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i was having a long chat to the area 'chief service engineer' for the leading power tools companies today and he told me this............
if you buy a dewalt, flymo, makita or bosch, briggs & stratton and some other brands from the 'bigorangeshed', you wont get it repaired if it breaks within warranty. they may refund or exchange but when its out of warranty your stuffed!
the reason is that the electronics like the trigger switches, motors etc are not those you will find in the same machine bought at say a regular tool supplier. the components used are made in china (despite the obvious) or the far east to a lesser spec than the oem version but not to the same spec standard as the original tool made by those brands.
subsequently those parts required for the repair will never be able to be sourced. in most cases, the repair center will refuse to under-take any repair thats within warranty with those goods!!!!
the conclusion is;- sold cheaper because the parts inside are 'tat' althogh holding the same brand name on the case making you believe you bought at a bargain price!! maybe said shed has bought under license the right to use the name?
another one;- sparky diamond core drills.........
use the same quality parts to equal or higher spec than bosch, are a leading supplier of power tools but lesser 'branding name'
a new clutch for a bosch=£86+
a sparky clutch £20 all in (remember-same quality and build)
A1 refurbed sparky with 3 cores (returns from screwfix) 1 year warranty £120inc
reason for returns- damaged clutch..as these are designed to run in 'speed #1' (speed #2 for steel drilling)
just thought i would pass on todays in depth findings
if you buy a dewalt, flymo, makita or bosch, briggs & stratton and some other brands from the 'bigorangeshed', you wont get it repaired if it breaks within warranty. they may refund or exchange but when its out of warranty your stuffed!
the reason is that the electronics like the trigger switches, motors etc are not those you will find in the same machine bought at say a regular tool supplier. the components used are made in china (despite the obvious) or the far east to a lesser spec than the oem version but not to the same spec standard as the original tool made by those brands.
subsequently those parts required for the repair will never be able to be sourced. in most cases, the repair center will refuse to under-take any repair thats within warranty with those goods!!!!
the conclusion is;- sold cheaper because the parts inside are 'tat' althogh holding the same brand name on the case making you believe you bought at a bargain price!! maybe said shed has bought under license the right to use the name?
another one;- sparky diamond core drills.........
use the same quality parts to equal or higher spec than bosch, are a leading supplier of power tools but lesser 'branding name'
a new clutch for a bosch=£86+
a sparky clutch £20 all in (remember-same quality and build)
A1 refurbed sparky with 3 cores (returns from screwfix) 1 year warranty £120inc
reason for returns- damaged clutch..as these are designed to run in 'speed #1' (speed #2 for steel drilling)
just thought i would pass on todays in depth findings
