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[macten]

Well after 8 years of hammer my Rotozip died in spectacular fashion today in a shower of sparks and 150 mph projectile bearings.
Thank god I was outside or I reckon the bath I'd just put in would have been peppered with holes.
Got myself a shiny new Bosch one on it's way and I'm quite excited - not bought any power tools in ages.

 

[Old Mod]

Bosch one???
What's that then Nick?

 

[macten]

 

[p4ulo]

Oooh, that looks nice. Do us a review when you start using it please, I can see a place for that in my tool-kit.
How much?

 

[Old Mod]

U'd better be quick then @p4ulo,
It's discontinued, anything from £100-£300

bosch gtr 30 ce - Google Search

 

[macten]

Got mine for £120.
I've used my rotozip on almost every job and I wouldn't want to be without it and from what I can tell this will be better.

Slightly more power than my Rotozip
This has variable speed and my rotozip didn't
This also has a soft start - the rotozip could twist your wrist on start up
I normally only use this bit:

but I shall try out the dry core bits too.

 

[Old Mod]

Does urs come with any accessories Nick?
Like dust extraction hose?
If so where D'u get urs from, if u don't mind mate?

 

[Italy]

sorry @macten .
but have strongly opposed.
measures cutters too limited
small holes ok, but large holes .......

 

[Italy]

sorry @macten .
but have strongly opposed.
measures cutters too limited
small holes ok, but large holes .......

I had considered a few years ago, but here in Italy the smaller holes for water have 35mm !!!

 

[macten]

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Comes with a few bits - I have all the accessories for my Rotozip but only used them a couple of times - too much hassle lol
I'm going to stock up on enough diamond router bits to last the lifetime of the new tool for fear of them being hard to track down in the future.
I'm on a bathroom refit at the moment and used my rotozip for cutting 120mm diameter circle for extractor - that's when it detonated.
Hopefully new on comes early next week because I've got about 50 holes to drill into porcs and loads of cut outs at the back of toilet/basin units and that's when you don't want to be without it.