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It claims induction-compatible but has anyone tried it? If a thing has feet or a ring or not enough iron or too much coating sometimes an…
20/11/2025 - 17:14
Careful. I'm like you. I changed my electricity plan to get three free hours a night or something, and my broadband price leaped to the…
23/09/2025 - 17:18
[Hamilton] DeWalt XR Five-piece Kit DCZ550P2-XE $999.93 @ Mitre 10 Ruakura (Instore Only)
I saw this digital sign yesterday in Mitre10 Ruakura. I had to ask to be shown the kit itself, which had both the original price ($1899)…
07/09/2025 - 13:25
I got luckier at M10 Te Rapa. It took forever, but I ended up with the recip saw [$349 at…
23/07/2025 - 12:15
It is always cheaper to get a kit if you can find one that has what you want but nothing you do not (or that you cannot on-sell). They…
23/07/2025 - 09:01
Thanks. $1208.78 after "$1 rounding adjustment" (?). Thanks also Nzruzzki for the Topcashback tip. I added the 7% coupon that you get for…
22/06/2025 - 15:25
If you hate the McLaren's skinny wheels, get the Williams as well (currently $79 with Primate) and steal its wheels. If you hate the skinny…
19/06/2025 - 11:16
I assumed, incorrectly it turns out, that enough of a given unit would have been sourced from Asia to increase US prices significantly…
21/05/2025 - 10:40
Genuine question: how can an item exported from the US by an importer who paid a tariff on it be cheaper than one imported directly to NZ?…
21/05/2025 - 09:02
The following might all be too much buck for the bang. $500 down from $900, buying into a platform that maybe isn't super-popular down…
29/04/2025 - 10:10
The website said that the M10 I was at, and at which I was admiring the saw, had none in stock. But I had one in my hand. Maybe it was the…
29/04/2025 - 09:41
I am also on Bosch blue, slightly regretfully because they don't have a small skilly as good as this one and the only deals I hear about…
29/04/2025 - 09:39
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29/04/2025 - 07:45
Hikoki 18V Brushless 165mm Circular Saw (Bare Tool) $299 + Del. from $20 ($0 C&C Hastings) @ Hector Jones (+ Pricematch at M10)
This is Hikoki's 18V 6½" circular saw, 66mm cut at 90°. Blade right, LEDs, a really nice depth adjustment, parallelism adjustment (which…
28/04/2025 - 10:55
You don't see too many places still rocking a Pentium these days, good on you.
21/02/2025 - 09:54
More than one month. Or, more than a 28-day month anyway. I signed up mid-January and cancelled fairly soon afterward, and am still…
14/02/2025 - 11:04
(18 months later) There are a few this time around. Bosch blue, and some DeWalt though you'd miss out on their current redemption offers.
30/01/2025 - 14:22
I used to use "RaD car hire" despite the name because they were walking distance plus great to deal with, and cheap. They were set to sell…
08/11/2024 - 08:30
Do the nine volters work in smoke detectors? I have some of the green and white ones ("By SMARTTOOOLS", sic) and a smoke detector gives a…
03/07/2024 - 17:44
Bunnings's counter feels better: the same battery kit when you buy one of the five skins, each of which is < $499: Tool | Mitre 10 |…
23/06/2024 - 20:51
The Space One, also from Anker, cancels noise from aux if you turn them on.…
24/05/2024 - 14:48
I asked (everyone loves a trier) and you can only get one credit per household. Otherwise the whole family would be with them now and we'd…
19/05/2024 - 21:41
@Matrixx a reviewer said "This whole set of luggage is not lined at all. Screws and framing is bare inside the cases. Would definitely snag…
16/05/2024 - 11:07
I've lost the banner too, but about getting a SIM: when I went to sign up, the cost was $40 for the first month plus $0 for a physical SIM.…
14/03/2024 - 16:54
Any idea if the 9V batteries work in smoke detectors? The other USB-chargeables that were here recently do not.
07/02/2024 - 20:43
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07/02/2024 - 20:41