Oscillating Multitool

So I am in the market for an oscillating multitool. I’m looking at corded units, mainly the Fein, Bosch and Dewalt. I have been watching a lot of videos and reading reviews trying to make my decision. They all seem to be solid tools. Right now I am leaning toward Fein, the two main reasons being I don’t have any Fein tools and would like to try one out, and the other reason is Fein pretty much started the OMT game! You guys are always good with your thoughts and opinions so lay em on me! Thanks.

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No Dremel? I don’t know about durability but I’ll grab my corded dremel before my cordless Milwaukee because the dremel has a toolless blade swap. I haven’t used the others you mentioned

Shuutr wrote:

No Dremel? I don’t know about durability but I’ll grab my corded dremel before my cordless Milwaukee because the dremel has a toolless blade swap. I haven’t used the others you mentioned

I hadn’t really looked at dremel. I will check them out now. I really like the tool less blade change. I am still getting info but so far the Bosch seems to be more accepting of other brands of blades. How is dremel in that regard?

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They are all solid choices. I would probably go Bosch or Fein. I don’t like the trigger on the Dewalt.

Jasonc wrote:

They are all solid choices. I would probably go Bosch or Fein. I don’t like the trigger on the Dewalt.

I have never really been a fan of paddle switches either. I know some guys that swear by them, but I just don’t care for them.

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I’m have the Dewalt on my to buy list but only cud I’m so invested into them but u can’t go wrong with either bro I hear a lot of good things about the Bosch and like u said Fiens been around so they know what they’re doin.

Bigmikez wrote:

I’m have the Dewalt on my to buy list but only cud I’m so invested into them but u can’t go wrong with either bro I hear a lot of good things about the Bosch and like u said Fiens been around so they know what they’re doin.

I like how quick you can rotate the dewalt attachments, the paddle trigger just isn’t my thing.

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ive actually been looking at the porter cable one… just as a wrench in the game

chewie17 wrote:

ive actually been looking at the porter cable one… just as a wrench in the game

Hey man if there is another brand that is better or you like I’m completely open. That’s what I love about this place. I guess I will be checking out the porter cable now too.

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Well I don’t have that one but I saw it beside a dewalt in Lowes and they looked very similar but up here it was only $150 instead of like $180 or $200 I think for the dewalt

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I have the Bosch 12 volt cordless version, from when they first came out. It is the manual blade change with a hex key. I can’t speak to the corded version but their cordless version is great.

I have a Dremel one i got in a 3 tool bundle.  It doesn’t have quick change on my model, which is pretty annoying.  I would at least narrow your choices down to ones that do!  Mine is also corded, and the cord is like 3-4 feet, so that is also annoying.  But its got power to handle most everything i needed it too.  Accessories are expensive, especially sand paper.  I always hit up Menards when they have their cheapest brand on sale.

Dewalts has an annoying trigger and here in belgium we can only het the one with propietary accessoires. Which is a no no to me.

Fein is a good one although het again: propietary accessoires which drive up the privé abit.

Personally i prefer the Bosch or Makita for using the OIS interface which is suite common over Herr. Both have a toolless blade change. Bosch’s blade chance system is hands down the best. Makita uses thesame system as fein with a pin holding the tool. The pin can be released with a lever.

kruton wrote:

I hadn’t really looked at dremel. I will check them out now. I really like the tool less blade change. I am still getting info but so far the Bosch seems to be more accepting of other brands of blades. How is dremel in that regard?

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They accept a lot and if not there are adapters available.

as much as I like my little Milwaukee multi tool, I would get a model with quick changing bits…..

kornomaniac wrote:

Dewalts has an annoying trigger and here in belgium we can only het the one with propietary accessoires. Which is a no no to me.

Fein is a good one although het again: propietary accessoires which drive up the privé abit.

Personally i prefer the Bosch or Makita for using the OIS interface which is suite common over Herr. Both have a toolless blade change. Bosch’s blade chance system is hands down the best. Makita uses thesame system as fein with a pin holding the tool. The pin can be released with a lever.

Try multitoolworld for blades. Based in Holland, cheap and just as good as dewalts at less than half the price

Turner85 wrote:

Try multitoolworld for blades. Based in Holland, cheap and just as good as dewalts at less than half the price

Just checked that out, got some good prices on things. Hopefully I’ll remember it next time I need blades

Turner85 wrote:

Try multitoolworld for blades. Based in Holland, cheap and just as good as dewalts at less than half the price

Thanks for the heads up Turner. I’ll probably buy one in the next week or two and will be looking for blades. I’ll take all the savings I can get.

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kruton wrote:

Thanks for the heads up Turner. I’ll probably buy one in the next week or two and will be looking for blades. I’ll take all the savings I can get.

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. Which one u leaning towards Kruton?

