Recent content by shagster

Never owned XGT kit, but I suspect the chance of them being physically identical to LXT would be zero, based on the ensuing problems if you cross-connected them.

Indeed, there are various ones cropping up on aliexpress for instance https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007014616321.html However none on Banggood, which I consider a slightly up-market version of Ali. The quality looks a bit dubious. I'd expect a more substantial grommet arrangement on the...

Probably a little early to tell, but hit the leylandii in a big way today. 3-400 cuts from 5mm up to about 30mm. It takes a few goes to get through the big branches, if you keep pulling the trigger repeatedly it often gets through. The thing heated up a bit but not much. I followed the...

The Bravobro also arrived, took just 9 days. Already got me in trouble with the other half for making a mess in the garden, chopping stuff up with this thing is addictive, will save me so much time over using the loppers. I think I may buy another set at that price just to have on standby in...

People often say 'you get what you pay for' which I generally disagree with, but for the multi-tool blades you have to buy branded or they only last 5 minutes, particularly if you're going anywhere near any nails. I have the Makita LXT multi-tool but I always buy Bosch blades which seemed to...

One would have to be a bit simple to think that's a Makita pruner. It's not as if they are misrepresenting anything and it doesn't say Makita on it. The brand is clearly Bravobro. There are now a huge number of these devices that are not made by Makita connecting to Makita-compatible...

Whereas I just pulled the trigger (pardon the pun) on the Bangood one. https://www.banggood.com/BRAVOBRO-30mm-Cordless-Electric-Scissors-Pruning-Shears-4-Gear-Adjustable-Tree-Branch-Pruner-For-Makita18V-Battery-p-1752048.html Will also let you know how it goes.

Yes, I get that but for the Bosch one it's the oddest thing I've seen. Some importers have it: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184901698543 I can find it on the Bosch website only for the Oman region: https://www.bosch-professional.com/om/en/products/pro-pruner-06019K1020 Video: A comparison with...

It doesn't look like that deal is available to me. But I can't go for the bare, need the batteries and charger, and that pushes up the price a fair bit towards the Milwaukee, which may be a better deal when you take into account cheaper batteries: £229...

I used to have the bosch glue pen in green with the USB charger but I got a bit annoyed with it. Never charged when I needed it. I switched to Makita battery compatible amazon one and decided not to buy tools with integrated battery in the future. I'm sure I'll be more interested in those...

Yeah, I'm in the UK, but watched a lot of reviews for these shears from US and AU so I think that's where 20v comes from. Thanks for the clarification.

The dewalt one I was looking at was https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEWALT-DCMPP568N-XJ-Handheld-Cutting-Capacity/dp/B0B3N53RC2 But I'm not familiar with the batteries, and there also seems to be a 20v one. Why it's only 2v difference I have no idea.

As a Makita lover I've tried hard to justify dropping £600 on a bare DUP180Z. I can't. So I have a few options: Bosch pruner (using the 12v system). It's a little odd that these are only available from Ebay and Aliexpress making me wonder if they're all actually fake. It's a nice idea...

I can steal the heavy duty shelf from under my existing kitchen oven, and I can replace it with the new not-so-heavy-duty-but-good-enough one. The new-style oven support is sold separately: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/utrusta-bracket-for-oven-galvanised-10301960/ That gives me one decent...

I started off this week-end with a fairly straightforward project idea. An 80cm x 200cm space on the wall where I want to put a cupboard, with a couple of printers. Except they're heavy. And so I wanted shelves that are a little more sturdy than the usual shelves which just rest on some rods...