Vitrex 103402NDE Torque Master Power Cutter (diamond cutting blade) splash guard with a variable height adjustments fully adjustable mitre guide with unique ratchet mechanism

I bought this a few years ago and for various reasons, I didn’t get around to using it until this year. I looked at the reviews and saw a few cautionary ones, commenting on noise, scary wobbling of the blade, etc. so I felt a bit nervous as I haven’t used a wet saw in well over a decade. Well—it’s been excellent. I’ve used it on two projects: a 20mm terrazzo backsplash and an outdoor path with 20mm Victorian granite and quarry tiles. The motor isn’t loud at all, I’ve heard much worse. The blade worked amazingly well for these heavy duty projects. My next project is a fixing a few ceramic tiles, which I’ve tested and it cuts like butter. A great price for what it does. Also, instructions are under the lid! Some people couldn’t seem to find it. And if you’re worried about the blade, double check you’ve secured it correctly.

This is a fantastic little cutter. Just perfect for a DIYer. I used it for fitting tiles in a refurbished kitchen. Simple to operate and does everything that you want it too well. I'm not much for writing reviews but credit where credit is due - if you're looking for an inexpensive tile cutter then this is it - just perfect.

I bought this model for a one off bathroom tiling job, and I am very pleased with it. It easily managed the 450 x 300 x 8mm tiles I was cutting. I have seen some people commenting on how you have to fill the water reservoir frequently, well there is a way around that. I have got better at cutting the tiles the more I used it, and learnt a few things. I found the following may be worth passing on. Don’t press down too hard this makes feeding the tile through more difficult. When you cut the tiles after you have done a few the tile dust and small pieces of glaze tend to lay on the top of the cutter and this can cause the tiles to grip when you push them through. Therefore I had a hose handy, I guess a watering can would do the same, and swilled the grit off the top. This did two things. 1) Kept the top free of grit and the tiles fed through more easily, and 2) the water I used to do this found its way into the reservoir and so I didn’t need to keep checking and filling it. I found it is beneficial to de-sludge the reservoir after you have been using the cutter for a few hours otherwise the tile dust tends to thicken the water and it doesn’t throw on to the blade as well as it should. Great little unit, well worth the money. If I had any complaint it was that the guide is a bit flimsy, but as long as your careful it will do the job.

The media could not be loaded. Harassed and harangued, I wanted it really, into putting in a tile splashback at home I decided I would have a go myself so invested in a tile cutter to aid cutting some plain white Metro Tiles.Vitrex seems to be the go to brand for all tiling accessories, it's the prominent brand at the local DIY giants plus there aren't many options for the non pro have a go bodge jobber like myself, so I picked one of these up.The Good -Its fairly easy to set up, clunk click a couple of parts together, a screw for the guard, install the blade inside the box, all less than ten minutes to get up and running.The measure handles move fairly easily once on place enabling you to line up your tile.It's a waterproofed push button start and stop, the blade quickly whirs its way to full speed and away you go.As said I used this for metro tiles which are quite small and only 6mm thick. I'm not sure how larger tiles would go but for what I needed this little machine was superb.How many hours saved versus a manual cutter I am not sure of but it's a lot, an awful lot.The could be better -One grumble I had when using was that the numbers for lining up the cutting guide were extremely hard to see, there are a black indent on black plastic. One of my photos shows the numbers once I had cut a few tiles, the wet clay has gotten into the idents making it much easier to read. If there was something to say this could be improved it would be improve visibility on the guide numbers Vitrex!!Some look outs if you do pick one up I found handy -Masking tape is your mate, tape the cut line to reduce the risk of lopping off the edges and nibbling the ends of tiles.Wear Googles and have a second pair you can swap out with out having to stop a cut to clean the muck off your Googles.Ear defenders are handy, it's noisy, especially if you are crouched over it with one eye closed because of wet tile clay.Have some towels, some sheets, a wet suit, snorkel.. It makes a mess, a lot of mess even with the guard down.You can do some tricky cuts by removing the guard but I would watch some YouTube instruction videos first!Let the blade do the work, you don't have to force it.Cleaning this unit is a pain, there's no getting away from it, i would say clean it at the end of each day you use it, don't leave it overnight, it's just going to make it harder. Set 30 minutes aside to clean it properly and it will last a lot longer.Dry the blade, it rusts very quickly. Probably invest in another blade depending on how many cuts you are planning to do.Overall this is a really good piece of kit that's extremely good value for money, if I only got one job out of it I'd have been happy but am sure it has a couple more reasonable sized jobs in it too.It's also a surprising amount of fun!Five Stars.