Tile cutter recommendation please

P.S: Looking to spend in the region of and kitchen renovation job.

Have the Screwfix 83636 and it has done a conservatory floor and a bathroom with no problems and no broken tiles. At this price it has already paid its way. Still on original blade. The only downside is the way the water holder is retained. It is a bit hit and miss but not too much trouble.

This type of cutter will do probably 95% of your tiles at several times the speed of a tile saw, with no mess, and you have it right next to you. You'll find it easier to use than the cheap plastic types.

You'll find the electric one also very useful for removing that sliver or indeed to make slivers - with care you can get down to about 1/8th of an inch.

Mine has had a deal of use but is still on the original blade. It's a top of the range Plasplugs. Think it's about 50 quid these days. But I had the base model for ages and that was ok. The more expensive one is just better for large floor tiles, etc.

I'd be wary of a steel bed one - unless the plate was stainless.

I used the Plasplugs base model for my bathroom tiling a couple of years ago. Brilliant !! Perfect cutting of the tiles and *so* easy to use - says a lot because I'm not the world's best DIY person :-)

Ah, one thing worth mentioning, the ceramic floor tiles were too strong to be snapped by this cutter. After scoring, I clamped them in the Workmate jaws, and snapped them with a thump from palm of hand.

I found marking the circle and then cutting straight cuts upto the line on a flatbed electric cutter works well. Once you have the section to be removed looking like the prongs of a fork you can snap off each narrow bit, and leave a quite close approximation to the cutout you wanted.

I have also used one of the low end plasplugs ones (about 32 quid from machinemart) on 10x6" wall tiles. Seemed to work very well - nice smooth cut edges and it kept better control of the water than some.

Surprising. I have a similar type (Rubi) and the long handle exerts a lot of pressure. I've snapped half inch off many a floor tile. Cost a bit more than a tenner though.

I bought a cheap diamond disk for my angle grinder and it does a great job trimming tiles, though for really accurate work (mine was mainly L-shaped cutting of tiles going under sockets) I'd rather use a bench cutter.

I think the saw is better for floor tiles where the L-shapes show (round doors etc). For walls the grinder is fine, except holding a tile in one hand and grinder in the other isn't ideal. I usually do the shorter of the 2 cuts with the disk and the longer one with the snapper