ebay unbranded products

[wanton dwarf]

I'm looking for some Makita saws, doing some carpentry work at the moment. First fix, floorboards and ceilings.

Anyway, strayed onto ebay looking at tools and saw what looked like Makita tool with no Makita name. Same for batteries.

Has anyone tried these out and what was the end result, was it worth doing ?

 

[br jones]

I'm looking for some Makita saws, doing some carpentry work at the moment. First fix, floorboards and ceilings.

Anyway, strayed onto ebay looking at tools and saw what looked like Makita tool with no Makita name. Same for batteries.

Has anyone tried these out and what was the end result, was it worth doing ?

Don't bother ,

 

[ACEngineering]

I'm looking for some Makita saws, doing some carpentry work at the moment. First fix, floorboards and ceilings.

Anyway, strayed onto ebay looking at tools and saw what looked like Makita tool with no Makita name. Same for batteries.

Has anyone tried these out and what was the end result, was it worth doing ?

dont, ebay and facebook are full of makita and milwaukee fakes.

 

[wanton dwarf]

dont, ebay and facebook are full of makita and milwaukee fakes.

Okay. I wonder if a £30 tool would last a year or something.

The old man has been there with some tools in the past. The worst one didn't even function for a day.

Currently only buy Makita because of investment in batteries and haven't been disappointed touch wood.

 

[snipe]

Think you have answered your own question

 

[curly]

I bought a cheap Makita copy 5ah battery to try out & it was good to start with but didn't last long before it died completely so it wasn't cheap at all!

 

[ACEngineering]

Okay. I wonder if a £30 tool would last a year or something.

The old man has been there with some tools in the past. The worst one didn't even function for a day.

Currently only buy Makita because of investment in batteries and haven't been disappointed touch wood.

i fully understand accidently buying the odd fake unknowingly but to buy one knowing they are fake copies your no better than the people making them and selling them. go to lidl and buy parkside if you want cheap at least they are not pretending to be a copy.

 

[wanton dwarf]

i fully understand accidently buying the odd fake unknowingly but to buy one knowing they are fake copies your no better than the people making them and selling them. go to lidl and buy parkside if you want cheap at least they are not pretending to be a copy.

You do realise that the goods made in China in a factory can walk out of a different door from the same production line on purpose ?

Doesn't necessarily mean they are defective, just means the Chinese are abusing Western copyright laws. Which given the fact those jobs were deliberately moved to China .. I don't personally give a rats bum about either. In fact to care about them just means I lose more money for no reason.

 

[ACEngineering]

You do realise that the goods made in China in a factory can walk out of a different door from the same production line on purpose ?

Doesn't necessarily mean they are defective, just means the Chinese are abusing Western copyright laws. Which given the fact those jobs were deliberately moved to China .. I don't personally give a rats bum about either. In fact to care about them just means I lose more money for no reason.

Yes of cause, but the type your on about they are clear rip offs riding on someone elses name rather than there own.

You'll get zero warranty, the likes of wickes, tool station and screw fix all sell cheaper branded tools and you can take them back if they don't last, hell you can even take the parkside stuff back to lidl! There are plenty to pick from with out supporting the knock offs.

 

[Pistonbroke]

Nothing wrong with ebay as long as you stick with established firms like powertoolmate,ffx etc and stick with genuine kit. Had my milwaukee impact on a 20% discount voucher and 5%back from topcashback on top .Almost felt guilty

 

[PSQ]

Why would anyone bother with a cheap 'knock off' when you can buy most of the better brushless Dewalt tools 'body only' from Screwfix for about £50 to £100 each. It's finding the 5ah batteries for decent money thats the problem. ToolStore £55, Screwfix are about £75 iirc, Machine Mart £130 each which is a bit of a pee take.
Or shop around for a deal on a kit for the 1st tool, and get the body, charger, and 2x 5ah batteries.

I detest 'cheap' electronics with a vengeance. A tenant was apparently charging a cheap chinese LED torch in a cupboard under the stairs, which long story short, led to a 6 month rebuild of the cottage.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Remember the Boschman tools that your local transit brigade used to sell before going to the ferry ,,they weren't even good copies .

 

[Paddington]

Li ion batteries for DeWalt (in yellow and black) are not the same as DeWalt Li ion batteries (in yellow and black) as I found to my cost.

 

[betternextyear]

WARNING dont buy cheap knockoff ebay makita copies like this.

( cost 23 quid inc postage and is still working after 2 years, you may become addicted to cheap tools)

 

[del_boy]

I bought a replica Milwaukee impact gun off ebay for £45 like the above. I use it a fair bit and its brilliant and really powerful for its size. Will give the mid range Milwaukee a run for its money. If it goes wrong id replace it instantly

 

[76masseyman]

Couple of mentions regarding the Parkside items in Lidl supermarkets on here. I know they’re cheap, and I’ve not bought any of them ( yet ) but was wondering what people’s thoughts were on them, as in can you get new blades for the reciprocating saws, or are the angle grinder discs an odd size or something ?
Not got a constant need of use for them, and the lad who would have them mainly can be a bit forgetful when it comes to security of such items.

 

[JeepJeep]

Couple of mentions regarding the Parkside items in Lidl supermarkets on here. I know they’re cheap, and I’ve not bought any of them ( yet ) but was wondering what people’s thoughts were on them, as in can you get new blades for the reciprocating saws, or are the angle grinder discs an odd size or something ?
Not got a constant need of use for them, and the lad who would have them mainly can be a bit forgetful when it comes to security of such items.

There's a parkside 18v Drill here my old man bought when he got in a muddle with the charger on his other Drill, He thought it was dead so bought a new one.. Fair few years old and still decent enough although not used for much heavy.

I bought a Parkside 9" Grinder.. not much use for a 9" so didn't fancy spending the money. Cracking grinder and standard any disc will do.

 

[bobk]

Ebay is stuffed now for EU sellers due to the new vat rules

 

[farmerm]

You do realise that the goods made in China in a factory can walk out of a different door from the same production line on purpose ?

Doesn't necessarily mean they are defective, just means the Chinese are abusing Western copyright laws. Which given the fact those jobs were deliberately moved to China .. I don't personally give a rats bum about either. In fact to care about them just means I lose more money for no reason.

rare to find complete copies though, usually the Chinese copy the item then manufacture their version without “unnecessarily” components to save 3p in production cost.. anything safety related is generally considered unnecessary and extravagant, who needs thermal cut out components, grounding connections or system to prevent battery overcharging and igniting etc

 

[Jimfandango]

Couple of mentions regarding the Parkside items in Lidl supermarkets on here. I know they’re cheap, and I’ve not bought any of them ( yet ) but was wondering what people’s thoughts were on them, as in can you get new blades for the reciprocating saws, or are the angle grinder discs an odd size or something ?
Not got a constant need of use for them, and the lad who would have them mainly can be a bit forgetful when it comes to security of such items.

Parkside are fine for tools that you don't use day-in-day-out and don't want to overspend on. Consumables seem to be pretty universal. They offer a 3yr warranty which they stand by as well. You can't say fairer than that in my opinion. I can't say I will bother trying out the cordless stuff though