoki is pretty much just a trade/pro brand, and the only places that sell the impact wrenches I so desperately needed one Saturday afternoon were not open until the following Monday.
So, off to Halfords I went, to buy what I expected to be a cheap and nasty Ryobi. I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it's not the most powerful impact (although it would apparently be a bit stronger with a bigger battery) but value for money is great. Cheap, but definitely not nasty. I still use it when I don't need the subsequent big boy Hikoki's torque as it's relatively small and light.
I've since been bought more tools in lemon & lime flavour. If it's something where I'm really not going to benefit from spending more on Hikoki I get Ryobi. So I've got 5 or 6 items now.
donkmeister said:
mikeiow said:
CrouchingWayne said:
Thanks for the feedback - I’m not too fussed on brand so agree it could be overkill. I thought the offer seemed an OK. I was initially looking at Ryobi given my amateur requirements. Unfortunately the kit I linked is not available near me.
Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
I’ve bought almost all my Ryobi kit online. Often some deals on at https://uk.ryobitools.eu/?wgdp=ppc&gad_source=... or https://www.cbspowertools.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatI... & occasionally Amazon.Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
Tools approved by our pals doggo:
I would go brushless if you can….makes a difference. Start with what you really need & build up over the years ahead!
Fave tools for me: garden lopper, impact driver, tyre inflator, hedge trimmer. Of course the ubiquitous drill.
…but I appear to have amassed rather a large collection over the past 10-15 years….
If you go Ryobi, always remember to register the kit within 30 days for the extra year of warranty (3 instead of 2). I did have an early lopper break, & they sent a replacement which had a better design!
My main brand is Hitachi/Hikoki, and I'm invested in both the 18V and 36V battery systems. However, Hikoki is pretty much just a trade/pro brand, and the only places that sell the impact wrenches I so desperately needed one Saturday afternoon were not open until the following Monday.
So, off to Halfords I went, to buy what I expected to be a cheap and nasty Ryobi. I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it's not the most powerful impact (although it would apparently be a bit stronger with a bigger battery) but value for money is great. Cheap, but definitely not nasty. I still use it when I don't need the subsequent big boy Hikoki's torque as it's relatively small and light.
I've since been bought more tools in lemon & lime flavour. If it's something where I'm really not going to benefit from spending more on Hikoki I get Ryobi. So I've got 5 or 6 items now.
I'm having to dig out a broken rainwater drain pipe.
The first hole took 3.5 hours, roots were terrible trouble - not surprising as the pipe is full of them.
Hiring even a micro-digger not possible due to having to work on top of a large brick-built Victorian septic tank... if it did collapse, I would be literally in the st!
So I went and bought the tools I now wish I'd bought sooner, £60 all together:
Trowel as our garden one was just bending
Loppers 'cos I snapped the handle off our old ones on a root (been dodgy for ages, tbf)
Micro spade as there's been loads of love on this thread for them... and you're all correct!
Big mattock which is making much quicker work of breaking through the soil and roots than a spade did
Little pickaxe, which is my favourite now - really good for grubbing along the pipe, dispatching smaller roots etc - and all of 8 quid.
The first hole took 3.5 hours, roots were terrible trouble - not surprising as the pipe is full of them.
Hiring even a micro-digger not possible due to having to work on top of a large brick-built Victorian septic tank... if it did collapse, I would be literally in the st!
So I went and bought the tools I now wish I'd bought sooner, £60 all together:
Trowel as our garden one was just bending
Loppers 'cos I snapped the handle off our old ones on a root (been dodgy for ages, tbf)
Micro spade as there's been loads of love on this thread for them... and you're all correct!
Big mattock which is making much quicker work of breaking through the soil and roots than a spade did
Little pickaxe, which is my favourite now - really good for grubbing along the pipe, dispatching smaller roots etc - and all of 8 quid.
98elise said:
donkmeister said:
mikeiow said:
CrouchingWayne said:
Thanks for the feedback - I’m not too fussed on brand so agree it could be overkill. I thought the offer seemed an OK. I was initially looking at Ryobi given my amateur requirements. Unfortunately the kit I linked is not available near me.
Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
I’ve bought almost all my Ryobi kit online. Often some deals on at https://uk.ryobitools.eu/?wgdp=ppc&gad_source=... or https://www.cbspowertools.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatI... & occasionally Amazon.Bigger batteries are helpful for garden tools when I was looking Ryobi but maybe having smaller ones is helpful too
Any recommendations for other decent starter kit deals?
Tools approved by our pals doggo:
I would go brushless if you can….makes a difference. Start with what you really need & build up over the years ahead!
Fave tools for me: garden lopper, impact driver, tyre inflator, hedge trimmer. Of course the ubiquitous drill.
…but I appear to have amassed rather a large collection over the past 10-15 years….
If you go Ryobi, always remember to register the kit within 30 days for the extra year of warranty (3 instead of 2). I did have an early lopper break, & they sent a replacement which had a better design!
My main brand is Hitachi/Hikoki, and I'm invested in both the 18V and 36V battery systems. However, Hikoki is pretty much just a trade/pro brand, and the only places that sell the impact wrenches I so desperately needed one Saturday afternoon were not open until the following Monday.
So, off to Halfords I went, to buy what I expected to be a cheap and nasty Ryobi. I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it's not the most powerful impact (although it would apparently be a bit stronger with a bigger battery) but value for money is great. Cheap, but definitely not nasty. I still use it when I don't need the subsequent big boy Hikoki's torque as it's relatively small and light.
I've since been bought more tools in lemon & lime flavour. If it's something where I'm really not going to benefit from spending more on Hikoki I get Ryobi. So I've got 5 or 6 items now.
defblade said:
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All roughneck too, top marks. I swear by the brand for heavy home use. I've used the big mattock, small mattock and pick to remove many a stump/root in awkward places. They make short work of almost all things in their way. Other thing is one of their long wrecking bars; excellent tool. Sford said:
defblade said:
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All roughneck too, top marks. I swear by the brand for heavy home use. I've used the big mattock, small mattock and pick to remove many a stump/root in awkward places. They make short work of almost all things in their way. Other thing is one of their long wrecking bars; excellent tool. * Not strictly essential.
Sford said:
defblade said:
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All roughneck too, top marks. I swear by the brand for heavy home use. I've used the big mattock, small mattock and pick to remove many a stump/root in awkward places. They make short work of almost all things in their way. Other thing is one of their long wrecking bars; excellent tool. The Gauge said:
Turtle Shed said:
A mixing paddle:
https://www.toolstation.com/minotaur-mixing-paddle...
Nine quid and how I've never bought one of these is beyond me. Wanted to mix up a bit of tile adhesive and grabbed this cheapy, thinking that I might need a better drill than my Wickes Cordless thing, but it did the job brilliantly.
But the quality of the mix... wow, like a wonderful combnation of butter and aero chocolate.
I bought one recently for mixing some mortar in a bucket using my cordless drill, mixed the sand & cement first with it, then mixed in the water. Worked well.https://www.toolstation.com/minotaur-mixing-paddle...
Nine quid and how I've never bought one of these is beyond me. Wanted to mix up a bit of tile adhesive and grabbed this cheapy, thinking that I might need a better drill than my Wickes Cordless thing, but it did the job brilliantly.
But the quality of the mix... wow, like a wonderful combnation of butter and aero chocolate.
They even shared part of their factory with Audi back in the 1990’s for extra PH points.
There’s also EPI in Deutschland who do much the same.
And, if you want to knock up creamy smooth plaster you use a negative twist - mixes downwards.
Not that I’ve ever seen prices from them as low as that featured item, but do you want Wera or a copy?
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