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39 of 42 persons found the following review helpful.
Works great.
By J. Aslanian
This tool works as expected, flawlessly. I picked up two high speed cutters for use on a habit air filter backplate. Speed variability seems like it would fit anyone’s needs. The cord on it was around 3-4′ long. The bits with it are nice, but if you are looking for something in peculiar you may in all likelihood find a more suitable one. Only complaint is that it doesn’t always seem to turn on at the lowest setting. This isn’t actually a problem since you may turn it on higher and slow it down. I am not sure if I got one with a finicky switch or not. Regardless I would buy again.
Got it from a local merchant because I didn’t want to wait for shipment, nonetheless amazon was cheaper.
15 of 16 humans found the following review helpful.
nice little powerhouse
By Nicholas Batignani
i thought i would regret not going to the 4000 but i don’t think i would detect the differnce anymore, it’s small, fast and powerful. And for less than the 4000
83 of 104 persons found the following review helpful.
Poor quality, contempt for customers
By Steve Thompson
I have purchased 3 Dremel tools over the years, and none has stood up to moderate use. Usually the speed control goes: either the tool will only run at top speed, or, in the current 300-series models, it quits altogether. Also, the ball bearings Dremel boasts when it comes to are not sealed, so they fail due to the dust from whatsoever you’re cutting or grinding getting into them.
No other power tool is so fragile or short-lived: you may get a decent 3/8″ electric drill or an angle grinder for when it comes to the same amount of money, and they’ll last forever. If drills failed so easily, the clients would riot and not a single soul would buy the company’s product. To be fair, I’ve had the same experience with a Ryobi rotary tool I purchased in regards to ten years ago. But it was cheap — only regarding $20 — so I didn’t feel rather so shafted when it stopped working.
With the Dremel, you recompense a high price for a shoddy product. If you could replace the parts that go bad, that might be bearable. It used to be that you could buy substitute parts. Of course, you couldn’t just replace the ball bearings with decent sealed ones — because you couldn’t get them off the armature. You had to buy a whole new armature.
But now, you don’t even have that option. Dremel has stopped making alternate parts available!
So now, when the machine packs up, that’s it: your highpriced Dremel is now a piece of useless disposable junk. Your investment is down the toilet. Dremel talks a big game when it comes to quality, etc., but they treat their clients with utter contempt.
As for me, I guess I’m going to have to bite the bullet and shell out hundreds for a Foredom or something equivalent. They’re even more expensive, and they’re not as easy to use for my purposes, but they have a reputation for keeping up. We’ll see.
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