Bigmikez wrote:

. Which one u leaning towards Kruton?

Right now I’m still thinking the Fein, but I haven’t really had a good chance to research some of the other brands that were suggested.

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Here is a deal of the porter cable but it is only good for today. http://toolguyd.com/porter-cable-oscillating-multi-tool-deal-092015/

Eric swears by the corded Bosch Kruton and I have the brushless 18v Bosch and it’s the cats meow. But your dead on about Fein!

i think you’re on the right track, if you want the best, Bosch, or Fein. I prefer the Bosch quick change system to the feins. the Bosch is louder, but has a pretty long cord, and great build quality. also festool just came out with one, I haven’t used it, i’m sure it performs excellently. as far as blades go, bosch and dremel have a carbide tipped blade which is hands down the longest lasting blade out there. hope this helps. also the porter cable, and dewalt are basically the same tool. 

The thing I really like about Bosch is that there are zero parts needed for a blade change. With my kind of luck I would probably lose the pin from the Fein!

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If you want the best you have to go with festool vecturo or the fein supercut? I have the Dewalt cordless and though I like the paddle switch I wish you could lock it at any speed you want instead of fullspeed only. They did it on the blower so maybe in the next revision.That might be 10 years down the road  knowing Dewalt.

In my dream shop I would have the Fein MM 350 and the M12 Milwaukee. In reality, if somebody runs the screaming deals like last year before Christmas, I’ll end up with a Bosch.

I have owned these;

Ridgid JobMax

Dremel MM45

Bosch PS50

Bosch MX30

Milwaukee 2626

Milwaukee 2426

My dad recently went to buy a multi tool last week. I didn’t hesitate about which one to recommend. He purchased the MX30 per my recommendation.

I’ve never used a fein.

I had the bosch to start with in battery , after a year going through 2 of them I bought the Fein one corded , which was fine but I found the slide trigger get harder and harder to use

Then the Dewalt mains came out and the quick switch tool change looked great , but I didn’t buy one as wanted to wait till the battery version came out , a few people I know said about the trigger setting off when you placed it on the floor, I ended up using the fein less and less as I had less power tools on site and only used the XR range of tools , as soon as the Dewalt battery version came out I got one and now use it every day, you don’t have the trigger problem as the battery holds it off the floor , the quick switch makes life so much quicker and eaiser , I would highly recommend the battery Dewalt version

In the UK I use Saxton blades , they do there own quick switch blades at a great price

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locksmithmatt wrote:

I had the bosch to start with in battery , after a year going through 2 of them I bought the Fein one corded , which was fine but I found the slide trigger get harder and harder to use

Then the Dewalt mains came out and the quick switch tool change looked great , but I didn’t buy one as wanted to wait till the battery version came out , a few people I know said about the trigger setting off when you placed it on the floor, I ended up using the fein less and less as I had less power tools on site and only used the XR range of tools , as soon as the Dewalt battery version came out I got one and now use it every day, you don’t have the trigger problem as the battery holds it off the floor , the quick switch makes life so much quicker and eaiser , I would highly recommend the battery Dewalt version

In the UK I use Saxton blades , they do there own quick switch blades at a great price

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Were you using the 250 or 350 Fein?

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I’ll dig it out and look for you

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locksmithmatt wrote:

I’ll dig it out and look for you

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Thanks I appreciate it. I’m looking at the 350 so I am hoping that was the 250 and they have fixed it! Either way thank you for the info. That’s what is great about this place everybody has a lot of knowledge and willing to share their experiences to help each other out. It’s good to be crew!

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It’s the 350q it has the quick switch handle at the top which is good (not as good as the Dewalt though) the only down side I had to it was dust in the push on switch jammed it up , plus it did have a cord 🙂

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Just bought the corded Porter cable last night and I’ll be testing it out tonight.

I’ve only used the jobmax so that’s how I will compare it. I know its not top of the line but it was on sale for $90 from $150

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chewie17 wrote:

Just bought the corded Porter cable last night and I’ll be testing it out tonight.

I’ve only used the jobmax so that’s how I will compare it. I know its not top of the line but it was on sale for $90 from $150

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That’s awesome man. Looking forward to see what you think of it. My Fein should be here Tuesday so hopefully we both have good stories to report back with. I’ll be honest there are several different brands that have really solid OMT’S out right now. It was harder to decide which one to get than I thought it would be. Thanks to everyone for all of the advice. I think I am going to type up a quick review when it comes in and submit that to Eric and Dan to see about writing some for the sight. You guys can be my proofreaders!

