Friday I bought a “refurbished” Dewalt 12″ Dual Bevel miter saw (DW716). It regularly sells for $499 but I got it for $349. The warranty is only 6 months thought but I don’t mind. The tool store I bought it from told me they bought a bunch of these saws from the factory directly. These saws were used at demonstrations in hardware stores somewhere. Most were never used at all, just put on display with a bunch of other Dewalt tools and promoted by someone from Dewalt to customers in those hardware stores. My saw was spotless out of the box. It’s a very solid tool I must say.
My question is simply this – Have any of you bought “refurbished” tools before, what kind of tool(s) did you buy and how good did you find them to be?
Paul
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I bought a refurbished Dewalt 14 v cordless drill kit. I wanted something small and light as a back up. It has good power and keeps up surprisingly well with my makita 18v lithium. No complaints here.
Dave
i think diesel pig has bought a lot of refurbished
i've bought several over the years... usually better than newMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
If I can buy what I need refurb/used, I do. It's used after the first pull of the trigger, anyway.
Troy Sprout
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-- Thomas Sowell
Paul
I'll buy refurbished over new everytime their offered.
Think about it, they usually have the same warrrenty as new, they have been gone over for a second time, and if they were used as a "weekend rental" they probably were not used all that much. I guarntee that I will work them harder in the next week or two then the previous owner did.
I've bought 3 or 4 refurbs and I'm yet to be disapointed.
Doug
I'll buy refurbished over new everytime their offered.
Think about it, they usually have the same warrrenty as new, they have been gone over for a second time, and if they were used as a "weekend rental" they probably were not used all that much. I guarntee that I will work them harder in the next week or two then the previous owner did.
I'm just going to 'cut and paste' what you said because I'm of the exact same opinion. I'd guess I've bought a 12-15 reconditioned tools in the past few years and have yet to have a problem with any of them. Just bought another reconditioned Hitachi siding nailer about two weeks ago, in fact.View Image
Where do you get the reconditioned Hitachi guns? There's a couple of dealers of reconditioned Bostich nailers on ebay. You can buy a $300 gun for about $125, under warrantee. Some deals are so good that I wish I had more use for them.
Mike, I get them through my tool/nail supplier at New Hampshire Tool Outlet.View Image
I have bought several recon Dewalt tools. All work great years later.
I bought a refirb dewalt planer several years ago. no complaints and it saved me about a $100.
I don't seem to see them (refirb) as much anymore though.
I always look for refurbished tools and I always check that they have the full waranty on them before I purchase them. It is one of the best ways to save money on tools IMO.
The first one I bought was a cordless paslode angled finish nailer about five or six years ago. Still works great, the only thing I've had to do on it is replace the air filter.
Not long after that I got a PC sawzall, and most recently a slightly damaged ladder (that one obviously wasn't "refurbished", but was a store model that had cosmetic damage, perfectly safe and 40% off).
Good luck finding more.
Peace,
Casey
"Oscar Wilde said that men do not value sunsets because they can not pay for them. But you can pay for them, you can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde."
G.K. Chesterton
Please explain the meaning of the Chesterton quote.
The quote is from one of my all time favorite books, "Orthodoxy", by Chesterton. I think he is just trying to say that you can pay for sunsets by not being a total a-hole, and actually being grateful and awe struck by them. Chesterton was a contemporary of Wilde's, and was very similar to him in that he had a quick mind and a sharp wit. You could perhaps draw a parallel between Wilde and Howard Stern, if that gives you a little idea about how some people felt about him. He was often rather malicious, cynical and pessimistic. He was a wonderful writer, but stepped on a lot of toes and offended a lot of people.Now don't get me wrong. I actually really enjoy a lot of what Wilde said and wrote. And in fact, late in his life he became a Christian just like Chesterton and wrote some very lovely poetry about Jesus. Peace,Casey"Now don't tell me that you have been leading a double life? Pretending to be mean while being really nice all along. That would be hypocrisy.-Oscar WildeOr something like that anyway.
There's no end to what you can learn here. Thanks for that.
"With every mistake we must surely be learning"
Thanks, I guess that makes sense.
I've been reading books of quotes lately, and I find myself puzzling over the meanings.
I guess that comes from being an orthodox iconoclast ;-)
The majority of failures in tools (anything actuallty) happen at two different times - the first is when the piece is brand new and second is when the tool is reaching the end of it's useful life. A re-furbished tool has already passed the first form of failure and should be in for the long haul.
“The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds..†– Hume
Perhaps I'm the only one. . . but I did buy a refurb bosch router set (1617), and it had passed inspection when it shouldn't have. The plunge base wouldn't plunge straight, so template guides were worthless, among other problems. Bosch being bosch, they sent out another refurbished set the next day, and paid for returning the first one.
Bottom line: I still go for refurbished when I can find them, but make sure they have a decent warranty, and give the tool a once over when you get it.
zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
I bought a recon 12V dewalt saw drill combo several years ago and didn't notice till the warranty was gone that some sorry crook had returned it with one older style battery instead of the XR model it was billed as. This clever thievery left me with a premature one battery set which I offloaded on someone with more yellow tools. I still buy recon stuff a lot but try to be more alert.Retired until my next job.
I got a refurb Ridgid combo with 18v hammer drill, saw and flashlight. The Drill had a defective trigger: wouldn't go variable speed. It was fixed under warantee and has done good work for the past 2 or 3 years.
I would do it again.
I also have bought used tools, like a Milwaukee Super Sawzall for $99.00, and a 24 foot aluminum ladder for $20.00, both in very good condition. I'm an addict.
Norm
good buys..
Bosch and Miwaukee offer full warrenties on their refurbs...
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I just bought a recon. PC sawzall. Pulled the trigger on it, and it smelled odd to me. Looks brand new, maybe it's just a new tool smell that will go away. I haven't put it to work yet though.
So far I've had good luck with used. I bought a Skil 77 years ago for $60-70. Works great. I got a Milwaukee close-quarters drill, used once, for $50. 6' Type IA FG ladder for $20.
Although Bosch offers a 1 year warranty on their refurb tools, I don't think you get the "ProAdvantage" 3 year warranty coverage on their refurbs.JT
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Bosch and RotoZip Reconditioned Tools WarrantyRobert Bosch Tool Corporation ("Seller") warrants to the original purchaser only, that all BOSCH portable and benchtop power tools will be free from defects in material or workmanship for a period of one year from date of purchase. From the CPO Bosch tools website...Considering the advantages of their ProVantange 3year deal on the new cordless stuff - I don't think it'd be worth saving a couple dollars and dropping down to the recon standard 1 year warranty.I'm no Bosch rep, but I've taken adavantage of a few of the features of the 3 year deal - including being able to buy brand new Bluecore batteries through the 3rd year of warranty coverage at 1/2 price ($42 direct for 18volt).That's a heckuva a warranty and it'd be silly to pass it up for $10-15 discount.Plus, I had to have a drill replaced, the cordless planer fixed and a corldless circ saw repaired within those 3 years.Am I very happy with having to have these so-called heavy duty tools repaired - no, but the service behind the tools more than makes up for those problems.JT