ah silverline never fails

[earthman]

Aldi and Lidl use the same suppliers so you get Silverline by proxy, just another brand colour.

Have you actually got any proof of that? Going by the items I've bought, TUV stickers on Lidl tools, not seen that on the odd bit of Silverline stuff that I have for example. Apart from that, once in the hand, the difference in quality/feel is there I feel.

 

[Stueeee]

Probably better to buy tools like these which are made of a stronger material than Silverline use.

 

[ian f]

Probably better to buy tools like these which are made of a stronger material than Silverline use.

poo?

 

[jsf55]

poo?

Chocolate !

 

[earthman]

You need to look at there supply chain, companies such as Silverline buy from a cheap supplier and once they have the equipment installed for a batch run of something they may produce 1M units for Silverline over 3 months, if they have a lull between this run and the beginning of there next run they do small batch runs to keep employees employed and profits coming in, the initial costs have been recouped and profits made, so they simply change something such as there plastics colours to Aldi for example and continue making exactly the same item for Aldi in there colours as they have no capital investments costs and only a change of the coloured plastics to mix with the white plastic pellets to give Aldi colours.

Lots of Silverline and Aldi (and many cheaper brands) are made in this way, this is why companies such as Aldi have a simple when its gone, its gone policy; its a small fill in batch run for a company.

However, the real giveaway is from the parts catalogues when they list spare parts, generic suppliers offer a component for a machine and it tells you which other machines it also fits from (allegedly) different manufacturers and if you have a good borescope many have a model and batch number on the inside, having checked a lot of these numbers they are the same model, from the same factory, and if you understand the numbers it gives a colour code for the plastics and only this is different, and I have knocked a lot of these down and found them.

Last time I looked it was for angle grinders and the same motor supplier (China) supplied the same motors, the gear head castings (Hungary) were supplied to them all, and they were all assembled in a Turkish factory who did the plastic mouldings, so pretty conclusive, and they suppied to over 20 different brands.

Component wise, sure, many items actually come from one or two factories shall we say, I get that so is it just down to how the whole tool is put together?

Or in other words, why haven't any of my Parkside tools from Lidl failed if they truly are using the same motors ect that Silverline use?

 

[Rannsachair]

Much as I agree with the above, I bought a 240v impact wrench like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverstorm-593128-Electric-Impact-Wrench/dp/B014FO4I1I for £25 on an offer and it has taken heaps of abuse and worked well. I have since got a Bosch professional 18v cordless and at times still need to pull out the extension cable and the Silverline. i have even lent it to neighbours and it came back in one piece.

 

[Fraserb]

Much as I agree with the above, I bought a 240v impact wrench like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverstorm-593128-Electric-Impact-Wrench/dp/B014FO4I1I for £25 on an offer and it has taken heaps of abuse and worked well. I have since got a Bosch professional 18v cordless and at times still need to pull out the extension cable and the Silverline. i have even lent it to neighbours and it came back in one piece.

When we have a certain job on at work we need to tighten a lot of m12 bolts in quick succession, tries various cordless impacts and we overheat them all, the cheap ones like mentioned go on no bother, the cables are a pain to get in and out but still quicker than waiting on cordless ones cooling.

 

[brightspark]

the only thing silverline I own is a wind back tool for brake pistons cost a tenner I think and its been used a dozen times .

 

[cheb]

Hilka for the win.

 

[earthman]

Much of it is down to usage and in your environment they don't appear to be working hard, put them in my industrial environment and they wouldn't really last, you may also be a careful user who looks after his tools as well as build quality.

We have found that these fill in batch runs seem to have cured the original build runs problems so I would agree the build/assembly may be better.

I would have thought that the majority of Silverline customers don't use their tools in an industrial environment either yet posts of them breaking etc are mentioned here, more so than Parkside products I feel.

 

[Barking Mat]

Well, I didn't even know I even owned anything silverline until yesterday.

I didn't buy it, a private client, constructed an overhead rolling gantry crane to take out his boat engine, for a complete rebuild, with a block and tackle in the middle.

When the job was finished he gave me the lot.

Half ton silverline block and tackle.

Second time I've used it, performed faultlessly.

There you go.

Something positive to say.