Generally i'd say there's an adhesive for each type of application and you'd always choose the cheapest best option for the job if there was a few options. So you should be using a mix really of dispersion and cement based adhesives for your jobs.
I don't think it's a case of 'i'm new so i'll stick to tubs for the moment'.
Get yourself a bag and get mixing in your garden to have a toy around with it. You can get yourself some topsfix for like £8 is it? (not bought any for years lol).
I've used a fair few types of adhesive overall though and I do find the BAL range the most trusted in the industry but not always the best priced. Mapei is a big big name in Europe it's just BAL have the largest market share in the UK. Mapei is trusted more arond Europ though. I think.
And there's an adhesive company that's part of the Saint Gobain group of companies which is one of if not THE largest privately owned companies in the world. A list of their companies can be fond on their site but i'm fooked if I can find which adhesive company it is.
[DLMURL="http://www.saint-gobain.com/en/html/index.asp"]SAINT-GOBAIN Group corporate website.[/DLMURL]
http://www.saint-gobain.com
One would assume that they have much bigger investments in the design of the adhesives than most of the other adhesive companies in the world let alone the UK. So it's one to trust when we can find which company it is.
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Here - Weber it is -
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Saint-Gobain