Maplin "the home of cool stuff"

[Treehead3000]

Probably like a lots of others I've bought stuff from Maplin but came across this and thought it looked good. Forever breaking plastic so if it does what it shows I'd be pretty impressed!

http://youtu.be/RRGYNAnNutI

Anybody ever used it before?
Is it any good?

[dba7108]

looks fun i need to buy some!

[cuneus]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Supa-Fix-APX4-Strength-Adh...

[otherman]

hmmm, I'm suspicous. No reviews on line apart from the manufacturers. See how carefully they lift up things they've glued on the video, keeping the joint in tension, no bending?

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

I've bought similar stuff in the past. It's never as good as the demos suggest.

[budfox]

Cheap superglue and baking powder is what you need. Been holding my Aygo headlight in place for months.

[Hoofy]

Araldite seems to work well.

[Who me ?]

Maplin "home of the dear stuff ", these days. they've strayed from their roots as an electronic supplier. Once upon a time a Maplin catalogue was a worthwhile buy- a electronic designers bible.

[Yabu]

otherman said:

hmmm, I'm suspicous. No reviews on line apart from the manufacturers. See how carefully they lift up things they've glued on the video, keeping the joint in tension, no bending?

Ph review http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Hoofy]

[quote=Who me ?]Maplin "home of the dear stuff ", these days. they've strayed from their roots as an electronic supplier. Once upon a time a Maplin catalogue was a worthwhile buy- a electronic designers bible.
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Yeah, I noticed stuff seemed more expensive. Wanted to buy a portable powerpack for charging phones etc. Cheapest place was the gift section in Halfords next door when looking at £ to mAh.

[SeanyD]

[quote=Who me ?]Maplin "home of the dear stuff ", these days. they've strayed from their roots as an electronic supplier. Once upon a time a Maplin catalogue was a worthwhile buy- a electronic designers bible.
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Agreed, they do have some cool stuff, but seem a bit mixed-up as to who they and their customers are these days.

[julian64]

How can they get away with saying 'what supaglue won't fix this will'. When their product IS superglue

[nyt]

I bought: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Supa-Fix-APX4-Strength-Adh... after a suggestion on PH [the PH suggestion was for fixing chips in car bumpers]

It works extremely well. I've fixed several items using the black filler powder and the fixes have been solid.

I'd certainly buy again

I'm not sure that the glue is much different from superglue though.

[anonymous-user]

Are Maplins still going ??

[mph1977]

techiedave said:

Are Maplins still going ??

they have turned into the tandy of the post millenial period though with less DJ kit and 'scanners' ( but then again scanning is rather less interesting than it used to be in the pre- tetra / gsm / dect era

[anonymous-user]

Reason I said it was I found most of their stuff over priced really.

[beko1987]

I use something that looks remarkably similar called Q-Bond, I get it from ebay

Nothing I've used sticks dyson plastic back together as well, and the filler powder is brilliant.

Just don't hold your nose over the powder whilst you drip the glue onto it as the fumes burn your nostrils... Also, if the glue gets on clothes and then touches your skin it burns like fk...

Good stuff though!

[andygo]

I've used Q bond before. Good for fixing broken plastic bits on the car, such as headlamp fixings etc.

[AudiAshley]

techiedave said:

Reason I said it was I found most of their stuff over priced really.

Agreed I definitely think they used to be cheaper! Ive used both Q-Bond & Supafix both as good as each other. Both are amazing products.

[Martin4x4]

Looks impressive over all but did you know you can make many similar repairs with tissue paper and super glue to metal and plastic.

I've used super glue and tissue paper to repair a radiator when off-roading for example.