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I use cheap cutters from screwfix at £4.99 used to be £2.80 last year . i prefer these to any of the dearer option they also cut 3.5mm screws cleanly .

http://www.screwflix..com/sfd/i/cat/62/p4174362_s.jpg


My point is ,, what other cheap tools have people found that they think are better than the top brand versions.

I know i said you get what you pay for , but sometimes cheaper is better

http://www.screwflix..com/prods/274...rs-150mm-6;jsessionid=YVUFS0KYTCPY0CSTHZOSFFA
 
Most of my stuff is cheap. I can't afford much decent stuff at the moment as still starting up on my own, and I'm brassic. I'd love to have all knipex and dewalt stuff but it's all academic - it's not how much you pay for your tools, it's what you do with them.
 
it's not how much you pay for your tools, it's what you do with them.

Even cheap tools if treated with respect will last for years, the most expensive if abused will be destroyed very quickly

I've bought cheap tools to last one job and years later they are still being used
 
I'm sorry it's you that has read my post wrong

I was making the point that longevity of any tool of any cost is proportional to the use / abuse of the user

The fact is that a lot of the expensive brands do budget ranges now
 
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I'm sorry it's you that has read my post wrong

I was making the point that longevity of any tool of any cost is proportional to the use / abuse of the user

The fact is that a lot of the expensive brands do budget ranges now

No mate not questioning your comment , was just making a point that my post was to get a list of actual tools that i could look at buying rather than a general coment
 
I hope you dont cut through any live cables or have to do any live working with those cutters though mate.

they have gone through live cables,, and if i had to do mains work i have my other tool box of tools.

But day to day cutting of cables i rate these higher than knipex.

if you blow them up they are cheaper to replace and if u cut 3.5mm screws they dont damage the cutters, as with my knipex ones they have dents in the blade.

CAN WE GET BACK TO THE POINT AND SUGGEST TOOLS RATHER THAN FIND FAULT

I like them and was trying to help, when they were suggested to me i laughed. dont knock till u try
 
Sorry Eddie,I bought a silverline wall chaser about 3 years ago for seventy quid.I use it nearly every week and its still going strong with the original discs,paid for itself over and over again.
 
Sorry Eddie,I bought a silverline wall chaser about 3 years ago for seventy quid.I use it nearly every week and its still going strong with the original discs,paid for itself over and over again.

where did u get it have u got a link so i can look always after chaseing tools. i spent £250. on the full set of square hole cutters when they 1st came out . they are in my garage not being used( waste of cash u live and learn)
 
Dont know anyone who bought those box cutters that is still using them,good idea but they never quite worked properly.I went onto silverline tools website and got the name of their local distributer ,and then ordered it off him.
 
Nice. Ive been looking at them from, oh whoever it is who make beaver bits. Are they no good then?

The reason I asked is that yanks call stanley knives box cutters. I remember thinking on 9/11 'that's a fairly elaborate terrorist plot'.....
 

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