We have just started to stock a new type of tile spacer at 365Drills to see.... Page: 2

[Tony73]

oh yehhh instead of LOL, suposed to be :incazzato:

 

[Mike Mike]

Its funny because the jurys out with me too (As a supplier should I be trying a bit harder to flog these???) Nahhh bottom line is its up to you.

For £9.99 you get 50 of them. Its £8.30 + VAT or 20p each and of course they can be reused. I think the inventor was saying they stick out a mile so that you pull them out and you dont need that many to put up a wall.

But all I said to him was that I would pop them on the site and let the professionals (Err thats you lot!!) have access to them - and also comments.

I dont know which his market is for either. If its DIY its a big reusable item. If its Pro then he is not going to make much money at under a tenner because you only going to buy one pack.

What I might do is pop a sample into each sale of our diamond core drills so the customers get to see. But yes I really cant get excited about the commercial oppertuntity and also I am not totally convinced of the market.

But: Will let you guys decide...... At least its available if anyone does think it worth a punt !!

"WHAT YOU TALKIN' 'BOUT WILLIS!"

As already mentioned, the 3 bathroom walls I tiled today would have required 150 of these. I didn't pluck that number out of the air. I actually sat down and drew the tiled walls on an Excel spreadsheet and stuck a little circle in each corner of 4 tiles to count as ONE of these tile spacers. 50 PER WALL! I don't many professional tilers who only tile one wall a day, do you?

I would buy 150 for a tenner, maybe. But not 50. 50 is a DIY qty, and a tenner is over-priced, end of.

p.s. Any update on the availability of the Mitre Wizz yet??

 

[Deleted member 1779]

I did think 50 seemed a bit low but the inventor recons that 25 is all you really need. So I doubled it to 50 to be on the safe side. Looks like I better be getting back to him with your comments to show him that a real trade pack is needed. Maybe is should be 200 pieces ? to be honest 200 wouldnt take up a huge footprint.

I will pass the comments on. All useful.

 

[Mike Mike]

I did think 50 seemed a bit low but the inventor recons that 25 is all you really need. So I doubled it to 50 to be on the safe side. Looks like I better be getting back to him with your comments to show him that a real trade pack is needed. Maybe is should be 200 pieces ? to be honest 200 wouldnt take up a huge footprint.

I will pass the comments on. All useful.

Thanks Richard. I tend to remember useless facts, and if my memory's right, then inventor is a surveyor?? And he had a bad tiling job done and invented these thinking they would solve all the world's ills, am I right?

A trade pack of 250 would be good, for a tenner, but as I've never seen them in real life I have no idea how big that would be. Bucket? Dusbtin? Luton van? :lol:

p.s. Seriously now, when are you going to be stocking the Mitre Wizz??

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Not come across the Mitre Wizz yet... I think the general benefit is that these spacers are supposed to be chunky enough so that they dont get lost during tiling.

The main sellin point being that standard spacers can either slip down the back of tiles if they tile had to be packed out, or left in situ by mistake and grouted over.

Also the point about solving having to fiddle about trying to prise them out of their slots because they are not proud of the tile rather they are flush or recessed.

Easy for fat fingers to yank out. Those things seem to make a bit of sense to me (But hey waddo I know) !!


I will chat to him about the price. What footprint would 250 take up? Probably about the size of a shoebox.

Maybe a price of £19.99 for the set would bring the cost down to 8p and be sensible ??

Not my product so cant say anything about pricing but I will speak to the guy and see if he can put a bundle together so that it makes ££ sense !

I think you are right - he is a surveyor. But cant be sure.

 

[trevortine]

I personally wouldnt use these, I like to see the joints and as previously mentioned there is the problem with unrectified tiles. I have always used rubi spacers and never leave them in, they are placed straight on and a wedge used with them if neccesary. Sorry to be negative about a new product but I dont think its something for a proffesional.

 

[Olz]

I are where he is coming from by saying they are easy to pull out, but there are surely to basic options. One spacer where four corners meet, laid flat and left it and grouted over, or four spacers where corners meet leg in only and removed before grouting. He can't seriously believe that people put spacers in flat and then try and dig them out before grouting surely.


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[Mike Mike]

Not come across the Mitre Wizz yet... I think the general benefit is that these spacers are supposed to be chunky enough so that they dont get lost during tiling.

The main sellin point being that standard spacers can either slip down the back of tiles if they tile had to be packed out, or left in situ by mistake and grouted over.

Also the point about solving having to fiddle about trying to prise them out of their slots because they are not proud of the tile rather they are flush or recessed.

Easy for fat fingers to yank out. Those things seem to make a bit of sense to me (But hey waddo I know) !!

I will chat to him about the price. What footprint would 250 take up? Probably about the size of a shoebox.

Maybe a price of £19.99 for the set would bring the cost down to 8p and be sensible ??

I would buy 250 of the 2mm ones for £19.99 to try them (I am a tool and gadget addict).

 

[Andy Tiler]

I've had some samples of these and there rubbish imho to big and clumsy it's the same guy who sells the tile tracker that's not much use either..


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[Deleted member 1779]

Maybe I need to talk to this guy to get him to send a few samples out. I did say we could post out like one or two with each bathroom fitters kit to see how they play out.

I have to agree I dont think much of the tile tracker and can spot the immediate problem that the fixed length of the aluminum bar is a big restriction to using it.
But the inventor is passionate about his product so I did sort of wind my neck in a bit and let market forces decide.

Its like a lot of this stuff sometimes people do like the products and buy them. But I am still "Jury out" on the tile tracker.
And as for the spacers I did like the idea of them being big fat chunky chips but then I am not a tiler so I cant say whats good and whats not.

But Andy at least as you say you HAVE HAD SAMPLES and based on that - dont rate them. Fair enough. At least you didnt part with cash.

I will give it 6 months and if the products get panned then I think we will withdraw but it did seem worth trying them. Like I said - What do I know !!