Cordless Drills

Very good value, for what it cost, for lifting awkward items into the loft, but not really suitable for continuous and regular use with heavy loads. Main problem was finding a way to securely fix it above the loft hatch. I managed to find a sturdy piece of 45mm square timber to fix to the rafters, but that certainly wouldn't take 250kg.

The method of fixing on a 45mm square bar can be a problem. A 2m length of 10swg by 45mm square hollow aluminium tube is half the cost of the hoist, as I couldn't find the equivalent in steel.

The control cable is really to short and needs to be at least a metre longer. The mains lead is also rediculously short and needs an additional extension lead. The safty clip on the hook is very feeble and needs to be treated with care.

NB; Now been using the hoist for a couple of weeks, to lift many items into the loft, and found it to work well and is very usefull, even for light, but awkward, items. Found it best to ensure the... Read more

The main device is excellent, easy simple to use and looks very well made. However, it is let down by the plug.

It arrived with a European plug and a plug/converter to use in the UK. To start with it is not easy to work out how to use this converter, and even when put back together it kept disconnectiong and shorting the safety fuse, which took another 30 mins before I worked out what was causing the problem. It was too much agro to return the whole unit as I needed it urgently so I eventually just cut off the Eurpoean plug and re-wired it for the UK.

A good product let down by a badly designed conversion.

Could do with a longer control cable but otherwise an excellent product.
Sadly you will end up paying half as much again for the supporting bar but that is not the fault of the Hoist.