I’m in the market for a heat gun. Cordless would be nice but not at the expense of usefulness. Anyone got a favourite they’d buy again?
Mine is a cheap mains powered Powerbase model, bought from Homebase donkey’s years ago. It’s had a lot of use over the years and is still going strong, so I’m happy with it.
A cordless one would probably be handy sometimes (saves messing about with extension leads). I have quite a few Makita cordless tools, and find them very good, so I would probably go for Makita if I wanted a cordless one. The batteries are expensive, but I have two, and swap them between whichever tools I want to use. They recharge pretty quickly and last a long time on a charge.
I have a DeWalt cordless screwdriver and the batteries are interchangeable, which is good, but the reviews were pretty average for the cordless heat gun, unfortunately. You pay more for the brand so I expected mostly glowing reviews (no pun intended).
Not warmly recommended, then?
My DeWalt cordless drill has been going strong for years.
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I got a very old Bosch corded one… a big green lump that’s never let me down. (Must be from the 80’s because I inherited it from my father in law who died in 92 and had been unwell for a couple of years at least)
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I’ve had one for decades. Still does the job.
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Still have a + 20 years old Ryobi corded one, and still use it on a regular basis. I wont pay more to get an heavier tool that will run out of battery at the worst moment.
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I’d never buy shit like a novelty cordless heat gun. A cheap corded gun works well so long as you put it down ‘chimney up’ afterwards which will extend its life by years!!
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I don’t think DeWalt do novelty tools. 
But power is king for these, it seems.
Nothing wrong with the majority of dewalt although it wasn’t what I was talking about.. Some stuff work and are genuinely worth the money vs name of brand, other stuff can work just as good but are unheard of. If you use battery tools occasionally and your batteries are flat when you come to need them (as you forgot to charge or other from a year ago for example) you’ve then paid for a premium system that wasn’t as convenient as it was made out to be.
Strangely enough I’ve a Lidl hot air gun, it’s a higher output than other budget ones, it also comes with a higher quality 4m lead (WOW!) that’s a soft silicone grade and doesn’t crack vs 1.5m hard brittle lead found on most throw away stuff.
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