KevinH
TF
Once again turning to the helpful folks on this forum for advice.
Rather than using my wet cutter for by bathroom refit (I have approx. 23m to fit and much cutting), I am planning to buy a "normal" cutter as it is going to be much quicker and will save me marching up and down stairs. I'll be cutting 250x500x7mm ceramic tiles both horizontally and vertically but not diagonally.
I would have bought a Sigma 2G at around £100 but the tiles are too big for this. The next sized up Sigma (3L or 3LM) are around £220 which is going to be very hard to justify given I have only one other (small) project to do in the distant future. £220 represents approx. 10% of what it is costing me to re-fit the entire bathroom.
Looking at the other brand leader - Ruby - I can pick up a Star 50N or 51 from Screwfix for between £85 and £90.
I don't want to kick off another Ruby vs Sigma discussion (nothing I can do it you want to of course
) but is there any reason I shouldn't expect acceptable cutting performance from either of the Rubi cutters?
The other option is to buy the 3L/3LM and try and sell on ebay afterwards but having a quick look there, there appears to be virtually nothing which isn't new and previous similar used items have not sold.
I could consider hiring a cutter, but I'd rather not rush and hiring it for multiple days is unlikely to be cost effective.
Cheers
Rather than using my wet cutter for by bathroom refit (I have approx. 23m to fit and much cutting), I am planning to buy a "normal" cutter as it is going to be much quicker and will save me marching up and down stairs. I'll be cutting 250x500x7mm ceramic tiles both horizontally and vertically but not diagonally.
I would have bought a Sigma 2G at around £100 but the tiles are too big for this. The next sized up Sigma (3L or 3LM) are around £220 which is going to be very hard to justify given I have only one other (small) project to do in the distant future. £220 represents approx. 10% of what it is costing me to re-fit the entire bathroom.
Looking at the other brand leader - Ruby - I can pick up a Star 50N or 51 from Screwfix for between £85 and £90.
I don't want to kick off another Ruby vs Sigma discussion (nothing I can do it you want to of course
) but is there any reason I shouldn't expect acceptable cutting performance from either of the Rubi cutters?The other option is to buy the 3L/3LM and try and sell on ebay afterwards but having a quick look there, there appears to be virtually nothing which isn't new and previous similar used items have not sold.
I could consider hiring a cutter, but I'd rather not rush and hiring it for multiple days is unlikely to be cost effective.
Cheers
