TACKLIFE Cordless Rotary Tool, Rotary Tool Set, 3.7V 5000-15000 rpm 32 Pcs, Light Duty, Mini Multi-Tool, USB Charging Cable-PCG01B

In this review, I’ll be comparing the Tacklife cordless rotary tool PCG01B to my old trusty corded Dremel 300. This is not exactly a fair test, I’d never expect the cordless Tacklife to outperform the corded Dremel, however, I think this review will be useful to anyone trying to decide between the two (or similar). Both have their merits and I will be keeping both handy in my workshop.Firstly, a little about Tacklife. I have noticed more and more Tacklife products appearing over the past year. I have a number of their products (moisture meter, digital protractor and some sanding sheets) and I have been very happy with them all. They appear to offer good quality tools at very good prices.PowerSo, the corded Dremel is expectedly more powerful than the cordless Tacklife, just because corded tools nearly always have more power than cordless. To put it into context I’d say full power on the Tacklife is about the same as the lowest power setting on the Dremel. It depends what you want to do with the rotary tool, but the tack life should handle most light-duty tasks quite well. If you just want to do some light sanding, polishing or engraving the Tacklife will work just fine. In fact, the reduced power would give you the benefit of added control over the Dremel. When it comes to heavier duty jobs the Tacklife literally can’t cut it. I used a metal cutting disc which with the Dremel cuts very well, on the Tacklife it struggled to cut through a 4-inch nail.Ease of useIt’s very easy to use. Just fit the bit as per the instructions and away you go. It’s very light and comfortable to hold which makes it a dream to use against the Dremel. The Dremel is heavy and significantly more difficult to handle. Having no cord also makes it easier to handle and you can just grab it out of a drawer and get going straight away without unravelling cables or plugging it in.AccessoriesI’m not going to comment too heavily here. It comes with a small set to get you started but you can pick up large sets of rotary bits quite reasonably from DIY shops or of course Amazon.PriceThe price is why I bought it, I couldn’t resist a cordless rotary tool at such a low price. It is an absolute stealDurabilityIt seems reasonable to be fair, I’d expect this to last me years. If you want a tool that can really stand some abuse the Dremel would be better, I could throw that thing at a brick wall and I’d expect it to be fine.ConclusionIf I could only have one, I’d go for the Dremel, that said I think I’ll probably reach for the Tacklife far more often. It’s powerful enough for most of the things I use and so much easier to get out and use.At this price the Tacklife is a great partner for the Dremel, I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get started with their first rotary tool as well for anyone who just wants a cordless option alongside a more powerful corded tool.I’d love to try the cordless Dremel option or the corded Tacklife option too, so I could see how they match up.

I bought this as a stop-gap when my Dremel 7700 packed in, but after using it for a few months now, I'm not going to replace it with another Dremel, I'm just going to use this, it's excellent. It's light, easy to control, charges quickly and with a good indicator, is three speed and every bit as good as the Dremel it replaced. It's so good I've bought another (I need two as the batteries can't quite cope with a full day's work - Foot health - but nor could the Dremel). And an excellent price too. Brilliant tool.

Purchased this for hobby/scale model work. I've used it for around 6hrs at the time of writing, and can say that I'm over the moon with it. It's a piece of kit that I probably should've bought a long time ago; it's made drilling out windows in a Star Trek model I'm working on less time consuming that doing it manually, and I've also used it to repair/restore a LED lit U.S.S. Voyager kit that I built a year ago that stopped working.With this, I also purchased a  Dremel 2615448632 Keyless Quick Change Multi Tool Chuck 4486  to improve workflow.

Great value, with a nice selection of tools for various tasks. I purchased this to predominantly use for trimming our Greyhound's nails as using clippers was stressful for us both, and it works really well for this. You can grind the nails back gradually checking you don't reach the quick, and remove any sharp edges and splinters. I'd recommend this over a dedicated nail grinding product as it has replaceable tools and can be used for other tasks around the home.

I'd like to tell you what this mini-drill is like, but since I wanted to use it to drill holes in MY choice of size, not the single drill supplied in the kit which has been specially made with a thickened shank, I can't.The collette supplied the drill doesn't close down further than 2mm. This means that the very thing that a small hand drill like this is useful for--drilling small holes--it is unable to do, because the collette simply doesn't close down far enough.Amazon itself actually suggests that you buy the Dremel 4486 mini chuck along with this drill--DON'T; IT WILL NOT FIT. Dremel use a different thread pitch to everyone else.So basically, unless you want to use exactly the tools and bits shown in the picture, don't buy this drill. There are plenty out there of exactly the same quality which have a collette that closes down to .5 of a mm, which is actually useful. They cost a few quid more, but you'll pay more than that for an actual usable collettes for this drill, plus have the aggravating annoyance of searching out the right kind, ordering it, waiting weeks for it to arrive from China (the only place that stocks this type any more) and crossing your fingers hoping it fits.Other than that, it's a great fit and heft in the palm, smaller than it looks, and easy to move around.One other reviewer said that you have to go through all the speeds to turn it off - just keep your finger on the speed button for a few seconds and it will turn off rather than changing speed.If you decide to buy anyway, the collettes that fit can be found here: " 10 Pcs Brass Drill Chuck Precision 0.5-3.2mm Brass Collet Drill Chuck Fits Dremel Rotary Tools Collect Chuck Holder Electric Grinding Drill " at £2.79. Not at all expensive. Again, I would have rather paid the extra to have them in the kit, than have to spend hours of my own time researching, so that I knew what fitted, then wait a few weeks for them to arrive.Incidentally, Tacklife themselves, as others have commented, were useless. I sent an email asking what size collettes I needed to buy, and if they sold an accessory pack, and they sent back a form reply stating that if the product was faulty I should return it to where I had purchased it...so heaven help anyone for whom this goes wrong: zero customer service there.But now that I've waited a further 2 weeks for the collettes that fit it to arrive, it's pretty nifty. Not powerful, but accurate. If it had come with a set of collettes I would have given it five stars, but the fact remains that without them, it's pretty much useless.