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 £$"%