Multi-cutter

[strath44]

I've got the parkside which is brilliant the build quality is very good and has a long flex, great for £30- Lidl i think!

The Erbauer will be fine for you, if you think the use will be heavier go bosch.

A tip some people seem to not know is that you don't need the blade connected to the unit in a straight line, it can be at any angle which makes getting into tight corners very easy.

I would suggest one with flex as you maybe won't use it every job and charging routines relevant to that can be tricky to stick to - nothing worse than it going flat!

[2Btoo]

strath44 said:

I've got the parkside which is brilliant the build quality is very good and has a long flex, great for £30- Lidl i think!

Good to hear - they were on sale for less than that in my local Lidl so I took a punt. I've yet to use it though ... anyone got anything that needs cutting?

[gtidriver]

I had the green Bosch one with a plug,was ok but the cable got in the way. I next bought the 10.8v Bosch one but that didn't last and i soon binned it, I'm using one of the18v Makita ones now but as my batteries are dying ill dump all my Makita st and buy milwalkee next.

[Mojooo]

I have a Fein - the 'old' version which was their main version til it got repalced.

I believe the new FEIN one is really good for anti vibration but as mentio nwill prob set you back 250-300 - but maybe worth it for a professional.

[mgtony]

Screwfix have the Bosch one with £20 knocked off the price.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gop2000-250w-multi...

[croakey]

ive got a very well worn Bosch one, good link for the blades posted above as B&Q et al are all very pricey for them

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

R1 Indy said:

If it turns out to be really good and used lots and batteries are useless i can justify a De-walt which i have a load of the 5AH batteries for.

If you've already got De-walt batteries, it would be worth finding out if you can buy the De-walt cutter without the battery. Might work out much cheaper, because the battery is often the lion's share of the cost of these things.

[Wozy68]

Stay away from the Bosch battery one, I'd guess that probs means all battery multi cutters. Mine has eaten two batteries in just over a year and has little real use. Avoid, go mains.

[AlmostUseful]

2Btoo said:

strath44 said:

I've got the parkside which is brilliant the build quality is very good and has a long flex, great for £30- Lidl i think!

Good to hear - they were on sale for less than that in my local Lidl so I took a punt. I've yet to use it though ... anyone got anything that needs cutting?

I only saw the more powerful, better equipped and cheaper parkside one after I'd bought the more expensive, lower power and less well equipped one from homebase!!

Been a god send for cutting skirting boards out, I've found the blaed to blunt rather than cutting through hidden nails, but that only happened with the homebase blades, I bought a parkside kit when it was in Lidl for £6 which came with 2 blades, a scraper, and a lot of sanding deltas. Havent blunted the lidl blade yet, so I'd recommend those if anyone wants a bargain.

[silvagod]

Thanks for reminding me I needed one.

I've just bought the DeWalt 18v cordless one (I already have other Dewalt tools so plenty of batteries) on e-bay for £185 brand new in case with extras, from a tool shop. Last one as well.