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4.5
Unfortunately I bought these bacho pipeslices as if like me your a plumber the other makes all come in silver and frequently get lost left in ceiling voids underfloor etc, with these being bright orange there a lot easier to find, apart from that there no much good the 22mm have stopped cutting after 6wks off light use and the 15mms are going the same way after 20 turns there still not cutting through the pipe don't think springs inside are strong enough and are not pushing wheel s back into position meaning they wot cut, shame as normally bahco tools are spot on..As a professional plumber and having used Bahco tools for years, I expected the same high quality I was used to.Unfortunately not, although sturdy enough the 15mm cutter immediately puts a “thread” on copper pipe and the 22mm takes an age to cut.If I pipe slice is what you need stick to “Copex or Rothenburger”UPDATED REVIEW: I went back and fiddled around inside the 22s and somehow they are working fine with no problems. For anyone having problems give it a go because these are a really comfortable form factor. The only problem is that they are shallower height wise but width wise slightly wider than your average cutter design, which means sometimes getting them behind and cutting a pipe can be hard.OLD REVIEW: 22s died after less than a days work. Not an exaggeration. The spring mechanism that pushes the blade down has broke meaning there is no resistance on the pipe. 15s seem fine still.A brand I like, I bought bit more because I like them and the colour makes it hard to loose. But actually having owned loads of these this is the best I've owned so far. It doesn't put that little flat spot on the pipe that others do which means no fighting olives later. Also debur isn't too bad either. Not sure there is anything more you could want it to do, I will get the other sizes at some point as they are better than what I have now.I like Bahco tools and usually find the quality very good.These cutters however have proved to be anything but good quality.The body itself is not too bad, a little slippy with wet hands. It's the cutting wheels in them that is the biggest disappointment. After fitting 1 boiler the wheels in both cutters have basically disintegrated. The lovely orange paint doesn't last too long either after they have bounced around your tool box for a while!
