This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

Metal handled 12 oz claw hammer, black rubber grip.

One of their best items, survived concrete breaking work no problem,
can't fault it.

Sco 5/5

Issues: none



wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

4' long spirit aluminium level


Very flimsy, must be treated with care at all times.

Some read right, some dont. Test it before you buy, or you might find
everything's on the wonk.

One of their poorer items, but if you only need a large level for a job
or 2, its certainly a very cheap option.


Issues: very flimsy, some read wrong.

Sco 1/5





wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good
choice. Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good
enough for the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

Are you bored?
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

CFL lightbulbs


Light quality: dreadful. 6800K is simply not well suited to domestic
use.

Lumen output: poor to medium to start with, deteriorating over the
months to very poor.

Life time: The one I got lasted around 6000 hours. As a sample of one
this doesnt tell a great deal, except that they do work.

Uses: hard to think of any where I would regard these bulbs as a good
choice. The only thing I can think of is as electric moonlight, theyre
just the right sort of cold bluey dim light.


Sco 0/5





wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

Black plastic ratchet clamps with metal bars. 2 sizes available. The
smaller size ones can be converted to spreaders by dismantling and
reassembling.


Ratchet clamps are useful for quick limited pressure clamping. These
have proved very handy. Have had no problems or issues with them at
all.

Issues: none

Sco 5/5





wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

Ratchet screwdriver with screwdriving bits and 1/4" drive sockets


The ratchet mechanisms were too weak to survive use, and both broke the
first time a screw was tightened, making the screwdrivers useless.

The screwdriving bits work, but the metal quality is not very hard, so
they have not lasted well.

The sockets seem ok, though 1/4" drive makes for limited strength. Fine
for opening appliances etc, but not for heavier work.


Issues: not upto the job in my experience.

Sco 1/5





wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

Aviation pattern tinsnips


Pretty good tinsnips, no problems experienced. The only minor issue is
the grinding isnt at the right angle right at the tip, but this has not
proven a significant problem in practice.


Sco 4/5 - 5/5





wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

NT

wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products.

Well? What are you reviewing, or do we all now add threads
saying "Tesco review", "Screwfix review", "Wickes review",
etc? Did you mean to psot it here?

wrote:
Metal handled 12 oz claw hammer, black rubber grip.

One of their best items, survived concrete breaking work no problem,
can't fault it.

Sco 5/5

A claw hammer? For breaking concrete???

wrote:
4' long spirit aluminium level

Very flimsy, must be treated with care at all times.

No good for concrete breaking, then.

Was it £1?

wrote:
CFL lightbulbs

Light quality: dreadful. 6800K is simply not well suited to domestic
use.

Did you buy it knowing what it was? Did it say on the packet?


Lumen output: poor to medium to start with, deteriorating over the
months to very poor.

Life time: The one I got lasted around 6000 hours. As a sample of one
this doesnt tell a great deal, except that they do work.

Uses: hard to think of any where I would regard these bulbs as a good
choice. The only thing I can think of is as electric moonlight, theyre
just the right sort of cold bluey dim light.


Sco 0/5

Did you take it back for a refund? Was it £1?

wrote:
Black plastic ratchet clamps with metal bars. 2 sizes available. The
smaller size ones can be converted to spreaders by dismantling and
reassembling.


Ratchet clamps are useful for quick limited pressure clamping. These
have proved very handy. Have had no problems or issues with them at
all.

Issues: none

Sco 5/5

What size? Were they £1?

wrote:
4' long spirit aluminium level


Very flimsy, must be treated with care at all times.

Some read right, some dont. Test it before you buy, or you might find
everything's on the wonk.

One of their poorer items, but if you only need a large level for a job
or 2, its certainly a very cheap option.


Issues: very flimsy, some read wrong.

Sco 1/5



I've built up a collection of cheapy levels over the years as gifts. If
there is one tool that you should not buy a cheap version of, it's a
level. It's either accurate or it isn't, there's no inbetween.
Even if they read right to begin with, the slightest knock screws them
up. I wouldn't even give it 1/5 - just don't buy it.

"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
...
wrote:
4' long spirit aluminium level

Very flimsy, must be treated with care at all times.

No good for concrete breaking, then.

Was it £1?

Chris,
Everything in Poundland costs £1.

OG wrote:
"Chris Bacon" wrote...
wrote:
4' long spirit aluminium level
Very flimsy, must be treated with care at all times.

No good for concrete breaking, then.
Was it £1?

Chris,
Everything in Poundland costs £1.

