Buying Guides

What should you look for when buying screwdrivers? Our guide covers ratchet screwdrivers and bitsets.

Which cordless circular saw is best for you? Use our buying guide to help you decide.

This buying guide will help you choose the best jobsite radio for your needs.

Considering a cordless grinder? Be sure to read our buying guide to help you make the best choice.

Which should you choose? Drill or combi? Impact or hammer? Use our buying guide to help you make the right choice.

Further to our recent article on the brand new Bosch GOP 250CE professional, Bosch's foray into the corded multicutter market, here is our rough guide to buying blades for your GOP.

In this buying guide we help you decide which cordless jigsaw is best for you.

Choosing the best laser for your applications is vital.

UPDATED on 12th October 2011.

Multi-cutters have been around for a few short years, now, but for many tradespeople they're the proverbial "get out of jail free" card. It appears that for those jobs your "regular" professional power tools aren't quite right for, a multi-cutter can come to your rescue.

The BBC published an interesting article on their website entitled "How high-visibility took over Britain".

What should you consider when choosing your new DeWalt router? Our buying guide gives you the facts.

On this week's podcast we combine our usual banal chat with news that we're visiting Bosch and DeWalt next week, so get your questions in for us to ask them on our Facebook Page, plus we were joined by Malcolm Kilpatrick from Bosch, and asked him to explain how users should decide which drill bit to buy that will most effectively drill into tiles.

Buying the correct blade for circular and/or mitre saw is essential for safety; yours and that of the product your're cutting!

In this buying guide we'll show you how to choose the correct circular saw blade for your power tool and for the job you're undertaking.

Some products are destined to be a hit.

One size doesn't fit all. It never does, not really. And especially not for our power tool consumables such as jigsaw (or sabre/recip saw) blades.

If you're in the market for a mitre saw there a loads of things you will need to consider before parting with your hard eraned cash.  In this guide, Neil from Toolstop, tries to assist.

Focus DIY have compiled a report of British consumers, and have reported "a whopping 84% of DIY enthusiasts admit to using kitchen cutlery to finish a job, while 43% use their fingernails and 24% use pennies. Some of those unable to find the right tool chose to use a nail file instead (14%), with 13% choosing to use shoes and 4% trying oven gloves". It seems that we British believe it'll save us cash to use whatever we can find lying around than actually buying the right tools for the job.