Draper or Dremel Multi Tool?

Which one?

  • Draper

    Votes: 10 66.7%
  • Dremel

    Votes: 5 33.3%

  • Total voters
    15
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PeteXXX

Cake or ice cream? The choice is endless ...
Location
Hamtun
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Draper

Or..

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Dremel
 

gbb

Legendary Member
Location
Peterborough
Id go cheap unless you're going to get some serious use out of the Dremel.
I have an older dremel, variable speed, its over 15 years old...but then hasnt seen much work and i cant think if i ever used it at home (it saw modestly regular use at work)
Replace the Draper 4 times to equal the price if the Dremel. If its just general, occasional, hobbyists use, Draper without a doubt for me
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
We used to use a Dremel at work in our engineering department. A very useful and adaptable piece of kit which got some hard use without failing. For home use I use an Aldi multi tool, cheap and cheerful but not a patch on the Dremel for ergonomics and build quality. ( we used to have a special high speed tool for undercutting the insulation between commutator segments. This took small diamond coated blades @ £14 each. When the tool broke we tried a Dremel with standard abrasive discs. Although the standard discs weren’t as long lasting as the diamond, they were cheap as chips by comparison and did an excellent job )
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
Unless you need cordless, go for the Draper.

I'm still using one i got from Woolies about 15 years ago. It cost £7.50. I also have the Aldi cordless 'dremmel' which cost about £20. The Woolies one is better, probably because its mains powered.
 

Cycleops

Legendary Member
Location
Accra, Ghana
I'd probably go for the 'north of the border' choice. In fact I have a similar cheapie bought years ago which is still working but the mains Dremel suggested by @SydZ looks like a no brainer.
The ones that work off a power supply have significantly less power.
 

Ian H

Ancient randonneur
I have the Draper. Be careful to tighten the arbors properly or they'll spin and wear and rapidly become unusable. I complained to Draper and they sent me a whole box of replacement bits, which I'd regard as good service.
 

Jody

Stubborn git
Have Dremels really gone up that much in price?

Sure I only paid about 50 quid for mine last summer.
 
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