Multi Tool. Who Has One?

[d2dave]

I am considering purchasing a multi tool. Are they as good as the ads say they are?

I thought I might get one of these.

Makita LXMT02ZB 18V Multitool Bare Tool LXMT025 Lithium | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Makita-LXMT02ZB-18V-Multitool-Bare-Tool-LXMT025-Lithium-/130819994396?pt=AU_Sport_Camping_Hiking_Tools&hash=item1e757ab31c)

[Gary S11]

Brilliant, I have and use heaps, a Bosch, 240v job..even used it to day, by biggest use is plunge cutting I.e today cutting a section of quad out of a corner to fit tiles..there is in my job of running a maintenance business no end of uses that it gets used for...along with my cordless drill, grinder, reciprocating, and cutoff saw one of the most used, and often no other tool will do what I need it for ...Gary

[Brad110]

I have a Fein and is 10 years old used to use it daily building and repairing wooden boats. Once you have one you wondered how you got on. Only tool to sand in tight places. They really punch above their weight.

The only problem with mine is 240v so I would go cordless next time.

The other thing is Check the cost of consumables, sanding pads and blades.

I bought a cheap adapter to allow me to use Bosch bits which are cheaper.


When I bought mine two of my shipwright mates bought them after borrowing mine. ( And they cost $450 then) Now I have tool envy over your cordless model.....

[Blknight.aus]

Havent got one personally, as a mechanics they aint much good at un rattling wheelnut.

however.

Dads got one and uses it for a lot of his fine wood working jobs

Ive borrowed one more than once to get some small jobs done that I dont do often enough to justify purchasing one.

Would I buy one for next time we move and SWMBO wants to renovate? Yep.

From what I understand, the most important things are the quality of the bearings in the head and the quality of the attachments.

[Marshall]

There's a write up in this months "handyman" mag you can get from bunnings
on the different multitools. I have the Ryobi one, simply because the battery is the same as my drills, recip saw and a few other bits.

I like it

[alittlebitconcerned]

I have used a Bosch 240v nearly every week for years.
One of the most usefull tools I own.

[sheerluck]

I've got an el-cheapo Ozito one from Bunnings. I only got the cheapie because I thought it was going to be a use it once and chuck it to the back of the cupboard kind of purchase.
However, it's been used quite a lot, and I'll be replacing it with a cordless one if it dies (2 year warranty says it shouldn't).

[amtravic1]

I am a builder and have owned a Fein for more than ten years and also have a Ryobi cordless one. The cordless one is much more useful however they are good for specific jobs only. Dont know what work the other people replying do but I only use mine for maybe 10 minutes a week doing renovations and maintenance.
Beware - the blades are very expensive versus the wear, use time from them.
I can easily wear out a $30.00 blade in a few minutes.

If you have a specific use for one then buy it but be prepared to pay the cost of the blades.

[Homestar]

Don't buy a cheap cordless version, they have no grunt, and last about 2 minutes between charges. I bought one when I did my floors to cut back the arcs, and I couldn't do more than one arc between charges...

I would think the Makita one should be ok, but if you plan to use it a lot and for hard work, I would get a 240 volt version.

[Gary S11]

Further to my below reply, buy your self a small file set and using the triangle file re sharpen your own blades, saves heaps of money...

[blue_mini]

The smallest cordless one to get is the 18v one.
A 12v one works okay but considerably slower at cutting.

The kind of tool where there fantastic at certain jobs, I have a 12v aeg one, great but slow. I prefer to use other tools then a multitool to finish the job off when another tool won't do the job.

There's enough adaptors going round to convert between all the different types of blades except dremel. They have a unique fitment.

[d2dave]

The smallest cordless one to get is the 18v one.
A 12v one works okay but considerably slower at cutting.

The kind of tool where there fantastic at certain jobs, I have a 12v aeg one, great but slow. I prefer to use other tools then a multitool to finish the job off when another tool won't do the job.

There's enough adaptors going round to convert between all the different types of blades except dremel. They have a unique fitment.

If you open the link in my OP you will see that I am going for 18volt Makita.

My reason being is I already have a lot of 18 volt Makita stuff.

Ok all you previous posters. Can you list some of the jobs you use them for.