Metabo cordless tools

[stevedave]

Is Metabo stuff any good? My impact driver is on the way out and I could do with a cordless grinder and I had the hard sell off a salesman in a show the stuff seemed good but I don't know of anyone who has their kit.

 

[S J H]

I had a cordless drill once, it didn't seem to do an awful lot before being knackered. Makita 18v is a much better bet I'd say.

 

[Landyman]

Used to work for an engineering suppliers, bury council changed all their powertools to metabo ( to save money ) every tool packed in within months of the warranty running out . It cost more to fix the kit than it cost to buy, so they went back to using bosch, which they used beforehand and never had any problems with

 

[Muck Spreader]

Power tools are like most things no one manufactures products are necessarily the best across the ranges. Metabo used to be tops for sanding equipment, Bosh for jigsaws, Milwaukee for drills etc no idea how they shape up nowadays.

 

[T C]

Got a 18v cordless drill and it is very good. Battery holds charge after several weeks so always good to go. Had it a couple of years now - was quite expensive but worth it.
Had a bosch 14.4v lasted 18 months before the battery would not hold charge.

 

[nick...]

Been using my milwaukee impact wrench today.it really is an awesome bit of kit.changed a load of plough metal and widened furrow width on plough,then changed it back as i wasent happy with the work quality at 16 inches
Nick...

 

[Lincs Lass]

Have got a metabo 110v 12inch sliding compound saw ,had it 4 years ,,its a real piece of kit ,,I keep looking at their cordless sds drill

 

[JohnDeere8530]

think everything bar maybe one or two manufacturers such as Milwaukee are now all built to a price.

Sign of the times I think as everyone since the advent of the net is price savvy. Nothing is really built by engineers anymore that is built to last. Instead theyre built by accountants who make the product last only a few years by making all the components as cheap as possible in order to get the price as competitive as possible . They are designed to last til the warranty runs out.

Now I buy cordless drills such as Makita/Hitachi/Bosch etc. These are all middle road tools. Recently I bought for £100inc vat from Screwfix, a Hitachi cordless drill 18v, c/w two Lion 1.5amp/hr batteries for the sum of £83 plus vat and these will last about 3 years. Chuck them in the bin then and buy another. This works out at less than £30/yr Buying expensive they still get lost, stolen or damaged !

 

[leone75]

I bought metabo impact gun to replace an old panasonic , not in the same league back with panasonic

Leone75

 

[JonL]

Use a lot of Metabo tools. All well built backed by a good warranty. Forget how long (2 years?) but had a few things swapped for new no questions asked!

 

[General-Lee]

Been using my milwaukee impact wrench today.it really is an awesome bit of kit.changed a load of plough metal and widened furrow width on plough,then changed it back as i wasent happy with the work quality at 16 inches
Nick...

Don't know what model you've got but see you can get 1 with up to 610nm of torque, can you have too much and strip threads/snap bolts on more delicate jobs like triple k tines, plough tips etc. or is it controllable?

Sorry to hijack stevedave.

 

[nick...]

I got a big one with nearly 1500nm of loosening torque.spins of tractor wheel nuts easily.im very wary of stripping threads but no done so yet.its a half inch drive with the snap ring coupling thing
Nick...

 

[General-Lee]

I got a big one with nearly 1500nm of loosening torque.spins of tractor wheel nuts easily.im very wary of stripping threads but no done so yet.its a half inch drive with the snap ring coupling thing
Nick...

Must be a fair beast! That's high for a half inch one?

 

[nick...]

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