fein multimaster

[TT Tiling]

hi every one just to say after thinking for a long time about buying one of these and by a friends recommendation ,i decided to buy one just before the new year , put the order in with dave from tradetiler ,tured up next day ,been on my van looking at me for the last 3-weeks ,well today was the day ,and wow wot a tool it is , got the bottom of the door linings off in a sec ,was so happy with it just wish there was more linings to do lol
how did i ever do with out this fab tool 10/10 money well spent ,so if your thinking about buying one do it , just do it :smilewinkgrin:

 

[united]

I have the bosch version, can't wait to upgrade and get a fein one day :drool5:

 

[DHTiling]

I upgraded from the diy bosch one to the fein...excellent kit..

 

[merlecollins]

I've had a Fein for about 4 or 5 years now - cracking bit of kit and takes the monotony out of cutting out grout, amongst other things

 

[Peter]

Anyone had any experience with the cordless Bosch ones? Retails near enough the same price as the Fein. Would it offer the same cutting power with the battery as opposed to mains power? Blue Bosch is usually decent stuff.

 

[White Room]

If you doing a lot of cutting or regrouting it would be on the charger most of the time IMO

Good for the odd cutting I suppose, I have a fein so 😛rrr:

 

[Deeky Boy]

I bought the Fein first and the Bosch multi tool.

I tend to use the Bosch almost all the time, which is over a year now, to be honest I had my reservations about how it would last but it is still going strong!
We recently had about 25m2 of a bathroom to re-grout we used both, the Bosch did seem to cover more meters.



Advantage are:

Cordless
Lighter than the Fein (if you are doing walls it does help)
Batteries fit my Bosch impact/driver
Carbon discs are cheaper and do a good job of removing the grout walls and floor

Disadvantages are:

Does use up the batteries if continually removing grout around 20 mins, charger will normally have the other three quarters charged by the time the other one dies on you.
Does not have a quick change for the discs, just need an Allen key

Main uses: We use it for re-grouting (tend to get a bit of work just removing single damaged tiles, gr8 advantage being cordless) , cutting bottoms of the facings, PVC waste pipes, sanding walls (as comes with the sanding kit), wood etc...
I have a Bosch impact driver and the Bosch screw driver which give me an extra 4 (6 in total) batteries so as long as they get charged when the run flat I always have enough battery power

IMO I cant fault the Bosch Multi tool

Anyone had any experience with the cordless Bosch ones? Retails near enough the same price as the Fein. Would it offer the same cutting power with the battery as opposed to mains power? Blue Bosch is usually decent stuff.

 

[Daz]

Love my Fein . Decided to use it today to polish the external curves on a slate raised fireplace hearth - it worked a treat and looked the mutts :drool5:.

I find that the power lead is sufficiently long that I don't have to worry about having a cordless version.

 

[White Room]

I use the Bosch blades, so much cheaper

 

[TT Tiling]

think i started something off here ,good to know about the bosh bits being cheaper , never seams to last bosh ,had a lot of the 18v all ways burn out or something goes wrong

 

[brian c]

fein for me too,love it...great for splashbacks etc cutting cornices etc.

 

[Sean Page]

I borrowed a fein a few years back for cutting out epoxy grout in a leisure centre, fantastic machine. Can't really justify the expense on a daily basis though because I use a little toolbox saw for the cornices/architraves etc

I'm sure I'll treat myself to one soon though

 

[frogeye]

Bosch for me
Only trouble was accessing replacement blades, but now available in abundance.

 

[MTiler]

I love my Fein

missyT

 

[Polishtradesman]

About Bosch products - alweys pay attention who made thing for Bosch. I got vacuum Bosch GAS 50 (made in Germany) and it is very good stuff, and i got Bosch angle grinder (made in China) which is worth £$"%

 

[Stan001]

I have the Bosch and used it for removing the bottom of an oak door off in-situ a couple of days back, took a while but faster than removing, planeing and rehanging, especially as the door is so damn heavy.

Agree ref where things are made, my Bosch Multitool fyi is made in Hungary. (fyi the Bosch cutting tools for the multi-tool are made in Poland) Can’t justify the Fein, i have other priority tools to spend my money on as i can’t see any multi-tool doing more than tens of hours a year, its just handy to have for the odd few minutes you need it. If you are not doing grout raking then in hindsight I’d say go for a Roberts jamb saw for removing the bottom of doors and undercut architrave with a hand saw – it takes 2 minutes max by hand.

I have a Bosch GAS 25 (which is one of my most used and valuable / time saving tools – something we never discuss here, i couldn’t work without it!) its absolutely excellent, had it for 2 years. Paid for its keep a thousand times over. It’s made in Germany.

(my other power tools are Makita, made in the UK or Japan, if Makita had a multi-tool, I’d buy it from them)

 

[Colour Republic]

Fein the worlds fastest pad saw!

Had the fein out today where I had to notch out a stud for a cable in the bathroom i'm doing. I lent the fein out a couple of weeks ago to a mate and i've only just reailsed he messed up the universal blade so it i practically burnt through the timber! Anyway just about to put it down and i thought the blade is knacked anyway so I might as just cut the hole out for the plasterboard backbox, well I had to hold it back it was so keen!!!!

I also had to cut out about 15 or so backboxes for the kitchen i'm fitting and the fein did each one in 10 seconds flat. Now I know cutting out backboxes in plasterboard only take about 1-2 minute each with a pad saw but this was so easy and clean I shall be keeping all my old blades just for this in future.

 

[DHTiling]

Good tip!!..

 

[TT Tiling]

nice one that ,will do the same :hurray:

 

[squeaky]

i have a fien and was replacing some tiles behind a toilet last week and it was great for getting in behind the pot ,was few yellow stains tho 😳

 

[richard Kent]

I have had one for some time now, all I use it for is removing the bottoms of skirting and door linings.
One word of caution the wood cutting blades will blunt in an instant if you hit a nail,
best to use the metal cutting blades.

 

[faithhealer]

Fein the worlds fastest pad saw!

Had the fein out today where I had to notch out a stud for a cable in the bathroom i'm doing. I lent the fein out a couple of weeks ago to a mate and i've only just reailsed he messed up the universal blade so it i practically burnt through the timber! Anyway just about to put it down and i thought the blade is knacked anyway so I might as just cut the hole out for the plasterboard backbox, well I had to hold it back it was so keen!!!!

I also had to cut out about 15 or so backboxes for the kitchen i'm fitting and the fein did each one in 10 seconds flat. Now I know cutting out backboxes in plasterboard only take about 1-2 minute each with a pad saw but this was so easy and clean I shall be keeping all my old blades just for this in future.

The electrician I use knows this and is quick to use mine when I'm around!

 

[seamonkey]

We have had a fein for years and have finally had a chance to use the bosch this week. Nice enough bit of kit but didn't seem to be as gutsy as the fein and couldn't see it lasting as long.

 

[Gazzer]

When a saw blade gets damaged i put it on a grinding wheel and make a sharp flat blade from it. Comes in useful at times.

 

[richard Kent]

Fein for me to.
Word of advise use the metal blades as the timber ones instantly blunt if you hit a nail when cutting the bottoms off skirting and door frames.