Lidl Tools

[iain1067]

Just bought myself a pair of 220mm long end cutters £1.89 nice tool for doing up clips especially the cv boot type.

[Rusty]

Sweet. You also had to go to Lidls, not so sweet, does that make it sour?

[iain1067]

I actually quite like Lidl lots of different things each week, most of it crap though, mind you Lidl black bin liners are the best i have ever found

[mcandmar]

I picked up a little air compressor from Lidl, it was cheap and cheerful but its surprising how often i use it

[s2_bo]

Sweet. You also had to go to Lidls, not so sweet, does that make it sour?

Andy! I'm socked! lets not forget our Lidls missions in the last few years in Adenau. You didnt do any complaining then when beers were only 40p each

[Acidburn]

Yup I found lidl's was cheapest for bud over here when I used to go

@ bo - what are you socked about

[robert_n]

In aldi i've seen angle grinders for £5 and welders for £30ish. Not only do i assume they'd be useless but I imagine tools that cheap may be pretty dangerous.

[chezz]

> In aldi i've seen angle grinders for £5 and welders for £30ish. Not only do i assume they'd be useless but I imagine tools that cheap may be pretty dangerous.


Totally lethal, once the grinders are turned to the on position there is no spring return on the switch, so in the event of an accident...

[Acidburn]

yup my mate had one of the grinders, the disc shattered and cut all round his left arm and left leg whilst he was working underneath the back end of a beemer

[mikeraz1]

> In aldi i've seen angle grinders for £5 and welders for £30ish. Not only do i assume they'd be useless but I imagine tools that cheap may be pretty dangerous.


Totally lethal, once the grinders are turned to the on position there is no spring return on the switch, so in the event of an accident...

I used a cheap angle grinder once. I'll never go near one again, totaly F*****g lethal.

[BrianSmith_S2]

Only tools i have bought from lidles were 110% completely safe, a set of 7-20mm combination spanners

Only £1.99 for the set which i thought was good value, even tho it was just the 17mm spanner i required when i was fitting my front wishbones

[steve1234]

Theres a saying in life you get what you pay for!!! quality comes at a premium!!! some of the stuff is ok, usually cooking utensils and not tools!!!

[S2central.net]

LIDL for tools - OMGFG - there really must be a credit crunch on. Seriously though you do have to question the quality there. Emergency use only in my opinion. Cheap tools are false economy. I'd certainly never buy an el cheapo brand of power tool.