DEWALT 18V XR Brushless Oscillating Multi-Tool, Tool Only, DCS355N-XJ

Fantastic tooli love it and at a good price

Years back I saw the Fein multi-tool and although it seemed like a good idea I could not identify enough of a need to justify the price. Now every manufacturer seems to have a version but I have a good experience of DeWalt and already have DeWalt XR batteries and charger so buying this item as a bare unit excluding battery and charger (and another useless kit box) made a lot of sense - as well as saving a lot of cash.When I bought it I had no particular use in mind, it just seemed a useful addition to my DIY kit. In practice it has proved the most useful power tool I have.The first real job was to fix the door that jammed on the carpet. This job had been put off as I needed to remove the door, take it down five flights of stairs, set it up on a couple of saw horses, etc. etc. etc. It therefore seemed like a good test for the multitool. I needed to take about 10mm off the door so I just rested a strip of 10mm thick wood against the door, fitted the tool with a wood cutting blade and ran the blade along the door on top of the wood. It does not cut very fast and I had to repeat the exercise on each side of the door as the tool would not cut deep enough but inside about 10 minutes the job was done including fitting a delta sanding pad to clean up the cut and without taking the door from the frame.It has since been used to cut out a couple of wall tiles so I could fit a smaller cooker socket, trimmed some fence panels in situ, scraped excess adhesive from wood joints, cut and levelled expanding foam used to fill a wall cavity and sliced through hot melt glue joints. And I have only had it about three weeks.If I had to buy this complete with batteries and charger I think it would have been hard to justify the price but as a bare unit it made sense. Highly recommended.I should not finish on a minus but one it is the availability of cutters. Now these tools have become popular the major DIY chains have stocks of basic tools. Unfortunately these tools will not fit the very quick and clever DeWalt quick Change system. The tool does come with a screw and washer which is used to clamp other tools in place but my experience using this is poor. This is not enough of a minus to drop a star but it does mean that a little forward planing is needed to ensure required tools are mail ordered before starting a job. Also DeWalt cutters are expensive but companies such as Saxon have cutters to fit which seem to work as well as DeWalt but cost a lot less.Finally a comment on one review I read which marked this tool down as the trigger was easy to activate when putting the tool down or changing cutters. I have never had a problem with putting the tool down and when changing cutters there is a lock button that prevents the tool starting and, of course, a completely fool proof and safe solution is just remove the battery.Since writing this review I have fitted a new wood front door. Out came the multi-tool again. First the scraper made very quick work of getting rid of the old adhesive backed draught seal. A quick tool change and all the awkward frame corners were sanded clean. Then the frame hinge recesses needed enlarging and a section of the frame needed cutting out and replacing with new wood. Both jobs done quickly with this tool. Love it.UPDATEMy latest DIY job has been to install new bathroom and toilet complete with new floor. Again this tool had a lot of use.Easy way to cut through unwanted copper pipes - out came the multitool.Cut through the rusted screws holding the old loo down - multitool againRemove tiles from behind mirror as I needed some tiles around different shaped sink - multitoolCut out section of rotting floor - guessBiggest job. Having struggled to get the new bath into place found that it was deeper than the old one and the waste would need a cut out in the floor to fit. How can I cut a hole in the floor under a bath and around a U bend with the bath in place. You guessed it !!!

Works like a dream.Good quality and fast delivery

Good value, well made and solid piece of equipment at a good price. I have used it to sand door frames and cut through old decking screws that had rusted in place. Super versatile tool that I will certanly be using for a variety of jobs around the house.. Of course it has the classic black and yellow Dewalt design and even with a 4AH battery its weight is manageable.

Bought this to add to my growing dewalt family, love the stuff, and N tools make it so cheap to add stuff, great.Only really used this tool once in anger, but got many more tasks fo rit, I guess I was attracted by the sanding ability more than anything, but have used it to cut the brackets down on a garage door in a difficult place, worked well at 90'.When mine came it was without the depth gauge and the hose attachment from the sander, I did a bit of research and found these are almost impossible to obtain separately. I contacted the seller through amazon and they posted the depth gauge and hose attachments next day, which is good.The 29 piece kit is a bit of a con, you get about 25 pieces of sandpaper and 2 cutters and the sanding pad....There seems to be a whole host of cutting attachments available for this, I would guess you are best paying for the best ones, buying cheap tools is false economy as you will burn them out quicker and as your working your cutting tool is getting less and less efficient.Not much more to say really, its a great tool, bit of a new kid on the block although corded ones have been around a while. I was thinking the scraper attachment might be quite good and getting rid of stubborn stuff on surfaces you want preparing.

Excellent product, every inch a Dewalt tool. Very relaiable and robust. Good battery life

Takes a bit of getting use to with the speed controls, but it works well

Great tool but only came with 9 sanding pads not the +25 as advertised

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Just what I needed.

Perfection

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