Is it worth a punt?

[Malvern]

Hi. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience or comments of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251299629156?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 they are listed virtually every day and I've seen them go for as little as £110 although they normally seem to be up around £180.
Many thanks.
Martin

 

[normspanners]

funny i was lookin at the tigs from them, only this morning and was going to ask the same Q

 

[cumbriasteve]

I can't imagine any warranty claims will be much fun, especially if they require you to ship the item back to them.

Apart from the expense, Italy for some reason is not known as one of the best destinations for safe arrival of parcels, many ebayers now refuse to sell to Italy due to the frequent lost parcels claims they are hit with.

Cheap enough if it works and continues working.

 

[grahew]

Plasma

Hi. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience or comments of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251299629156?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 they are listed virtually every day and I've seen them go for as little as £110 although they normally seem to be up around £180.
Many thanks.
Martin

Can I save you your time and money, I have GOT THE 60AMP one of these and is currently in for repair! In a nut shell it is rated at 60 Amp and will cut through 16mm Mild Steel.!...............IF and I do mean IF you can cut through 5-6mm best of luck its well over rated and if you would like to buy mine when it is repaired you can have it for £150 and 6 months warranty remaining!............

My next Plasma Cutter is going to be a HYPERTHERM: I've learn my lesson you get what you pay for.

 

[dannyp]

I have one of these. for the money it's a bloody good machene, don't pay much attention to the claims on the adverts tho the TM 60 is not actualy 60 amp it admits to being 50 A but the model name is deceptive.

i bought it mainly for 6mm and thinner it will cut 10 but it's painfully slow and the cut isn't very nice. on the plus side it's spot on for what i wanted, cuts sheet lovely, relativly small and light weight so can carry it about, runs off genny fine and it was cheep enough so no need to be presious about it.

but it dose suck donkey balls compared to the cebora

 

[Shox Dr]

I've had one of their 50amp plasma cutters for a couple of yrs. great bit of kit. It will happily cut 5/8" all be it with slag. Anything under that is childs play

Just another rebadged version of an R-tech, so parts ect won't be a problem

 

[Malvern]

Thanks guys for your comments, seems like its luck of the draw as to whether it breaks down and I realise the warranty is probably useless due to shipping it back to Italy. On the plus side I can't see me using it for anything above 6mm. Well I'm away a week on Tuesday for three weeks so I can have a good think.

 

[jeremy]

I bought one of these two weeks ago, £140 all in, payed by paypal arrived three days later. It looks fine for the money, That said i've been to busy to change the plug on it and try it, So here's hoping it's ok. It will only be used for car body work and occasional 4to 6mm plate.

 

[graffian]

I bought one of their cut60[50A] things about a year ago, shockingly I plugged it in and it worked and still works!
I was going to say, can you get better for 175 including shipping? But I clearly overpaid if they are flogging them for 140.

 

[ronan]

What would you get if you spent twice the money ? Anything with a decent name or bit of quality about it ?