Whats the best and worst gadgets you've ever brought for tiling???

[Ultimate Tiling]

Just as in the title, this post is to try and save some hard earned cash with useless things that come out now and again and to advise of any good little gadgets you have brought.

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My worst purchase was a pair of trim cutters, i only ever use them for straight cuts and making my fingers bleed when i forget the safety leaver!!!

 

[DHTiling]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

Best was a washboy........

Worst was a laser level...it lost it's level every time you walked past it......it wasn't a rotary type just one of 2 foot levels with a laser in the end on a tripod..utter poo...
now we have self levelling pendelum lasers on the market...

 

[Wow Tiling]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

best buy got to the rubi cutters will not use any other slide cutter.
once got a variable size hole cutter and losted the fixing screw in the first week

 

[brian c]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

Best was a washboy........

Worst was a laser level...it lost it's level every time you walked past it......it wasn't a rotary type just one of 2 foot levels with a laser in the end on a tripod..utter poo...
now we have self levelling pendelum lasers on the market...

do you have one Dave/if so what kind..

 

[DHTiling]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

have wot..?..

 

[brian c]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

best...fein multi master and i won it....lol..(result)

:iagree:the mitre cutters are not great and i also just use for straight cuts.

TBH...i try not to buy tools that i know i wont really use...my old fella has loads as he is on the maintenance team of a large leisure complex up here,so borrow from him if i dont have a specific tool.

 

[brian c]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

have wot..?..

pendulum laser level.

 

[DHTiling]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

Naaaa!! traditional level for me.......

 

[doug boardley]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

worst, trim cutters absolute waste of space, best mmm not sure yet!

 

[hillhead]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

i have plenty in my kit.best probably my big sigma wet saw and my worst without a doubt is my bosch rotocut(piece of crap,anyone can call and collect free)lol.

 

[DERBER]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

Me too, mitre cutter sh**te, rotating laser level non self leveling, the Pits....... Best ever buy has to be the washboy, oh and the dewalt s.level laser........:yes:

 

[White Room]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

Best has to be the karl dahm washboy
Worst was cheap laser level I've never used and still in the box

 

[bigandy]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

best miniture ratchet(like a socket set ratchet) screwdriver from the pound shop got me out of loads of tight holes

worst cheap laser level

 

[Gazzer]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

Best, Metabo mixer, Sigma Cutter
Worst, cheap pencils, profile marker and cheap diamond cutting wheels.....Get the message DONT BUY CHEAP

 

[brian c]

Re: Whats the best and worst gadges you've ever brought for tiling???

It seems that a lot of you bought laser levels you werent happy with,maybe a lesson learned there too as Sir Ramic says.