Lidl oscillating multitool

[SVB]

Looking at these as they are as cheap as chips and handy for the odd job.

Does anyone know if the blades for these are universal as I expect the supplied blades are made of cheese but paired with a decent blade could be a good occasional use tool?

If they are universal, what is the accepted 'go to' blade manufacturer?

Thanks

Simon

 

[Honest John]

I bought one of these jobbies from the Draper stand at Yandles spring bash last year. It did the specific task I bought it for very well, but the supplied Draper blades were pretty auful and I await with interest further posts on this thread.. I have thought about the Erbauer blades from Screwfix as they seem to get good reviews with people suggesting that they are much better than premium big name blades. I have found Erbauer drill bits to be excellent and just wondered if their blades were also good?

 

[RossJarvis]

I've got one of those and it's been pretty good for the occasional use I put it to. It is however very noisy. From what I've heard and experienced Bosch and Fein probably make the best blades, but I'm not sure which if any of the Fein ones will fit. Personally I wouldn't buy anything by Erbauer as I've never had anything of theirs which wasn't rubbish, I wouldn't buy faithful or Saxton for quality either. I have bought a supply of Saxton blades which are nothing special but reasonably priced for what you get. Their hard metal blades seem too brittle and the wood and general purpose blades wear quickly.

If you are likely to use the machine a lot I would consider something more expensive and quieter, if not it's good for the money.

 

[Yojevol]

I bought some blades for my Bosch from Rutlands which were good value and do the job.
Brian

 

[MrDavidRoberts]

I have a cordless one from lidl- it's just awful, I'm pretty much sure it's not broken but it feels like a broken useless tool.
Has to be one of my worst Lidl purchases for sure, I haven't thrown it out only because I think I paid some £30 for it and I feel sad to throw it away even though it's completely useless!
Can't imagine that a corded one would be much better.
My Makita one on the other hand is a Champ.

 

[jnw010]

I have the corded one. As posted above, it works well with a decent blade but is noisy. There are some tools that I'll briefly use without earplugs - that isn't one of them!
It takes standard blades, I had no problem buying after market ones. I think I got mine from Saxton:
http://www.saxtonblades.co.uk/index.php ... 0wodBosHAQ

 

[otter]

In my experience, all oscillating multitools are noisy. Both my personal Fein and work's Makita are very loud. A lot louder than you think they should be. No idea if the Lidl one is even louder than these though. It must be frankly painful if it is.

 

[powertools]

If the blades supplied with the multi tool are as good as their circular saw blades you will be amazed at the quality.

 

[graduate_owner]

My green Bosch is a noisy beast too, ear muffs essential.

K

 

[mbartlett99]

If the blades supplied with the multi tool are as good as their circular saw blades you will be amazed at the quality.

I've got one and I was amazed by the blades they must be the finest chocolate ever produced. Otherwise its ok and tbh not much noisier than the Fein.

 

[siggy_7]

I had a green Bosch which died after hardly any use and no abuse. I now have an Erbauer which seems well made - decent magnesium gearbox casing in it. The go to manufacturer I think is Saxton blades, they sell blades with all the main fittings and also adaptors that allow you to mix and match.

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[RossJarvis]

I had a green Bosch which died after hardly any use and no abuse. I now have an Erbauer which seems well made - decent magnesium gearbox casing in it. The go to manufacturer I think is Saxton blades, they sell blades with all the main fittings and also adaptors that allow you to mix and match.

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It's quite interesting how things seem to be going in the tool World.

