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Dremel tools - thoughts?
After 30+ years of thinking how cool it would be to have a Dremel, I am finally going to pull the trigger!
Anybody have input...should I spend the big bucks and get the most powerful one? Is cordless the way to go? I think the best one (kit) at Walmart is around $100. And then I need to get a grout removal attachment too.
Any input is appreciated.
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They're very handy to have. I had a Dremel a long time ago, lent it to somebody, and never got it back. Now I have the Harbor Freight rotary tool and it works pretty good too. My brother has used it to port a number of small engine heads and various other things without issue. I paid like $20 for it.
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I used these everyday at one time deburring parts. I you plan to use it a bit go corded and variable speed.
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They are handy for sure. Don't use mine alot but it's still a nice tool to have.
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Buy the best one you can afford. They always come in Handy. Depending on what you are planning to use it for, there are a lot of attachments. I'm fairly certain that the attachments work with all models but double check to make sure you're good to expand in the future.
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I love mine, I couldn't imagine life with out it.
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The cordless ones are easier to use, especially for finer work. But for re-grouting, I'd go with corded - battery capacity is not that long.
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I have an older one we use for the RC car racing. You can grind, cut and drill with them. I guess I’d call it a light duty tool.
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For grout, maybe a rotozip would work best. The dremel doesn’t have great torque, just high rpm.
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I've killed both dremels & rotozips. Never had cordless & wonder if itd have preserved there life if they were cordless.
personally the dremel was much easier regarding customer service help and less expensive overall for accessories/rebuilding.
For the minimal increased performance of rotozip compared to the dremels, I'd rather have a dremel.
Buy the best corded dremel with kit as it'll be cheapest route and open you up to whatever ya most likely need to accomplish with it.