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[Tupers]

Always go with Dremel, my parents bought me one when I was 12 that I was every week end for my model stuff. When I was 18 one of the motor brushes snapped and chewed up the comm so I bought a cheep yellow thing that died with 2 weeks. Since then I've been using a Dremel 300i with a pencil arm on it and it's not let me down yet.

[oli8925]

I have this and it's been good to me so far although I've not had it that long. Only criticism is the cutting discs snap if you breathe on them, don't know if the Dremel is any better for this? My dad has a Rolson one and I'd say that's a lot worse than my Clarke one. If you can afford a proper Dremel though, go for it.

[AVV IT]

I've got a B&Q's own brand cheapo jobby, I've had it for years, it's reliable and does the job fine. Some of the attachments don't last very long, but then it came with so many that if one breaks, or wears out then you simply replace it with another one. It's also interchangeable with dremel tools and attachments, so if you need to use a higher quality and longer lasting attachment with it, then you can do easily.

[Rich.]

Proxxon FBS 240E.

Better than any dremmel, slightly bulkier but its got the extra grunt to go with it. One of the best tools ive every bought, along with the Proxxon Colt 2 drill.

Fabulous little tools if you’re willing to spend the money!

Well regarded as the best power tools you can get for model engineering, my dads a big model engineer, and those boys take precision to the next level!

Rich

[mike.]

I had a halfords one which worked well for a quite a while, in the end the speed adjustment switch broke and it needed taping down to make it work.

I've changed to the clarke one from machinemart now and thats been great so far - The flexible adaptor is very useful aswell