I have these too, can't complain.
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I have these too, can't complain.
eLuSiVeMiTe
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Get a howdens account of you can.
Much cheaper to buy a bulk box from them.
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They have there uses.
Pita for me. You need to be plumb to the fixing to use and not always possible when working in confined spaces. Good quality posi gives you a bit of wriggle room and not changing bits everytime you pick a different sized screw is a big plus.
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how much cheaper? I buy the bulk tubs from toolstation
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Not sure. Need to grab some more next time I visit so il let you know.
What's here plus 6x100 mm
Is just over 35 quid I think. Poss 40
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Sc...6/Reisser+Cutter+Pozi+Screw+Trade+Pack/p64512
What's here plus 6x100 mm
Is just over 35 quid I think. Poss 40
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Sc...6/Reisser+Cutter+Pozi+Screw+Trade+Pack/p64512
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cheers I get these tubs
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60639
works out cheaper and u get 2 free bits!
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Depends if you need that many in one size lol. I always need a mix. Il see what there prices are on big tubs next time.
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I fill up my portable boxes and keep the big tubs in the garage ;-)
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Trouble is I use every size and more in that pack. Better off buying multi packs more often for me than big buckets unless I'm doing a lot of one particular job.
Use gold screws from SF often. Almost as good as rieser. Nice positive location of the bit and no cam out. Also cheaper.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/goldscrew-pz-double-countersunk-woodscrews-trade-pack-1400-pcs/69034
Use gold screws from SF often. Almost as good as rieser. Nice positive location of the bit and no cam out. Also cheaper.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/goldscrew-pz-double-countersunk-woodscrews-trade-pack-1400-pcs/69034
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I prefer the turbo gold myself
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cost is a trade off mate.
About the cheapest decent screws going.
Spax are always good but again way overpriced.
Might have another look at wurth see what they can do in bulk for me.
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yeh tell me about it I only use them for personal stuff! but have not purchased them for ages as I hate screwfix now!
Reisser Retinox are lovely stainless screws and they don't shear off like some stainless. Our local Gibbs and Dandy always display them with RRP and some of the bigger sizes are £80+ a box! Stupid really as when they look up the prices they are less than half that.
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Yes that makes sense, obviously the offset will wear the interface more than an in line so a good quality bit / screw is crucial.
The torx ones from SF are a reasonably wide range of screw sizes per bit size so its not been a trouble to me.. although I admit I have climbed a long way up a ladder balancing a length of gutter, clips, screws and a battery drill... then all the way down, change the bit... repeat until fed up!
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what sort of daft idea is that, its like suggesting I keep my glasses with me!
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Ditto that. I found the Draper Expert Torx bits are excellent for sustained impact use. Purely by accident, as I couldn't lay hands on an impact-rated one so just used one out of the set for bashing in concrete screws. Many, many dozens of screws later, it was starting to look a little twisted on the splines, so I bought a couple of replacements, which are available seperately.
This contrasts markedly with another make which I thought was a lot tougher, but turned out to be made of roasted cheese.
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Luckily for me, the only woodscrews my local stocks are Reisser. I've been trawling through my boxes of old van stock that I'd amassed while on the road and came across several boxes of various-sized anonymous screws I'd acquired sometime, somewhen. The quality varies tremendously, some of them are so bad I now recall why they were tossed in the box and forgotten about. Others are ok, but nothing to write home about.
I'll stick with Reisser from now on. It's not like they cost a packet and are pretty damn good.
On the subject of PZ bits - I'm still working my way through a couple of Tic-Tac packs of Makits bits I bought years ago. I get the odd one that doesn't last, but most of them do fine.
