Aldi Grinder reduced - £16.99 (Cardiff Bay)

[monkeymark]

With some items i agree that buying a good quality item is worth the extra money.

But as already said, this grinder is soooo cheap with the features it has I'd rather buy half a dozen of these than a single Makita.

 

[DanielW]

Waste of money, a real grinder from Bosch, Hitachi , Makita will out last bin fulls of these substandard Chinese disposable tools. Look in any skip and you will find one, burnt out windings, or commutator usually, sometimes the switches, and there's no parts so forget repairing them.

Normally I would agree with you but the way I see it is...

Will I be using this tool constanty? no=buy it
Will I be using it constantly yes=don't buy it

Branded tooling only if I get a couple of jobs that will pay for its keep.

There is a site where you can buy spares for the Aldi/Lidl tools to which I have posted on here,granted their tools spares are limited at the moment but they do say its growing depending on how much interest they get for a specific tool part.

As regards to the Angle grinder well its getting on for 9 years+ guess its near time for the brushes to be changed?

 

[Wallace]

Waste of money, a real grinder from Bosch, Hitachi , Makita will out last bin fulls of these substandard Chinese disposable tools. Look in any skip and you will find one, burnt out windings, or commutator usually, sometimes the switches, and there's no parts so forget repairing them.

If you rely on a tool for your living then buying the likes of Bosch, Hitachi, Makita etc would be a foregone conclusion, these Aldi/Lidl tools are aimed at the hobby/DIY market and if they don't last a lifetime so what? At £17 they are pretty much disposable which makes the 3 year warranty laughable especially if postage is involved.

The killer for cheap tools is usually the idiot attached to it and having repaired a fair bit of high end stuff the tool cost doesn't always remove the idiot!

 

[julianf]

As above, its the same old story - if you use the tool to earn you money, then spend the money and buy accordingly. But then anyone using the tool for earning already knows that!

If youre a DIY / occasional to medium user, then the aldi grinder is superb value for money. There's lots of people here saying they have them, but no ones (who has one) is coming up and saying theyre rubbish.


My engraving cutter grinder is about the size of a large toaster. Its list price is about £2k. Noone with any sense would buy one, unless it was earning them money. I have one, as it earns me money.

I also have an aldi grinder, cause it was cheap, and it (continues) to do the job i ask of it. Its not earn't me a penny though! ; )

 

[ford34/2]

At £17 they are pretty much disposable which makes the 3 year warranty laughable especially if postage is involved.

The only time I have claimed on the guarantee, I telephoned them up, was asked If I had the receipt and could I send a copy, I did that, and had a new machine delivered by courier next day, I kept the old one for spares but given the price of their spares could have just paid for a replacement part and had two machines. So, Guarantee and after sales service I cant fault. The big names will extend the warranty-at a cost and it will be more than the price of an Aldi Grinder to extend Bosch or Dewalt warranty.Pays your money takes your pick, I have professional stuff and got and an Aldi grinder as its 240v and the others are 110V. 240 is handy for home but useless on a site. Between my selection theres little to choose in terms of performance.The 110v have had brushes but probably `cause there used more.

Stan

 

[Wallace]

At £17 they are pretty much disposable which makes the 3 year warranty laughable especially if postage is involved.

The only time I have claimed on the guarantee, I telephoned them up, was asked If I had the receipt and could I send a copy, I did that, and had a new machine delivered by courier next day,

That's quite amazing support for such a cheap tool, replacement is probably more cost effective than repair.

 

[droopsnoot]

I had the same with one of their mini-drill dremel-a-like things. Emailed them a copy of the receipt, had a new one arrive a few days later. And it was only a small part that had failed, but they sent the complete kit including all the consumables that are bundled.

 

[DanielW]

That dremel clone is a fierce piece of kit,I used the flexi attachment and the thing took a wobbler and near took my finger off,just shattered in pieces.

Wonder if parkisde does the same as Aldi? my Lidl parkside jigsaws carbo brush holder fell to pieces,not repairable and I only used it twice.

 

[marlinspike]

My neighbour is a builder (he built our extension) and whilst he buys DeWalt, Makita etc. for big gear, like chop saws, he buys Aldi kit for tools he won't use much, like the multi tool or the pipe bender. He told me he had never had a problem with them. Of course the 3 year warranty is a winner for Aldi because it gives people confidence and when a £20 tool breaks after 2 years, most people will just bin it or can't find the receipt.

For me the benefit of a cheap angle grinder is that I can have two on the go for cutting and grinding, instead of swapping discs. If you aren't using them all day long, Aldi tools are good value.

Wish we had a Lidl near us as I have heard good things about their stuff too.

 

[Jan]

The odds are that both Aldi and Lidl (and more than a few others) are sourcing their tool ranges from the same factory, which then puts the relevant badge on them. It's standard practice for a lot of 'own brand' merchandise.

 

[normspanners]

I totally agree with all above about everything, apart from these grinders I use them hard and havnt had a problem.
Well I tell a lie I was in rush to cut some 4" solid ally and used thin disc which clogged and was holding the grinder back as said it was on a time limit it cut it bar for about 3mm which split off with a chisel but the machine was shot. But any machine would have burnt, it did the job, it was the fault of the thing at the end of the handle, not the grinder, and was only £16 as apposed to £90 which it would have cost had it been a top name, plus aldi replaced it!!!

 

[Pete.]

I just picked one up from Aldi Gravesend. Had to pay £19.99 for it but that's still a great price. They have perhaps 30 of them in the store right now.

 

[ford34/2]

Grinder down to£12.99
Pipe benders down to £5.99
Cramlington Aldi 12.30Hrs Sat 20th

let me know if you want one, ???postage what it costs me it costs you.

 

[optima21]

in my local aldi the grinders were still £19.99 this morning, so Im guessing the reductions must be regional

 

[plantlife]

Hi,
Is the grinder an angle grinder? Cheers.
Do you know if they have any sanders in stock also?

Is there many left of the above items left.
Sorry for the questions, my other half is in ashington. So it's just a 10 min run down.

 

[ford34/2]

They had maybe 6+ angle grinders in the cage on the shop floor, Loads of the pipe benders. Monday Dinnertime. Didnt see Sanders, have they been on offer recently.

Stan

 

[plantlife]

hi Stan,

Thanks for that, That's great. I'll ask if she can pop down. I need another grinder, ;-)
Thanks
Andy

 

[ukracer]

Thats why some ebay sellers put the p&p in with the price and state free delivery,it fools some buyers into thinking its cheap.

Its not just that. It then qualifiers for discount and higher results in search engines etc etc etc

Along with all the other hoops Ebay want you to jump through as a seller. lol

 

[DanielW]

I'll wait till they get further reduced,probably next year like but I still have an 9 years? old one of their thats still going

The clue is while stocks last,they always say that and the stuff ends up getting reduced even more to make way for newer ones.

 

[normspanners]

HA beat ya, last one in my aldi ----box was open----- said to the manager things might be missing -----she said how about 9.99----- that will do nicely!!!