DIY & Tools reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars·13 reviews

Achieving a swirl-free, mirror-like finish on your car's paintwork is one of the most satisfying results in automotive detailing — but it is also a task where the wrong tool...

4.5 out of 5 stars·14 reviews

For contractors who install fixings in concrete and masonry day in and day out, 10 mm SDS-plus bits are a consumable that disappears from the tool bag at a surprising rate....

4.1 out of 5 stars·15 reviews

A cordless brad nailer is one of those tools that, once you have experienced the freedom of fastening without an air hose trailing behind you, is very hard to give up. No...

4.3 out of 5 stars·14 reviews

If you heat your home with a wood-burning stove, an open fireplace, or a pellet burner, you know the ritual: the fire dies down, the ashes cool, and then comes the dusty, messy...

4.3 out of 5 stars·14 reviews

For the home improver who needs to cut a metal fence post, trim a bolt, or slice a paving slab a few times a year, a cordless angle grinder that shares batteries with the drill...

5.0 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

Drilling a 32 mm hole through reinforced concrete is where rotary hammer bits earn their keep or reveal their weaknesses. At this diameter, the bit is cutting through a large...

4.6 out of 5 stars·13 reviews

The difference between a good woodworking project and a great one often comes down to the quality of the final surface. No amount of careful joinery, precise measurements, or...

4.6 out of 5 stars·13 reviews

When you are anchoring structural steel, installing heavy machinery, or bolting down racking systems, a standard SDS-Plus bit will only get you so far. Once you need holes beyond...

4.3 out of 5 stars·14 reviews

Some jobs demand a tool that does not just get the work done — it dominates the material. When you are drilling 30 mm holes through reinforced concrete, breaking up old footings,...

5.0 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

In professional workshops, on construction sites, and in metal fabrication shops, the cordless drill faces demands that go far beyond driving screws into softwood. Drilling...

4.2 out of 5 stars·14 reviews

Cutting aluminium with the wrong saw blade is an exercise in frustration at best and dangerous at worst. A standard wood-cutting blade clogs almost instantly as the soft metal...

4.9 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

Driving nails by hand is one of those tasks that separates a quick job from an exhausting one. Whether you are fixing skirting boards, assembling timber framing, attaching...

4.9 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

Not every paint defect needs a full panel respray. A stone chip on the bonnet, a light scratch on the door from a car park mishap, a small scuff on a plastic bumper corner — these...

4.0 out of 5 stars·14 reviews

There is a moment every professional knows: you are halfway through a plunge cut into a solid oak door frame, the blade is buried to its full depth, and you feel the tool start to...

4.7 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

Working inside an engine bay, behind a dashboard, or within the tight confines of a vehicle's wheel arch presents a challenge that a standard straight drill simply cannot solve....

4.0 out of 5 stars·14 reviews

Pin nailers have long been the secret weapon of cabinetmakers and fine trim carpenters — driving headless 23-gauge pins that hold workpieces while glue dries, leaving holes so...

4.6 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

Some holes need to go deep. When you are anchoring into a concrete foundation that is half a metre thick, drilling through a retaining wall to install drainage, or setting long...

4.2 out of 5 stars·13 reviews

Standard oscillating multi-tools are brilliant at what they do, but they all share one frustrating limitation: the tool body is fixed in line with the blade, which means working...

4.5 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

Most holes drilled into masonry are shallow — 30 to 80 millimetres for a wall plug, an anchor bolt, or a pipe clip. But occasionally, a job demands a hole that passes all the way...

4.5 out of 5 stars·12 reviews

There comes a point in any serious paint correction or surface finishing project where a dual-action polisher simply is not aggressive enough. When you are dealing with heavy...