Pros & Cons
Pros
If you appreciate a good knife to hold a blade this is certainly one you will appreciate. Comes with one blade, with no storage, but for the price the budget of the knife is spent on quality and singular function. Works flawlessly every time & eas... Read More
Cons
To fiddly. Even neighbours, my sons and grandchildren failing to open it. Quickslide is a joke. For this reason, it's a no from me and i'm out.
The blade retracting is so stiff that sometimes it needs two hands to use. Once i go to change the blade the release mechanism becomes jammed and no longer holds the blade safely in place. Unusable after first use on some thin plastic.
Highlights
Quality
Nice quality, easy to use, sharp blades.
Quality is superb, i love it comes in very handy
The stanley did not fail to impress me it's very sharpe, especially for laying vinyl flooring.
It wasn't a smooth action , and hurt to force the button down that locks the blade in place.
Price
Cheaper on amazon than elsewhere but as it is a dangerous item you do have to be home for delivery.
I find myself chatting to a carpet salesman, with him telling me, “don’t pay the £60 to get your old carpet taken away, cut it ... Read More
For me it is a great choice and costing less than £10 it`s a bargain.
For the price, i don't think you could get much better.
Packaging/appearance
I did have great difficulty actually getting stanley out of his packaging, i needed another stanley to get him out, but i event... Read More
I was a little worried that the blade was extended and i needed to get it out of the packaging.
The only thing i'd agree with is the packaging is ludicrous, took me a good 5 minutes to cut all the plastic away, found that m... Read More
Overview
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- This product had a total of 6,765 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 3 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well made solid construction with a major design fault
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The slider mechanism is difficult to use a good deal of force is needed to operate the slider even after using wd40 and repeatedly moving the slider does not make a great difference
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Will probably give it to my son who does not have old tired fingers
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Fits snugly in pocket when blade is retracted
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had to get the first one replaced as the sliding mechanism was extremely stiff
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The replacement was much better but still takes some effort to slide the blade
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Vey sharp and makes very neat edges
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But after a few uses i now need to replace the blade