I'm a Parkside superffan & have dozens of their tools. Amazing value for money. My best buys are the 20v Impact Driver, the Plunge Track Saw, the Angle Grinder, the Plunge Router & the Bench Belt Sander/Disc sander combo. Oh, plus an amazing case full of sockets, ratchet wrenches etc... The plasma cutters & welders work well too but I only dabble in metalwork. There is occasionally a crappy tool (drill bit sharpener springs to mind) but most are rugged, accurate enough for most woodworking & DIY & come with a 3yr guarantee. I have started buying Mikita & Bosch gear, like a trim router, table saw, drill press & orbital sander. You can tell the quality is higher but for the price difference Parkside is hard to beat. A great way to fill out a workshop on a budget & then upgrade where needed.
For DIY use it is good value for money. I'd like them to do a 3/8" 12v angle driver. I've used the sealey ones in and they're quite useful but it would be nice to have a parkside one so that all my batteries are compatible.
I must have bought nearly all the Parkside range of tools and i am absolutely stunned at the quality of tool you get for the money , the build quality is as good as "premium" tools.
Been using parkside tools for about 15 years now, being in the building trade they get used daily the only thing that has failed on me is 1 battery when duff, Alot of people don't realise who actually makes parkside tools, and think it's all cheap Chinese stuff when it ain't it's quite good quality.
I had a 12v battery fail on me years ago in that it wouldn't charge straight after use. I thought I had the same problem with a 20v one recently but after a bit of investigation I found that the BMS shuts the battery down when it gets too warm. I let it cool down and it recharged okay. I'm beginning to wonder if the 12v one was the same and I binned a perfectly good battery?🤔
You're right and, to me, Parkside have run a similar course to Skoda: give a dog a bad name but eventually they turn it around. Also of course there's a lot of tool snobbery. Who would have thought ten years ago that you'd begin to see Parkside tools on construction sites. Yet still they keep the prices amazingly low.
These tools are ok for general use atoubd the home but thsts it. Iv had odd bits both fgom lidal and aldi. The old saying pay for what get .but i use a lot better quilty for work . Good review for the diy er all the best .
Parkside seem to be quite honest in the abilities of their products in that it states in the manuals that they're not intended for trade use. In general though I find they're better quality than the generic Chinese tools that are advertised for trade use with overly exaggerated capabilities.
@@paulthomas3841 Parkside are not made in Germany. They are designed there but, like most power tools they are made in China. DeWalt are made in the Far East but shipped to The States unassembled. They are then 'Proudly Built In The USA'. Bosch themselves cannot resist and a lot of their tools are made in China, Taiwan etc. Heck, even Makita outsource to China. The trick is to maintain quality control and Parkside have managed this quite impressively. Do you really think that you could profitably sell a drill for £20/$25 that was made by a German workforce?
It varies. Quite a few of the 18v stuff is made by Einhell, the mitre saw is the same as a Scheppach one. My Parkside impact gun has "Grizzly Tools" on the side.
I owned a hire/repair business. These tools are "imagine you own a real tool". The same as Black & Deckers home user range. Electrically, they are rubbish. Why do you think they give you an extra set of carbon brushes?
As an electronics engineer brushed motors don't specifically mean the tool is for domestic use only. Using a brushed motor keeps production costs down which ultimately means more sales to domestic owners. This is understandable as most people won't pay top price for something that might only be used occasionally. For commercial everyday use brushless is better as an induction motor requires little maintenance. However, this doesn't mean they'll with stand a drop from height on to concrete any better than a domestic one. The choice is really down to how you use it so it pays to do your homework. For example, I serviced a Milwaukee cordless grinder recently that had burnt out. The owner, who was a tradesman, had been told it was brushless model from the store so accepted the high price. He was therefore disappointed when I showed him the cheap and rather melted 2 brush commutator inside.
@@Themoporium In the early70s, I bought six B&D 9-inch angle grinders to hire out. They were all metal bodied with quality bearings, which meant there was no distortion over time. The armature and coils were both hardened, with the tapers from the coils making a direct screw connection to the switch. They cost £230 back then but took the abuse of being hired to idiots and made me a lot of money. In the early 80s, B&D among others downgraded their tools to have a lifetime of between 9 and 11 hours.
@@mrsillywalk I've noticed the exact same thing with B&D tools. My tools from the 60's and 70's are still going strong but all the later stuff is in the bin just after the warranty expires.
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I'm a Parkside superffan & have dozens of their tools. Amazing value for money.
My best buys are the 20v Impact Driver, the Plunge Track Saw, the Angle Grinder, the Plunge Router & the Bench Belt Sander/Disc sander combo. Oh, plus an amazing case full of sockets, ratchet wrenches etc... The plasma cutters & welders work well too but I only dabble in metalwork.
