Best reasonably priced mixer? - Tile Advice

[One Day]

I had to get my old Rubi 9 out last week after leaving my eibenstock on another job. Honestly, it is utter rubbish compared to the eibenstock. Unwieldy and slow.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

For 10 solid years everything I've ever mixed including plaster, tile adhesive and slc has been with my 800w Bosch SDS. Only now is it making a whining noise but still going.

 

[Unused Account 1]

That erbauer one andys got is awesome and a great price very powerful

 

[WetSaw]

For 10 solid years everything I've ever mixed including plaster, tile adhesive and slc has been with my 800w Bosch SDS. Only now is it making a whining noise but still going.

That's what I used to use too. You'll be surprised how much easier and faster it is with a proper mixer.

 

[aytiling]

I use a cordless Makita drill with paddles from my local. 5AH battery and it lasts most of the day, at least 10 bags.

 

[Perfect Tiling]

Don't buy a mixer!!!!! Iv'e got a Titan SDS plus 240volt drill from Screwfix.....cost me £49 and now it costs just £69. It has plenty of power.....variable speed....2 year warranty and can also be used to drill big holes or remove floor tiles with its chisel setting. It comes with a 12mm chuck so will take plain shank paddles. Iv'e been using mine now for mixing and removing tiles for around 9 years and wouldn't hesitate to get another one the same when it packs in.

 

[One Day]

I've used SDS and cordless drills for mixing.
I've used Aldi / Lidl and Rubi mixers.
They all mix adhesive.
Some last a few days, some several years, but nothing mixes as well or as easily or as quickly as a proper mixer from a real manufacturer.
It's like comparing a Sigma cutter to a B&Q £15 cutter.
Both will cut tiles but.....

anyway, you get the picture.

 

[One Day]

Don't buy a mixer!!!!! Iv'e got a Titan SDS plus 240volt drill from Screwfix.....cost me £49 and now it costs just £69. It has plenty of power.....variable speed....2 year warranty and can also be used to drill big holes or remove floor tiles with its chisel setting. It comes with a 12mm chuck so will take plain shank paddles. Iv'e been using mine now for mixing and removing tiles for around 9 years and wouldn't hesitate to get another one the same when it packs in.

I have the same drill and it weighs an absolute ton!
It's a good drill, but you must be a big fella to use it for mixing?!

 

[aytiling]

I've used SDS and cordless drills for mixing.
I've used Aldi / Lidl and Rubi mixers.
They all mix adhesive.
Some last a few days, some several years, but nothing mixes as well or as easily or as quickly as a proper mixer from a real manufacturer.
It's like comparing a Sigma cutter to a B&Q £15 cutter.
Both will cut tiles but.....

anyway, you get the picture.

What do you mean nothing mixes as well? It either mixes or it doesn’t. My Mikita has been going about 3 years now, changed the brushes once, cost £70. I’m on sites all day so don’t have the luxury of power. (Even when I do the only thing I hook up is my grinder)
I have to carry enough tools around with me without lumping a bloody mixer as well.
I guess it’s different for private tilers, late starts, lazy lunch breaks, early finishes, spin out the job to account for the cost, guess carrying a mixer in, uncoiling it, plugging it in, all adds a bit of wastage time.

 

[Spare Tool]

What do you mean nothing mixes as well? It either mixes or it doesn’t. My Mikita has been going about 3 years now, changed the brushes once, cost £70. I’m on sites all day so don’t have the luxury of power. (Even when I do the only thing I hook up is my grinder)
I have to carry enough tools around with me without lumping a bloody mixer as well.
I guess it’s different for private tilers, late starts, lazy lunch breaks, early finishes, spin out the job to account for the cost, guess carrying a mixer in, uncoiling it, plugging it in, all adds a bit of wastage time.

Bit of a sweeping statement.. How can you say setting up a mixing station is just to drag a job out, a dedicated mixer will actually save you time over the course of a job

 

[Blunt Tool]

What do you mean nothing mixes as well? It either mixes or it doesn’t. My Mikita has been going about 3 years now, changed the brushes once, cost £70. I’m on sites all day so don’t have the luxury of power. (Even when I do the only thing I hook up is my grinder)
I have to carry enough tools around with me without lumping a bloody mixer as well.
I guess it’s different for private tilers, late starts, lazy lunch breaks, early finishes, spin out the job to account for the cost, guess carrying a mixer in, uncoiling it, plugging it in, all adds a bit of wastage time.

I mostly do private work, no late start, maybe a tea break and dinner but probably no more than half an hour a day tops, stick to quote most jobs even when things go pear shaped thru no fault of my own, quote , carry out works to an agreed time limit and must always keep in mind when I need to be at another job and when other trades can follow! I also need to work clean, lay dust sheets upstairs downstairs everyday and tidy up every night.
And I Still find time to mix a full bag of adhesive with the correct amount of water with a purpose built mixer to the correct consistency of manufacturers recommendation, I even find time to clean the bloody thing!!
I’ve yet to find a drill/driver that can mix a full bag on high speed without being powder and lumpy and that’s just one bag and I’ve got Bosch professional 5 amps full kit.

 

[One Day]

What do you mean nothing mixes as well? It either mixes or it doesn’t. My Mikita has been going about 3 years now, changed the brushes once, cost £70. I’m on sites all day so don’t have the luxury of power. (Even when I do the only thing I hook up is my grinder)
I have to carry enough tools around with me without lumping a bloody mixer as well.
I guess it’s different for private tilers, late starts, lazy lunch breaks, early finishes, spin out the job to account for the cost, guess carrying a mixer in, uncoiling it, plugging it in, all adds a bit of wastage time.

You've been spying on me?!

 

[Spare Tool]

You've been spying on me?!

..all them 'real' coffee breaks you take, could nock a mix up while its perculating

 

[One Day]

There's so much more to life than tiling.

 

[Waluigi]

Setting up a mixer? Pull it out the van and start mixing. Done.