![]() My hatred of dry wall prevents me from using it as much as I’d like for the price–but that is my fault. Good motor, good construction, and very easy to operate. The Final Word: A great tool for what it is designed for. Again, for smaller projects you can do without it. The speed and ease of cutting out for openings will alleviate the 70 bucks. Will my significant other stab me if I buy this?: If you have a decent sized drywall project: No. It’s tough–but you could crack the case with a well aimed fall. The Roto-Zip spent a lot of time balanced precariously on a ladder until I could get the sheet secured enough to use it. The handle is nice–but trying to hold a sheet of 5/8” by 9′ drywall over my head with one arm kind of sucks. I wouldn’t try that very often, but the Roto-Zip’s construction seems to be pretty tough. For speed–definitely a plus.Ĭan I break this shizz?: I dropped it from about 8 feet to a concrete floor, and it held up. Anything bigger–you can probably justify this one. It’s probably worth saving 70 bucks to hand cut. I’d say if you have just one room–tough it out. Opposite will mean deviations all over the place, and more mud and tape later.įixated Utility: High for a dry wall project. Do pay attention to the direction you are cutting as you want the bit to be drawn toward what you are cutting out. It has a high-pitched whine that I think most parents are familiar with in the Little Green Army Men aisle of your local grocery store. Just unavoidable for the RPMs it kicks out. I didn’t tempt fate and just bought the Roto-Zip brand bits. For the entire garage, I only used one bit–so the quality of the bits is pretty good. It’s hot, annoying, and sucks–but so does lung trauma. As usual, anything with dry wall creates a whole load of dust–so unless you like a nice paste in your mouth–wear a mask. The ease at which you can “zip” around openings, the Roto-Zip performs as advertised. I just didn’t use it this way.įor a bigger drywall project? Invaluable. ![]() I am sure there are ways you can do it–setting the guard against a square would work–provided you did the math for the difference of the bit distance to the square. There really weren’t that many openings, and unless you have a pretty steady hand–cutting straight with this thing is kind of useless. For the size of this project–the Roto-Zip was a bit of overkill. I bought this tool for a garage drywall project I had undertaken, and frankly didn’t want to hand cut all the openings with the usual suspects: Keyhole saw and utility knife. ![]() Light fixtures, switches, sockets, pretty much anything that needs to be accessed behind your drywall. It is designed to easily cut around openings in your drywall. Not chump change–but what you get for it is worth it. Last time I checked my local Homie D, the Roto-Zip was available for about 70 bucks. Adding to the armory is never a bad thing, and Roto-Zip tells me why I need this tool–which is all fine and great, but I’m here to cut through the sales writing, and just tell you what I think. Owning the Roto-Zip was a bit of frivolity that while I do not regret–I am not sure I needed. Safety Recall Information - For important safety recall information, click here.įor any difficulty using this site with a screen reader or because of a disability, please contact us at 1-80 or For California consumers: For more information about our privacy practices, click here.I try to stay away from “specialty” tools that are really only useful for one purpose. ![]() For more information, go to or see a Harbor Freight store associate. No other meaning of "Compare to" should be implied. Prices advertised by others may vary by location. To receive the coupon prices online, the coupon code(s) must be entered into your shopping cart.Īt Harbor Freight Tools, the "Compare to" price means that the specified comparison, which is an item with the same or similar function, was advertised for sale at or above the "Compare to" price by another additional retailer in the U.S. PRICES - Although we make every effort to assure that our prices, products and coupons are advertised as accurately as possible, we are only human, and in the event an error is made, we reserve the right to correct it. No use on prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase or without original receipt. ![]()
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