Armeg??

[redlee]

When using the marcrist bits i found them too easy to twist and distort on hard porcelain (7mm bit) because of the thinness of the neck, the dewalt diamond bit was similar in price but more sturdy and longer lasting.

 

[Arthur@Reidheat]

The bits we have are blue in colour & have a threaded hole to fit an arbor through which water is pumped. There is another version of the Marchrist bit which is a hollow tube - we thought that these may not last & so we shelled out about £300 for this set.
We have tried various 'tube type' drill bits but they do not seem to last for us, generally someone forgets to put enough water with them.
As I say we have had this set since about November & at the time of writing all seem to be ok

Tradetiler Tile Marcrist PG850 Porcelain tile drilling system

Regards

Arthur@Reidheat

 

[redlee]

Yep they're much better spec'd than the ones i've used in the past, should hope they last a decent amount of time at that price. As you say the water is crucial i normally use a plant sprayer type as it gets the water right in the hole.

 

[Paul R Cox]

Thanks all, will check out the Marcrist.

 

[Dan]

Remember that with the 365Drills you can bill the drills to the customer, per job. Though I hear what you're saying if you need to drill hundreds on a big job, perhaps 5 365drills on the invoice would look a bit suss'.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Dont get me started with Armeg....

One of their sales guys came on stand as we were demonstrating our kit to young plumbers and was complaining about us price comparing.

My view is this. Sainsburrys and Tesco price compare with each other. Its OK to price compare / product compare.

In our case what we have been saying is that their short life pilot drill (price £29+) from a certain small sized catalogue is

A) not necessary
B) expensive for a carbide drill

]Their response was that they had launched the 1000 hole diamond pilot drill.
Our response is still that you dont need a pilot drill whatever number of holes it does.

The long and short of this is that at 365DRILLS we provide you guys with
FANTASTIC VALUE FOR MONEY

A TOTAL BATHROOM SOLUTION FOR £49.99
YOU CAN THROW IT ONTO THE COST OF THE JOB
AND THROW THE WHOLE THING AWAY AT THE END

And dont forget that if you are in the trade and you PM us then you get the special discount code FOR EVEN GREATER CREDIT CRUNCH SAVINGS

WE GIVE DISCOUNT TO TRADE - SO ITS EVEN CHEAPER THAN £49.99:

Just ask

 

[Daveyboy]

I know they're expensive but I have to say that the Armeg hole cutters are very good and last a long time...

Their pilot drill bits are useless though as already mentioed and burn out too quick, so I use a standard 8mm pointed tile drill bit to make the hole. I tried using the 8mm diamond core drill bits but found they just slipped across the face of the tile, scratching it before I could get them to bite/drill into the tile.

When my Armeg set give up the ghost, I will try one of 365s...

 

[Fred]

I get my cutters from a bloke on e-bay in Hong Kong. You get 10 for pennies, so they don't last long, but do the job for nothing. Got the Genesis kit as well, its ok.

 

[kingk]

try diaotic in perth ?
:hurray:

 

[DHTiling]

try diaotic in perth ?
:hurray:

Fortune.....