There is occasionally a crappy tool (drill bit sharpener springs to mind) but most are rugged, accurate enough for most woodworking & DIY & come with a 3yr guarantee.
I have started buying Mikita & Bosch gear, like a trim router, table saw, drill press & orbital sander. You can tell the quality is higher but for the price difference Parkside is hard to beat. A great way to fill out a workshop on a budget & then upgrade where needed.
For DIY use it is good value for money. I'd like them to do a 3/8" 12v angle driver. I've used the sealey ones in and they're quite useful but it would be nice to have a parkside one so that all my batteries are compatible.
I must have bought nearly all the Parkside range of tools and i am absolutely stunned at the quality of tool you get for the money , the build quality is as good as "premium" tools.
Great video man thanks very much
Been using parkside tools for about 15 years now, being in the building trade they get used daily the only thing that has failed on me is 1 battery when duff,
Alot of people don't realise who actually makes parkside tools, and think it's all cheap Chinese stuff when it ain't it's quite good quality.
I had a 12v battery fail on me years ago in that it wouldn't charge straight after use. I thought I had the same problem with a 20v one recently but after a bit of investigation I found that the BMS shuts the battery down when it gets too warm. I let it cool down and it recharged okay. I'm beginning to wonder if the 12v one was the same and I binned a perfectly good battery?🤔
@@Themoporium I think you did bin a good battery!
You're right and, to me, Parkside have run a similar course to Skoda: give a dog a bad name but eventually they turn it around. Also of course there's a lot of tool snobbery. Who would have thought ten years ago that you'd begin to see Parkside tools on construction sites. Yet still they keep the prices amazingly low.
These tools are ok for general use atoubd the home but thsts it.
Iv had odd bits both fgom lidal and aldi. The old saying pay for what get .but i use a lot better quilty for work . Good review for the diy er all the best
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Parkside seem to be quite honest in the abilities of their products in that it states in the manuals that they're not intended for trade use. In general though I find they're better quality than the generic Chinese tools that are advertised for trade use with overly exaggerated capabilities.
I think there made by bosch , my nut runner gets loads of use and its as good as an air powered one 4 ah battery cherges in 15 mins from flat
I was impressed with the 20v 4ah charger in that it's fan cooled. I've only got the single battery one but I expect the twin charger is the same.
@@Themoporium Yes, both the 12v and 20v twin chargers are fan cooled.
Trew the Power Tools are made in Germany, same has Bosch
@@paulthomas3841 Parkside are not made in Germany. They are designed there but, like most power tools they are made in China. DeWalt are made in the Far East but shipped to The States unassembled. They are then 'Proudly Built In The USA'. Bosch themselves cannot resist and a lot of their tools are made in China, Taiwan etc. Heck, even Makita outsource to China.
The trick is to maintain quality control and Parkside have managed this quite impressively.
Do you really think that you could profitably sell a drill for £20/$25 that was made by a German workforce?
It varies. Quite a few of the 18v stuff is made by Einhell, the mitre saw is the same as a Scheppach one. My Parkside impact gun has "Grizzly Tools" on the side.
I owned a hire/repair business. These tools are "imagine you own a real tool". The same as Black & Deckers home user range. Electrically, they are rubbish. Why do you think they give you an extra set of carbon brushes?
As an electronics engineer brushed motors don't specifically mean the tool is for domestic use only. Using a brushed motor keeps production costs down which ultimately means more sales to domestic owners. This is understandable as most people won't pay top price for something that might only be used occasionally. For commercial everyday use brushless is better as an induction motor requires little maintenance. However, this doesn't mean they'll with stand a drop from height on to concrete any better than a domestic one. The choice is really down to how you use it so it pays to do your homework. For example, I serviced a Milwaukee cordless grinder recently that had burnt out. The owner, who was a tradesman, had been told it was brushless model from the store so accepted the high price. He was therefore disappointed when I showed him the cheap and rather melted 2 brush commutator inside.
@@Themoporium In the early70s, I bought six B&D 9-inch angle grinders to hire out. They were all metal bodied with quality bearings, which meant there was no distortion over time. The armature and coils were both hardened, with the tapers from the coils making a direct screw connection to the switch. They cost £230 back then but took the abuse of being hired to idiots and made me a lot of money. In the early 80s, B&D among others downgraded their tools to have a lifetime of between 9 and 11 hours.
@@mrsillywalk I've noticed the exact same thing with B&D tools. My tools from the 60's and 70's are still going strong but all the later stuff is in the bin just after the warranty expires.