Power Tools reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars·1K reviews

Whether you are tackling a renovation project, cleaning out the garage after a long winter, or dealing with an unexpected spill in the basement, a standard household vacuum simply...

4.5 out of 5 stars·968 reviews

Not every precision grinding job demands 750 watts of motor power and a 33,000 rpm spindle. Much of the deburring, polishing, and light grinding that fills a toolmaker's or metal...

4.7 out of 5 stars·905 reviews

Woodworking has a rhythm to it, and sanding is the movement that ties everything else together. You cut, you join, you assemble — and then you spend as much time smoothing every...

4.6 out of 5 stars·917 reviews

Sanding is the foundation of every good finish. Whether you are preparing bare timber for varnish, smoothing filler on a plasterboard wall, stripping old paint from a window...

4.6 out of 5 stars·908 reviews

Sanding is one of those jobs that nobody looks forward to, yet it makes the difference between a project that looks homemade and one that looks professionally finished. Whether...

4.7 out of 5 stars·882 reviews

There is a particular freedom that comes with picking up a router and walking over to the workpiece — no cable to uncoil, no socket to find, no extension lead snaking across the...

4.6 out of 5 stars·879 reviews

When precision goes out the window and the job demands raw cutting power — demolishing a stud wall, slicing through embedded nails and timber in a renovation, pruning thick tree...

4.6 out of 5 stars·871 reviews

When your weekend project list includes mounting heavy kitchen wall units onto brick, anchoring a pergola to a concrete patio, or running plumbing clips along a blockwork wall, a...

4.5 out of 5 stars·889 reviews

Cutting curves, plunge-cutting worktops for sink openings, or slicing through sheet materials with nothing but a circular saw can feel like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut....

4.7 out of 5 stars·848 reviews

Not every cutting job is about precision. Sometimes you need to cut through a stud wall to gain access, slice out a section of old copper pipe in a tight corner, prune a thick...

4.4 out of 5 stars·896 reviews

Not every sanding job calls for an aggressive random orbital machine. When you are working on fine woodworking projects, smoothing between coats of varnish, or sanding right up to...

4.6 out of 5 stars·856 reviews

When you need to remove a lot of material fast — levelling a glued-up tabletop that is slightly uneven, trimming a sticking door to fit its frame, or stripping thick layers of...

4.7 out of 5 stars·835 reviews

Stripping old paint from a window frame, thawing a frozen outdoor pipe on a winter morning, or shrinking a piece of heat-shrink tubing over a soldered wire — these are jobs where...

4.7 out of 5 stars·825 reviews

Some nuts and bolts refuse to budge no matter how long a breaker bar you use or how much penetrating oil you apply. Wheel lug nuts corroded by years of road salt, suspension bolts...

4.6 out of 5 stars·843 reviews

On a construction site, in a demolition crew, or during a full-scale renovation, there is a tool that gets handed the jobs nothing else wants. Cutting through a laminated timber...

4.4 out of 5 stars·878 reviews

Every woodworking, painting, or renovation project eventually reaches the same frustrating moment: the broad, flat surfaces are sanded smooth in minutes with an orbital or belt...

4.5 out of 5 stars·850 reviews

Most sanders are built for flat surfaces. Orbital sanders sweep across tabletops, belt sanders eat through door edges, and detail sanders nibble into corners. But the moment you...

4.5 out of 5 stars·847 reviews

Mounting a television bracket on a brick wall, fixing curtain rails into a concrete lintel, running cable clips along a masonry wall, or drilling through ceramic tiles into the...

4.4 out of 5 stars·847 reviews

Dragging a full-size vacuum cleaner across the house, workshop, or job site for a quick five-second cleanup never feels worth the effort. You spot some sawdust on the workbench,...

4.7 out of 5 stars·789 reviews

Some fasteners refuse to budge. The crank pulley bolt that has been torqued to 300 Nm at the factory and then rusted in place for a decade. The hub nut that an air impact rated at...