Genesis dry cutter. anybody got one? - TilersForums.com

[Jimbobble]

Got a bargain job lot of tools off gumtree the other day & was interested to find a Genesis dry cutter in there.
Never heard of them but seems OK quality for a budget cutter.
Anybody else got any experience with them?
Bearings roll good on solid rails, guides are useless and extension legs look a flimsy and missing one rubber foot. Takes RUBI cutter & spring bed seems of decent(ish) quality.
Also while I'm on it anybody got or used a Montolit or a Battipav?
Ta,
Jim.

 

[Pro Tiler Tools]

Hi Jim,

Is it this one?
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If so, for the money and the quality of cut you can get its probably the best porcelain cutter you can get for under £100.00 inc vat, we sell quite a few of them mainly to diy users but never had a complaint yet

Sam

 

[John Benton]

Yep I've got a battipav 750 cutter, heavy as hell but will cut anything

 

[mike s]

yeah ive got that model its on its last legs now though

 

[Jimbobble]

The gennys ok as a back up, couldn't get through some porcelain on saturday so wouldn't depend on it. Been playing with a monti today & am pretty sold on their new stuff. Sigma or a monti for my next upgrade of the toys! Moving away from the Rubi stuff unfortunatly, think they need to up their game a little. Battipav look good too but no one up north stocks them for a test drive.

 

[Jimbobble]

& on the genesis; could really feel the bars bending way beyond anything I'd be comfortable doing any work in front of a customer with!

 

[Italy]

I do not recommend battipav.
Bought 2 and sold immediately.
Better rubi, than battipav.

 

[GoneGuy]

I had a genesis dry cutter for nearly a year, struggled with some porcelain tiles and eventually the bearings popped on it and it was not cutting straight.
I went and had a look at a montolit and bought the masterpuima 63, what a cutter I highly recomend

 

[Gareth Raines]

I do not recommend battipav.
Bought 2 and sold immediately.
Better rubi, than battipav.

Please could you tell me what you didnt like.
As im in between a x pro or a monti

Thanks

 

[LM]

They're simply not as good as Sigmas I'll bet will be a large part of Antonio's answer and he'd be absolutely correct.