New dremel - Hope I did the right thing...

[Olson Burry]

Went out today with some money in my pocket for supplies - glue, blades etc. Thought if I found the right one I'd buy a dremel for around £40.

I had my heart set on the dremel 300 but could I find it anywhere? Focus. For £50. pfft.

I wouldn't have minded but even after I gave all my charm and even said to the guy I could get it cheaper on line and could I have a discount (£5/£10 would have done me) It was a no. Also they dont sell the spare bits for it there and they have to be ordered on-line anyway. Apparently.

I went everywhere and even my favourite little hardware shop didnt have it, or had cheap knock offs without variable speed which looked quite tacky. In fact dremels seem to be quite hard to come by down here...

So I came back empty handed and in a momentary burst of frustrated ingenuity I've just placed an order on amazon. It was £31.99inc delivery.

I dont even know if its any good. I should have asked the good people here first but please dont tell me I've shot myself in the foot. That would be a crap end to the day.

Cheers!

[Jaakko]

Yes the 300 series Dremel is good, I have had one for about two years and its seen some heavy use and works wonderfully

[Eyes_Only]

Its a corded version so it should last a long time. I have the cordless type and I killed the battery in just one month. Now it wont even take a charge.

[wolfie]

i had a cordless dremel once, it was the 9.2v it think, it was like a week on the market when i got it, was a brute of a lil thing, but the batterys in em don't last too long =(

[mossy123]

u should of tried b and q thay do 1 for £24.99 with a stand and loads of extra bits cheap as chips m8