I'd rather cut my own arm off than buy another Bosch Professional Tool (even though my Bosch blue SDS is brilliant), I used to swear by Makita although I've been let down by their batteries and my Makita SCMS is worse than useless. Erbauer drill bits are rubbish although I've used one of their drills which was very good, strong and still very light. I've never seen a Lidl Parkside Tool which wan't good (and that's in use by people who use them every day), My Hitachi battery drill was practically useless despite costing £175 15 years ago (it was practically useless then apart from the first 6 weeks when it seemed very good). Saxton blades are reasonable for the money but don't last as long as Bosch or Fein which cost about a gazillion times as much. Milwaukee and DeWalt used to be very good but are now about average. My Mafell saw cost a stupidly large amount, yet the cord failed at both ends in less than a year of moderate use. My Festool Sander is brilliant, my Mirka Sander would be brilliant if it hadn't started rattling like an Edinburgh Junkie, the latest Festool Cross Cut Saws (copied from Mafell) are apparently nowhere near what they should be.

It seems to me that everything is coming toward some kind of average and there is no guarantee of quality from any particular make. Although there is still a very large price difference.

I know with Makita, although they have never officially informed anyone about it there are various grades of kit (I.e.good, crap and s****) and that may still be so, but they started out only making good stuff. Bosch used to make good and s****, blue and green, although it's all s**** now. Black and Decker used to make good stuff (although God was wearing short trousers in those days) and only makes s**** now.

I'm now finding that there is no guarantee of getting anything that will be really good (I.e. what used to be heavy trade/industrial) anymore and that Lidl stuff is a hell of a lot better than it should be. Aldi, in my experience is carp.

I think there needs to be a grass roots user movement of people saying what is good or not as we can no longer trust any label.

 

[MrDavidRoberts]

I have found the same ,However all of my kit is now well-researched high-end Makita stuff, can't really fault anything from the 6 cordless tools I have ( impact/jigsaw/drill driver/multitool/grinder/circular saw).
I think I must have spent weeks researching the stuff before I bought it all, there really was only 1 way to go- only the highest&most expensive-end from their tools.

As for the lidl stuff- I stay well clear of it, even they provide excellent value for money and the tools are worth more than their price I would rather have something better if I'm going to use it more than once and something that holds good resale values.

 

[Bodgers]

I have found the same ,However all of my kit is now well-researched high-end Makita stuff, can't really fault anything from the 6 cordless tools I have ( impact/jigsaw/drill driver/multitool/grinder/circular saw).
I think I must have spent weeks researching the stuff before I bought it all, there really was only 1 way to go- only the highest&most expensive-end from their tools.

As for the lidl stuff- I stay well clear of it, even they provide excellent value for money and the tools are worth more than their price I would rather have something better if I'm going to use it more than once and something that holds good resale values.

It really depends what you are buying.

I recently bought a Makita angle grinder. A week later I saw a Parkside angle grinder in a Lidl. Pulling it out of the box it seemed superior in every way- quality of the plastics, switches, metal casting and features (variable speed etc.)

Makita's LB1200F bandsaw also has some serious QA issues.

 

[polomora]

Great to have found this site.

I bought the Bosch PMF 190E multitool. Pile of crap. The first time it broke down, the problem was that the wired connection to the motor's stator broke off, probably due to vibration. I fixed it using my soldering iron. Last week it broke again, this time the problem is something else. I bbought for DIY jobs, thus hardly used, but was outside the guarantee period when it broke down the first time. It comes beautifully packaged in a nicely-designed two-level metal case. Pity that Bosch didn't put the same design effort into the tool itself.

There's an updated version of the Parkside tool now available from Lidl, PMFW 310 D2, which I'll buy this week to replace it. For €29, can't go wrong, and can't be any worse that the Bosch. Pity that Bosch has descended to DIY hell with all the other second-tier tool manufacturers

 

[graduate_owner]

My green Bosch is now about 3 years old, gets occasional use for cutting and sanding, and is still going well. I have had some trouble with Bosch kit ( since buying the multitool) and tend to keep away from Bosch now. I have had no problems with Makita kit, although again, only using them in diy mode. At the time the Bosch was the only one priced under about £70, hence the purchase.

 

[Robbo3]

I bought the Lidl battery version. It's noisy & it vibrates - which is what it's supposed to do, but it one of those tools that when you need it, nothing else will do.