Titan Thin Cutting Disk From Screwfix?

[Wendelspanswick]

Run out of cutting disks and I see that Screwfix do Titan 1mm disks, £2.11 for 3 if you buy 3 packs or more.
Works out at 70p each.
Any opinion on them?
http://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-metal-cutting-discs-115-x-1-x-22-2mm-pack-of-3/7600d

 

[Paul.]

Never used them but looks like an imported cheapo to me, If you only need a couple to get you out of bother then give them a try, but 70p is not cheap, I pay 42p for 3M cutting discs from a trade supplier.

 

[500e]

What sort of quantity Paul

 

[langy]

You will get much better mileage out of a good brand like Kroneflex, they are slightly dearer but last 3 times as long

 

[Paul.]

What sort of quantity Paul

They come in packs of 25, usually I buy them 50 at a time, the price is the same for 1 pack or 2, buy a hundred and they get even cheaper

 

[mike 109444]

Wendel if you travel into Bristol via A4 then there is a store in Brislington called "proper job" They have Eclipse discs for 80p each (sold loose) I find them very good. Not as cheep to buy as some of the others being mentioned.

 

[MoreWellie]

Pretty sure it was titan I tried, lots of black dust plus they wore out at least twice as fast as the dronco evolution disks

 

[ukracer]

It wont hep you much BUT I used some disks from Neilsen I think they cost be about 25 p each and my mates used some when they ran out and thought they cut well and lasted as long as the others they had paid a lot more for.

I tried the titan ones and they were not as good IMHO. I will be doing some back to back tests with branded ones soon I hope.

 

[sardine]

Maybe we could get a bulk order together on the forum ? I would be up for a hundred 115 mm thin disks if we could get around 40 / 50 p.

 

[ukracer]

Maybe we could get a bulk order together on the forum ? I would be up for a hundred 115 mm thin disks if we could get around 40 / 50 p.

The problem is the shipping. As I can get a decent price and they seem to be quite useable to me I looked at selling a few to fund some of my testing etc but as with so many things these days shipping is a killer.

 

[ukracer]

Doing some checking on prices and I found this site. http://dlgtools.co.uk/thin-metal-cutting-discs---1mm?filter_name=CT2931

Now I cant get through on the phone to check but I am sure these are sold in packs of 20. It allows free shipping to be added so in theory after adding Vat my maths says they would be delivered at under 17 pence each.

As I say I had some titan and some more expensive ultra thin from screwfix and they were certainly no better that the Neilsen ones.

Anyway even at Trade the price I would pay is now 30 pence plus VAT so how these are being sold at less than 18 pence is beyond me.

I think they have made a mistake as this http://dlgtools.co.uk/index.php?route=product/search&filter_name=Ct1646 from the same place I would get the discs, would cost me £55 plus vat so they add 20 quid before tax and shipping (even if we assume shipping is free)

I might even grab some 17 pence discs while they have the offer on....lol

 

[sardine]

I bough the entire bin of 125 mm thin disks from Aldi, a couple of years ago, I've got about 10 left, they worked out at 14 p each, they're OK but the quality varies, and compared to the best brands they wear down awful fast. So I'm saying cheap brands are not worth it if you want to do serious work.

Silverline disks are the consistency of soggy biscuits.

 

[sardine]

The problem is the shipping. As I can get a decent price and they seem to be quite useable to me I looked at selling a few to fund some of my testing etc but as with so many things these days shipping is a killer.

Hermes are cheap, a hundred disks could go for £5 or so?

 

[ukracer]

Hermes are cheap, a hundred disks could go for £5 or so?

Thing is even that is 5 pence per disc. ....

 

[sardine]

You have to pay for delivery, hopefully the bulk saving would cover that.