Bosch IXO

All tool questions and recommendations or complaints in this forum please

Moderator: Moderators

Post Reply
User avatar
Cannyfixit
Senior Member
Posts: 2494
Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:55 pm
Location: Cheshire
Has thanked: 102 times
Been thanked: 183 times

Bosch IXO

Post by Cannyfixit »

Not sure how to word this as i have read some of you have alraeady bought the above
I was in B&Q today and the IXO 3.6 volt was on offer at £34.98 with a free angle attachment,so because i like a bargain i came home and did a search to try and find it cheaper and came across this

Bosch IXO 3.6V Cordless Screwdriver £33.19
then i found this
Bosch 7.2V Cordless Screwdriver PSR 200 LI £47.45

reading the Bosch UK web site
the latter is the latest model which leads me to believe the IXO is being discounted to get rid of old stock,
so which one would you guys go for :scratch:

Click on further product recomendations

Bosch UK
User avatar
skiking
Senior Member
Posts: 3842
Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:02 pm
Location: Cheshire
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 4 times

Post by skiking »

If you read thru' this section you will see several comments about the Bosch and the Ryobi - I think the jury is still out on this altho' I more prefer the Ryobi :thumbright:
User avatar
Hoovie
Borders Bodger
Posts: 8168
Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:06 pm
Location: Scottish Borders & East Devon
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 4 times

Post by Hoovie »

The 7.2V looks exactly the same size as the 3.6V so t would seem to be a direct replacement :-) and it has the "Ikea bit" :lol:

Having said that, these tool manufacturers do seem to have a lot of overlapping ranges for no apparent reason other then confuse their potential customers :scratch:

Which one to go for :scratch: :scratch: Personally, I like the look of the right-angle adapter - could be very useful (on other hand, could never get used! :lol: ), the 7.2V will be around longer then 3.6V but does that matter once you bought it? - tools under £100 nowadays are throwaway if they fail out of warrantly
The Ryobi is a decent brand at a lower price. .....

IMO, I think I would plumb for Ryobi still unless I had a job lined up where I could see the right-angle adaper being used (which means the Bosch 7.2V also gets the boot as it doesn't have the adapter anyway).
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
Post Reply

Return to “Tool Talk”