TX-700 or 900?

[quackfly]

Right. After a failed love affair with my Big Clinker, it was just too rough with some very thin 600x600 porcelain, kept breaking the corners, I'm going back to my first love, Rubi! lol the question is should i go for the TX-700 or spend the extra few quid and go for the 900? to date the largest tile ive fitted is 600x600 but with tiles getting bigger the way I see it is the 900 gives me more options. What do you guys think? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Aston]

id definately get the rubi tx700!
dont bother with the 900, miss that one out and get a 1200 cutter because that gives you all your options back down tot the 700 in one cutter and tbo large formats are becoming more and more popular so be efficient with you money!

anyway, its a bad enough lugging a tx700 around as it is, id hate to be using a tx900 on 60x60's day in day out!
also, i like rubi too but after the tx700 it would be sigma 100% for me. so eventually buy a sigma 3ek or max when the pennies or the job allow!! on a good day you can get one for £449 from toolventure or push diatech hard ;0)

ed

 

[quackfly]

thanks m8. so the 700 AND a 1200 eventually? lol. Why sigma over Rubi? i know about the ongoing debate but with so many opinions its confusing. I like the rubi because its so easy to see the wheel and makes it simple to check i've got the tile lined up right

 

[Aston]

i agree mate but you take a bit more time when you are cutting really large format and the vision of the line issue isnt the big deal some people make so the sigma would be the one id trust more to do the business!! ;0)

i'll be honest, imo sigma are better built, lighter, more functional and are designed to cut porcelain more effectively but i dont like using them, i just cant enjoy using one in the way i do a rubi...the best analogy i can give is..its a bit like having a lamborghini murceliago but its left had drive!! give me a right hand drive bmw m5 and that'll do lol

its all individual mate, if you like rubi, stick with them. i really like the tx700 but i would defo give the tx1200 a miss thats all i'm saying.

watch this vid below...its tongue in cheek and gary and ray are just havin a bit of fun but you will notice even from this video that there are certain advantages that the sigma has over that aircraft carrier lol ;0)

[video=youtube;mkrwzmRaHX8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkrwzmRaHX8[/video]

 

[quackfly]

dont want to confuse ya but did u mean avoid the 900? or the 1200? reading ur first reply u said aviod the 900 and get a 1200. lol but ur right i enjoy using rubi. find the sigma a bit of a pain. Do u have those motors in ur gaff by the way??!! lol:drool5:

 

[Aston]

what i meant was..get the tx700 now and use that for the most of you tiling. when the phone goes and you get a job for say 800x800's dont buy the 900 cutter, give that a miss and go for the 1200 because then when the phone goes again and the customer says can you fit 1200 long porcelain, you will be glad you wont have to go out and buy another cutter...the 1200 will give more value for your money....more scope from one cutter, saving money!!

as for do i have a lambo murceliago or bmw m5????....i'm a plasterer and a tiler not a bleedin plumber ;0)

 

[quackfly]

Keep doing those euro millions m8!!! You're more than welcome to it. After i win obviously. world domination doesn't come cheap! lol:lol:
thanks for your thoughts on the cutter. its a good help.

 

[nybor62]

i have sigma and ruby cutters , never use the ruby i even have a montolit which i like but my 1 st choice would be sigma imho
get a sigma once u are use to using them u wont regret it

 

[quackfly]

again, why do u prefer ur sigma m8? just been looking at sigmas and the choice is mind bending, different handles, pull or push! its never ending!

 

[nybor62]

pull or push both great, cuts porcelain with ease , does small slithers which ruby would never manage to do
much lighter than ruby , stronger, swivel arm sets to 45 degree, wheels last much longer and are cheaper
all in all a better cutter , imho

better for mosaics , ive even cut some marble with them

 

[quackfly]

so any advice on which model for a first time user, capable of 600's?

 

[DHTiling]

I used Rubi cutters for over 20 yrs... I was sent a Sigma to use after much debate on here and i now use Sigma.... much better cutters all day long IMO..

 

[Diggy]

I totally agree with TF Ed , I went 700 and 1200 as covers all bases. I fix a lot of Porcelanosa and the 1200 has come in most handy on a quite a few occasions.

Diggy

 

[Qwerty]

I have a TX900N and the reason I purchased this over the 700 is because it can cut a 600x600 diagonally whereas the 700 can only cut a 500x500 diagonally. That and the fact that its only a few notes more! Wouldnt be without it (have to say I havent tried Sigma yet though)