Wow, OG! I'd guessed it might, 'cos I've heard of it - but I'm
surprised it's called "Poundland", rather than "99pland", 'cos
that's what many competitors sell things at. Still, they used
to call Woolworth's the "tuppenny and sixpenny" store.....
I must hasten along to see these wonderous things reviewed by
Nige....

Owain wrote:
wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products.

Why waste money in Poundland when you can buy the same things in
"Christies 99p Stores No Need To Ask The Price Its 99p!"

Owain

There's a 50p shop in my location. ;-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

wrote:
wrote:

4' long spirit aluminium level

Sco 1/5


I've built up a collection of cheapy levels over the years as gifts. If
there is one tool that you should not buy a cheap version of, it's a
level. It's either accurate or it isn't, there's no inbetween.
Even if they read right to begin with, the slightest knock screws them
up. I wouldn't even give it 1/5 - just don't buy it.

I'd agree for regular professional work. But. If you're a homeowner and
just need to do a job cheaply, and dont mind checking the level reads
right before each job, it does work and will do the job. It is
functional.

For the really brassic folk theres always a card level. Less than 1p
and works reliably. The spirit level is quicker and easier to use
though.


NT

On 22 Nov 2005 09:21:05 -0800, wrote:

This thread is for review of Poundland products.

Their "cuttlefish multipacks" are excellent value - about 1/3rd the
usual price and they're nice big cuttles in good condition.

On 22 Nov 2005 09:41:16 -0800, wrote:

Light quality: dreadful. 6800K is simply not well suited to domestic
use.

Try Lidl's instead (Osram?) Good light output and the fastest time to
full output that I've yet seen.

In article .com,
wrote:


Issues:

You keep posting upside down and with no trimming to context.

Sco 0/5


--
AJL

Chris Bacon wrote:
wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products.

Well? What are you reviewing, or do we all now add threads
saying "Tesco review", "Screwfix review", "Wickes review",
etc? Did you mean to psot it here?

Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against the
OP? Or Poundland? or did you just not understand what the point of
the thread was?

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound") sell tools. Unsurprisingly
they cost a pound each. They are of variable quality. The OP thought
it may be useful to collect together the wisdom of uk.d-i-y in one
thread for reviews of very cheap (i.e. £1) tools.

For instance:
I purchased a 12" bow saw from Poundland to cut down three small trees.
That was all I needed to do with it.

The blade was flimsy and not particularly sharp but it managed to cut
down my three trees. So job done in my book. I got a tool for a
specific job that saved me a reasonable amount of money.

3/5

Does that clear things up?
--
Steve F

Fitz wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
wrote:
This thread is for review of Poundland products.

Well? What are you reviewing, or do we all now add threads
saying "Tesco review", "Screwfix review", "Wickes review",
etc? Did you mean to psot it here?

Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against the
OP? Or Poundland? or did you just not understand what the point of
the thread was?

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound") sell tools. Unsurprisingly
they cost a pound each. They are of variable quality. The OP thought
it may be useful to collect together the wisdom of uk.d-i-y in one
thread for reviews of very cheap (i.e. £1) tools.

For instance:
I purchased a 12" bow saw from Poundland to cut down three small
trees. That was all I needed to do with it.

The blade was flimsy and not particularly sharp but it managed to cut
down my three trees. So job done in my book. I got a tool for a
specific job that saved me a reasonable amount of money.

3/5

Does that clear things up?

Actually they was going to call it "rejectland", but renamed it
"Poundland", because all the stuff was from warehouse's that have been
lying on the shelf for donkeys years if the truth be known it's an 'Arthur
Daily buisness' apparently the stuff sells at a pound because people will
not take the stuff back as it was such a trivial price.

I do admit to buying 3 large scented candles in there but a point not to
pay a visit again as the candles burnt down in the middle leaving a 1" wax
outer, what a waste, they also sell universal remotes in there...sadly they
don't work.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Fitz wrote:
Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against the
OP?

No.

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound")

Everything? I thought it was just an indication of cheap prices...

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Actually they was going to call it "rejectland", but renamed it
"Poundland", because all the stuff was from warehouse's that have been
lying on the shelf for donkeys years if the truth be known it's an 'Arthur
Daily buisness' apparently the stuff sells at a pound because people will
not take the stuff back as it was such a trivial price.

I do admit to buying 3 large scented candles in there but a point not to
pay a visit again as the candles burnt down in the middle leaving a 1" wax
outer, what a waste, they also sell universal remotes in there...sadly they
don't work.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

I've yet to visit the place but my father used to visit it quite
regularly. The stuff seems to be a mixed bag, some very good value and
some total crap.

"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
...
Fitz wrote:
Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against the
OP?

No.