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The new Fein came in today and I have to say this thing is smooth. I just messed around with it on some 4×4’s in the shop. I can’t believe how easy it cuts. I wish I would have gotten an OMT a long time ago. Hopefully I can post a longer review after I get some hours on it. Thanks for all of your input.[External image (images.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]

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kruton wrote:

The new Fein came in today and I have to say this thing is smooth. I just messed around with it on some 4×4’s in the shop. I can’t believe how easy it cuts. I wish I would have gotten an OMT a long time ago. Hopefully I can post a longer review after I get some hours on it. Thanks for all of your input.[External image (images.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]

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. Sweeeeet brotha!!

Nice it’s a great tool it won’t disappoint

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Kruton, the vibration dampening on that tool is awesome. I’ve used it before and I fell in love with it. Great great great tool.

ChrisK1970 wrote:

Kruton, the vibration dampening on that tool is awesome. I’ve used it before and I fell in love with it. Great great great tool.

I’ll admit first that I have never used an oscillating multitool before this but I couldn’t believe how little vibration there was. I can’t say enough how smooth that thing went through a 4×4. Now I’m going to start playing with different blades to see what works best for different applications.

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Would be amazing if someone could post a test review on the vibration dampening difference between the Fein 250 and the new model 350

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hemdale wrote:

Would be amazing if someone could post a test review on the vibration dampening difference between the Fein 250 and the new model 350

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I would be curious to know the difference as well.

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Festool if you want the best. I have the DeWalt cordless and two Rockwell corded ones. They all have their place. I do like the DeWalt the most due to the blade compatibility. Dremel has some great accessories for a OMT.

I like the plunge base for the Festool. I am not completely sure but I think it might work on my Fein but I hesitant to pay the money for it if it won’t fit.

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so I finally got to use my porter cable OMT for longer than a few test cuts, and I am curious to know if they all get rather warm after about 30-90 second burst and cool down periods of around 3 minutes… I found it was getting hot right around the exhaust vents at the top. other than that it worked wonders! love the tool-less blade change and glad I made the change from the jobmax I was using previous.

My Dremel gets pretty heated, I have the smallest motored one so I’m sure I am overworking the capacity of the tool but for the little bit that I use it, it’s not worth the upgrade. If I did I would probably grab a Bosch, I’ve heard a lot of good things about theirs.

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kruton wrote:

I like the plunge base for the Festool. I am not completely sure but I think it might work on my Fein but I hesitant to pay the money for it if it won’t fit.

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Yeah the plunge base will work on the Fein Super as that is essentially the design ideas Festool got from Fein but from what I understand the Festool is a great machine. Apples to apples though I’d definitely go with the Fein, the Festools is really pricey but when talking to a Woodcraft guy and he sells both, he said the Festool has something that dampens vibration even more. Regardless, I love my Bosch MXH 18v!

ChrisK1970 wrote:

Yeah the plunge base will work on the Fein Super as that is essentially the design ideas Festool got from Fein but from what I understand the Festool is a great machine. Apples to apples though I’d definitely go with the Fein, the Festools is really pricey but when talking to a Woodcraft guy and he sells both, he said the Festool has something that dampens vibration even more. Regardless, I love my Bosch MXH 18v!

Chris do you know if it will also work on the Fein Multimaster as well? If the Festool has better dampening that is really impressive because i feel the Fein is really well dampened.

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kruton wrote:

Chris do you know if it will also work on the Fein Multimaster as well? If the Festool has better dampening that is really impressive because i feel the Fein is really well dampened.

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It works on the Fein Supercut which is the higher end multi tool. The machine is essentially what Festool modeled the Vecturo on as Fein is the original. The Supercut is their best tool and to be honest, if I get a corded version, unless I come across some crazy deal, the Supercut multi master will end up being the one I get, but the 350 was the one I originally wanted. The only reason I want the Vecturo is because of the plunge base. But, there is a slight modification that has to be done to accommodate the base. Super easy and I think last year one of our members even posted how to do it. Also there are several mentions of this mod on other sites. Long story short, it works but only with the slight mod and only on the Supercut.

ChrisK1970 wrote:

It works on the Fein Supercut which is the higher end multi tool. The machine is essentially what Festool modeled the Vecturo on as Fein is the original. The Supercut is their best tool and to be honest, if I get a corded version, unless I come across some crazy deal, the Supercut multi master will end up being the one I get, but the 350 was the one I originally wanted. The only reason I want the Vecturo is because of the plunge base. But, there is a slight modification that has to be done to accommodate the base. Super easy and I think last year one of our members even posted how to do it. Also there are several mentions of this mod on other sites. Long story short, it works but only with the slight mod and only on the Supercut.

Thanks for the info Chris. I was hoping there was a way to mod it to work with the multimaster…maybe I should have just gotten the Festool. [emoji22]

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I’ve tried a Dremel and bought a Fein. No comparison. The only thing I think Fein is sub par on is blades. The original ones that came with my saw barely made more than one cut per blade. Now I use Imperial blades. They kick ass.

 

http://www.imperialblades.com/