Thread: Ozito tools

Ozito make cheap tools. I have a router by them and I am happy with it but it is a demonstrably inferior machine to my triton routers in a number of areas.

If I were paying signifigant postage as you are I would try for a better quality machine. Try ebay.com.au ? or justtools.com.au they may ship to you if you email them.

GMC is on par with ozito, ie cheap.

aldis have a great biscuit joiner and its only around $50

I have a 1/4" Ozito router that i won in a raffle. Have yet to use it!

Bought a $99,1050 Chinese Watt Ozito drill to finish a fence. Larger and heavier than more upmarket brands. Keyed chuck, 2 speeds, hammer. Heaps of grunt!

It has a tag on the cord that says it's not for trade or prolonged periods of use. That's OK with me.

First one stuck in reverse after I extracted a batten screw. Bunnies replaced it immediatedly. So far no problems. In fact, apart from the weight, I'm rather impressed so far.

We bought the ozito rotary hammer drill for a job, and like many others here are tremendously impressed, but bludgening bricks and routing are two different things.

I like my ozito router but switch to the triton or a makita, hitachi and it's chalk and cheese. The ozito chuck doesn't hold as securely and doesn't stay tight. Everything about the tool is a bit rough.

I have a cordless drill I brought as a back up drill and back up it is. Doesn't hold the charge or last long with a battery but remember it was cheap but I will pay more next time for a better drill it was not worth the effort.

cheers Ian

Mini-review !

Bought the $39 Ozito corded drill/driver a few weeks back. So far so good ! It's perfect for me because it comes with a fairly long cord and I very rarely work too far away from a power point.

It's on par during use with the Makita 14.4v cordless drill I was using until the batteries didnt last 2 1/2 years........If this one dies within 3 years I'll be back to Bunnings with receipt in hand.

I have the Ozito Biscuit jointer and it is by far the worst of the 4 Ozito tools I own. The other 3 are the large ROS, angle grinder and hammer drill all of which have been well worth the money.

The angle grinder is 7 years old and has done many hours of work and is still on its first set of brushes.
The ROS leaves my hands feeling numb if I use it for more than 10 minutes but it does a good job and produces a decent finish.
The Hammer drill was bought because it cost less than the half day hire of a hammer drill and although I haven't used it much it continues to do what I expect of it.

OTOH the BJ height and depth adjusters have all failed or broke within a few uses so I cannot trust them and use other methods to set height and depth. Like all really cheap tools it could be just mine or it could be just mine but somehow I doubt it because the plastic headed adjustment screws appear to be designed to fail. I have not been ham fisted with it or worked it hard either.

Thanks everyone for your feedback and opinions.

Guess i will have to look for a 'brand' name one as returning the tool is out of the question.


Thanks