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound")

Everything? I thought it was just an indication of cheap prices...

universal remote i got works fine with my bush portable tv
range of dog toys available has saved me about 20 quid so far with my new
puppy plus the dog blankets were on sale in my local pet shop (same brand)
for £6 each
also the two aluminium torchs i bought 6 months ago are working fine
and unlike the previous torches
i havent lost or run them over with a car yet (others were £10 a go)
(mechanic)
Jeff

Chris Bacon typed:

Fitz wrote:
Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against the
OP?

No.

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound")

Everything?

Everything.
some are incredible crap but, for instance 10m tape measures how many have
you stepped on and bent the end, I buy two or three at a time with 100
pencils. and chuck a few in every room.


-

Mark wrote:
Chris Bacon typed:

Fitz wrote:
Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against the
OP?

No.

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound")

Everything?

Everything.
some are incredible crap but, for instance 10m tape measures how many
have you stepped on and bent the end, I buy two or three at a time
with 100 pencils. and chuck a few in every room.


-

Nope can't say I've never stepped on my tape measure or lost a pencil,
mainly because the pencil is behind my ear and the tape measure is always
hooked on the waist band of me trousers. :-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:04:45 UTC, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Nope can't say I've never stepped on my tape measure or lost a pencil,
mainly because the pencil is behind my ear and the tape measure is always
hooked on the waist band of me trousers. :-)

Measuring ceilings must call for a few contortions! :-)
--
The information contained in this post is copyright the
poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by
Avenue Supplies, http://avenuesupplies.co.uk

wrote in message
oups.com...
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.


superglue
16 small (2ml) tubes of
or
3 x 10ml bottles of plus range of short and long nozzles

it's superglue. It sticks

The3rd Earl Of Derby typed:

Mark wrote:
Chris Bacon typed:

Fitz wrote:
Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against
the OP?

No.

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound")

Everything?

Everything.
some are incredible crap but, for instance 10m tape measures how many
have you stepped on and bent the end, I buy two or three at a time
with 100 pencils. and chuck a few in every room.


-

Nope can't say I've never stepped on my tape measure or lost a pencil,
mainly because the pencil is behind my ear and the tape measure is
always hooked on the waist band of me trousers. :-)

Well at least you will _Look_ the part walking round B&Q.


-

wrote in message
oups.com...
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

Sticky tape

Double sided.
3x rolls of 2.5cm tape. Not sure of length, but very effective.

Paper Masking
5x rolls of 2.5cm tape. ditto

Insulating
something stupid like 10 or 12 rolls of assorted colours

wrote in message
oups.com...
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.

3 way socket on short ( 1 metre) cable .

Mark wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby typed:

Mark wrote:
Chris Bacon typed:

Fitz wrote:
Err, Chris. No offence meant but have you got something against
the OP?

No.

Poundland ("Yes - Everything's a pound")

Everything?

Everything.
some are incredible crap but, for instance 10m tape measures how
many have you stepped on and bent the end, I buy two or three at a
time with 100 pencils. and chuck a few in every room.


-

Nope can't say I've never stepped on my tape measure or lost a
pencil, mainly because the pencil is behind my ear and the tape
measure is always hooked on the waist band of me trousers. :-)

Well at least you will _Look_ the part walking round B&Q.


-

Me in B&Q? heaven forbid...much cheaper places to goto. :-)

p.s they only do that to look technical.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:04:45 UTC, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Nope can't say I've never stepped on my tape measure or lost a
pencil, mainly because the pencil is behind my ear and the tape
measure is always hooked on the waist band of me trousers. :-)

Measuring ceilings must call for a few contortions! :-)

I just take me trousers off. ;-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

OG wrote:

3 way socket on short ( 1 metre) cable .

yes I saw those. Have you tried them, and are they ok?

NT

wrote in message
oups.com
OG wrote:

3 way socket on short ( 1 metre) cable .

yes I saw those. Have you tried them, and are they ok?


We've probably got about half a dozen around the place. More or less
everywhere that we would normally expect to put an adaptor.

OG wrote:

wrote in message
oups.com...
This thread is for review of Poundland products. Although very cheap,
and of mixed quality, enough of them are good enough for serious uses
-but certainly not all.

If you want to buy goods you know are all upto the job, go elsewhere.
If you want to buy a big pile of tools very cheaply, then fill in any
remaining needs later from other suppliers, poundland is a good choice.
Although not of professional quality, quite a lot is good enough for
the majority of home maintenance use.


superglue
16 small (2ml) tubes of
or
3 x 10ml bottles of plus range of short and long nozzles

it's superglue. It sticks

Ours is selling a card with a dozen 2ml tubes of superglue together with
a small tube of superglue unsticker. Sounds like quite a good deal to
me.