I cant count the times its bailed me out. I never thought I would own one in a million years and trying to hit free shipping on an order I pulled the pin on a Makita LXT cordless version. They are a lame tool that is too often being used for a precision tool, I dont really know how there would be a need to shop for one unless you had a need for a specific task. Last edited by Charles Wiggins 09-16-2020 at 11:30 AM. So, I am looking for a reasonably reliable brand with easy, tool-less attachment change, that will accept most aftermarket attachments, and inexpensive as possible. Right now they have very little select in Dremel brand and no one around here has Imperial. We have a HF, and a poorly stocked sLowe's, so having a tool with limited attachment options isn't good. Other aftermarket blades don't work because the head on the mounting post is too small.įor what we do and no more than we use it, those two blade brands are expensive, and I live in a tool desert. Then I learned that the attachment mount only works with Dremel and Imperial One-Fit. So, I started my research, and after watching the only real head-to-head test and review that I could find on YouTube (which is two years old), I thought I wanted the Dremel MM45. I have a little under 90 days to return it. The cutter would just flop around loosely like the drive was completely broken. We got a replacement, but while I was doing that a bystander said that he was on his second one.

Something in the drive mechanism, I guess. After the first few seconds it would stop oscillating. I liked it, generally - reasonably powerful, tool-less blade change, soft start, 6-speed, but right out of the box it had a problem. I bought the new Bauer from HF to get us by. We're using the multi-tool a lot right now doing renovations, but when we're done with that it will sit for months, so I don't want to spend a mint on it, but I need something relatively reliable. I keep having to buy replacement posts because the hex hole wears out, and even when the post is new it takes a lot of force to hold the blades in place and my wife just can't do it. I am looking to replace an older Fein Multimaster with the hex key post to hold the blades. Question: Which oscillating multi-tool(s) do you have and what do you like and not like about it?

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