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In the past I've bought De Walt power tools which in some cases have lasted 20 years. Screwfix sent me a catalogue with an Erbauer sliding compound mitre saw. Sale price reduced from £170 to £128. How does Erbauer's longevity compare to De Walt? Comparable or Chad Valley?
if you're a DIYer they should be fine. Even a serious one. I have an Erbauer Kango, and it's still kickin' asss after a couple of years of good use.
For the price, you could replace them more regularly.
Batteries for a cordless are a different matter, the De Walt and other good makes, have great batt's, and the cheapo's DONT.
For corded tho' not bad i reckon.
As a contract electrician I hammmer the hell out of my tools and I use Ebaurer 18v drills which I get about 8 months use before they are buggered which sounds bad but I am happy. the reason I am happy is because they are used everyday they get one hell of a lot of use and Screwfix replace them on the spot with the 2 year warrentee.
So for £80 I get over 2 years use from my drills BARGAIN compared to dewalt etc
Dewalt are overpriced and are getting poorer quality plastic mouldings,the chucks on the drills dont hold the bits and wear quite quickly, the batteries fail etc.
Absolutely no problems with Screwfix, or the Band Q ones, same things different branding but both owned by Kingfisher.
I find with sliding mitre saws that they are often let down by the blade being able to wander because the sliding mechanism either isn't stiff enough or the bearings have play, only real test is to get your hands on it and give it a bit of a twist - bringing the blade out to full extension and dropping it down as you would to cut and seeing if it can wander side to side or twist either way. I've only ever found one budget slider that behaved well in that respect, an end of line B&Q own brand one I bought about 5 years ago and which clocked up over three years of active service, but since then everything I've tested for less than £500 has been pretty disappointing and instead I've opted for non-sliding saws with bigger diameter blades instead to get accurate cuts and still have a fairly decent capacity.
Broadly I think Erbauer stuff is pretty good though - the right balance of reliable and disposable, ideal for site work where your more likely to have kit knicked than wear it out. But with a sliding saw from Screwfix you're not going to be able to test it without buying it, for the same sort of money I got a non-slidey Bosch with a big 14" blade instead which cuts absolutely true and is much more robust. Easiest place to get you dirty paws on a slider test its accuracy and quality is B&Q, as they have all their stuff sat out on display.