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best and worst tools bought in 2012

Got a few tools this year, some good some bad.

Bosch floor laser - 7/10 - Handy but could be brighter
Evolution Rage mitre saw - 8/10 - Cuts through metal trims well, saves lots of time when skirting a room out
Evolution Rage sds - 1/10 came free with the mitre saw, blew up after 10 minutes chipping
Stabila 196-2 set - 8/10 - Good so far. Easy to keep clean and removable ends
Raimondi sucker - 9/10 - Brilliant for a lot of things, much better than cheap suckers
Montolit DNA - 9/10 - Brilliant blade, made my DW250 a lot more accurate than it was with the Marcrist
Redback knee pads - 5/10 - Didn't get on with these at all, tried for two days and knees hurt for days after
Berol felt tips - 9/10 - Only started using these recently but work better than a pencil a lot of the time
Cup grinder -8/10 - Another tool I dont know how I did without, a lot of dust though
Spiked shoes - 5/10 - Good idea for SLC but awkward to walk on
Dewalt impact driver - 8/10 - Only 14v but loads of power
Evolution mixing drill - 7/10 - Strangely has got better over time, not sure how long it'll last though
Marshalltown extra long 12mm trowel - 8/10 - Great on big floors and for evening out bad floors once you get used to it
ATS holesaws & bullnoser - 9/10 - Excellent value for money and lasting longer than I expected
Addex (?) grinder blade - 6/10 - Reasonable, does the job
Tryolit porcelain grinder blade - 5/10 - Struggles on porcelain

Bound to be some others I've forgotten about, says a lot for them.
 
There was a DW250 and an 3EK thrown in there too, got a nice tax rebate a few months ago and went crazy. :lol:
 
There was a DW250 and an 3EK thrown in there too, got a nice tax rebate a few months ago and went crazy. :lol:
Have to agree with you about the marcrist blade they wander about all over the place Glad I replaced mine too :thumbsup:
 
A couple of months ago I bought a rubi 10mm trowel with 45 degree angle notches, used it once and it's a nightmare. Scraping of excess adhesive on your bucket is near on impossible whih is just annoying. And before I got chance to use it again (which to be fair I had no intentions of doing) 2 notches snapped off. STAY CLEAR!!!!!!!!
 
Worst buy. Thought I could downsize to a berlingo. Still trying to downsize everything else to get everything in!!!!!!

Best buy Raimondi pull rapid washboy. What was I doing not buying a washboy before
 

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