Immitation Makita's

Today I was talking a man who very recently was a manager in a B&Q Warehouse. I asked him about the PP Pro range, which appears good value and decently made. He said he said many of the drill are made by Roybi, a very good make, and all PP Pro machines are made by good makers, that is why they have the confidence to give a guarantee of 3 years. I asked about returns because of failure of any description (not because Daddy didn't want one for his birthday), and he said no less than Bosch and the likes. They will honour the guarantee if a journeyman professional uses it, but not for continuous site work, or any work on a site or industrial installation. He said in most cases no one asks, unless the machine clearly has been abused.

BTW, Wickes are having a run on a 100 bar pressure washer for just under £35, with a 3 metre hose, lance, and detergent bottle, and a 2 year guarantee. A good deal. Appears to be a either a rebadged Karcher or Alti (sp?), and says made in the EU. The cheapo B&Q is at just under £40 and no extras, and I think a 2 metre hose, which is useless at that length.

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IMM
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Since when has Ryobi been "a very good make"??? Unless you mean a good make for the price and origin (PRC)? IMHO Ryobi are way down the scale, certainly near the bottom. Very good makes are Makita, Panasonic, Festool, Metabo etc. When the Ryobi factories are churning out millions of tools per year for a cost of less than $10 US per unit, it's not hard to give a 3 year warranty. Rgds

Noel

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Noel Hegan

Since when have they not?

Could be.

They are no NuTools that is for sure, and I rate them above B&D.

Toyota churn out cars by the millions and yet can keep quality up above Merc and BMW. Quantity does not mean poor quality.

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IMM

I suppose I am fairly happy with it. Not too happy with the vendor as he never came back to me with an appology or anything. He probably got hold of them with as much as he could afford, thinking like me, they were genuine. I suppose he can't really afford to reimburse me. Which bodes well for when it breaks!

Worse I just found out there is a trade supply shop not too far from me. I might have got an excellent alternative from there. I'll have a nose tomorrow. Nothing like having it bent over nowt is there?

I always thought Ryobi was in the top quality end of the scale.

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Michael McNeil

Ryobi make tools in America and Japan.

The American versions, IME are c**p

The Japanese IME are far superior.

Paul Mc Cann

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Paul Mc Cann

Paul, I'm pretty sure all Ryobi models sold here are made in China. Agree with you that most things manufactured in Japan are generally superior.

Rgds

Noel

noel dot hegan at virgin dot net

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Noel Hegan

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