Suggest a cheap/decent Tile cutter?

[wau5]

Hi guys, I need to do some tiling with 500mm tiles and I'm looking for a decent yet cheap&cheerful tile cutter which would last me one bathroom worth of tile cutting and can cut decently tiles this size. I have got a smaller cutter already but that's no good for these large tiles.
Anyone got any recommendations?
I have found this Vitrex 102360 Heavy-Duty Tile Cutter 500mm
Vitrex 102360 Heavy-Duty Tile Cutter 500mm - http://www.toolstop.co.uk/vitrex-102360-heavy-duty-tile-cutter-500mm-p17454

£24 ,however some of the amazon reviews suggested that it isn't the best tool out there,yet it had the less bad reviews out of almost all tile cutters on amazon..

If anyone can suggest me something better in £30 budget that would be great, or maybe this is good enough? I just need it for 1 time, and than it will probably be collecting dust for years so I'm not keen on spending a lot on it.

I have no problems buying an used tool as well if someone can give me some very good models that come up often on fleabay.

Thanks.

 

[Tile Shop]

are the tiles ceramic or porcelain?

 

[wau5]

Ceramic tiles, after doing more digging seems like you can't even buy a decent tile cutter for £30? but are looking at more like something like £100? ouch....

 

[WetSaw]

Probably be better to go and hire a decent cutter, especially if they're porcelain tiles.

 

[Andy Allen]

Buy a sigma tile cutter do your job then sell it.....you will get most of your money back as there outstanding cutter's, and in demand !

 

[Italy]

in fact they fail to build enough.
It is Always on Sunday in Italy. 😉

 

[wau5]

those sigma cutters seems outstanding indeed having watched some YT videos, however... No way I can tie up some £250 for a tile cutter when I had originally budgeted 10x less for one 🙁

what about electric cutters, Is a cheap £40 electric tile cutter going to be a better than a £40 manual one?
I mean the ability to cut 300x500mm tiles all nice and even, I don't care about the mess it makes since its a 1 off job.

 

[Dumbo]

Hire one

 

[WetSaw]

Have you said what type of tiles you have?

The problem with cheap cutters , wet or dry , is most struggle with porcelain and a cheap wet cutter invariably will have a cheap blade which will struggle to cut porcelain.

 

[wau5]

Have you said what type of tiles you have?

The problem with cheap cutters , wet or dry , is most struggle with porcelain and a cheap wet cutter invariably will have a cheap blade which will struggle to cut porcelain.

I will be using it with ceramic tiles.