Manual tile cutter

[CC45]

I know there are a few experts on here.....

 

I do not tile for a living but do all my own tiling.  I am in the middle of a bathroom and two unsuites - all was going well until the 'value' tile cutter I am using decided to give up cutting in a straight line (bent bars courtesy of a mate) so I'm on the hunt for a replacement one.  want better than bottom end - willing to pay up to £100 - may go higher if warranted but not more than ~ £120.

 

Been looking at one of these two:

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/rubi-star-50n-plus-tile-cutter/53843

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/rubi-star-max-51-manual-tile-cutter-510mm/2652k

 

I think the second one is the latest version of the first one.  Not many reviews of it.

 

Any thoughts out there amongst our experts?

 

Cheers

 

[bassanclan]

What size tiles are you or will you be cutting?

Do you want to go diagonal with cuts or just in a straight line?

Is it a one off job and are you looking to sell it afterwards?

[CC45]

nothing more than about 600mm, just straight cuts really - not brave enough to go for diagonal designs!

 

Its just for the current job BUT I said that with the current one 3 jobs back.  I tend to buy tools and then keep them....

 

The following seems to have good reviews

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/big-clinker-2-heavy-duty-tile-cutter-630mm/29758

 

Leaning towards this at the minute....

[Onoff]

I wet cut my diagonals. Tbh bloody amazed how well they came out. Abandoned the Rubi scribe 'n snap one tbh in favour for the wet cutter for everything.

[bassanclan]

Big clinker is good.

It's a bit of a pain to line up, but it is very good for the money, otherwise look at something rubi second hand