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Product Identifiers
BrandDirty Pro Tools
MPNNOT SPECIFIED
EAN5060275909281
eBay Product ID (ePID)20026731258
Product Key Features
Power SourceElectric
TypeCement Mixer
Additional Product Features
Non-Domestic ProductNo
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 21 Nov, 2019Most favourable review
Good DIY item
Like many other reviewers I agree the assembly instructions are AWFUL and crucially OMIT the underside drum retaining pin, I only realised when I tipped the drum. It fell off the cradle and the drum got scratched and damaged easily, the paint or powder coat is thin and scratches easily as this showed. If you have half an ounce of common sense assembly can be done in approx 2 hours solo. I was lucky and had too many screws/bolts when Laid out along side the instructions list. I have only used it on one day for 10 loads of 5:1 concrete and it worked fine, noisier than some mixers as metal contact roller teeth but not horrendous, I found it worked and mixed 5:1 shovels ballast/cement at a time, I did two such loads and rear drum adherence occurs easily if not wet enough and the interior mixer arms are not that efficient. Tipped into a chillington barrow side on with little spillage. It will never be pristine but the basic is a motor and a drum rotor set up. If it lasts a year for my diy project list I will be delighted and a great deal saved over a premium mixer. I recommend but for diy use only, light, easy to move and clean, set aside plenty of time to assemble and find a local nut and bolt supplier in case of missing items etc.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Aug, 2018Most critical review
Poor quality Good Price
Parts list nuts and bolts was wrong, however there were enough to do the job. Instruction manual was of cosmetic value only. On the two upright supports, one has one more hole in than the other and this should be at the motor end, no mention of this in the manual. I didn't find this out until I came to fit the motor. I couldn't be bothered to take everything apart again so I drilled an extra hole in the motor side leg. I used stud lock liquid on all the nuts and bolts as I reckon they will probably vibrate loose in time. I also greased heavily the toothed ring gear but it still sounds as if the drum is not fully circular. For the price and what little use it will have then it is a cheap buy.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 10 Feb, 2021
Good machine for the price
This is a cheap mixer, but it actually has done a fair bit of DIY work for me, with no problems so far. Latest job was mixing enough cement for a garage foundation, 125mm deep by 35 square meters, and it never missed a beat. It does make some strange noises as it turns, but so far all good. The motor is on the small side, and will stall if you try to power it up with the drum full and not centralised, but if you treat it right (and carefully) it will give you a good days work with no bother. I would not buy it for commercial use, as that would probably involve some rougher treatment, which it probably would not survive.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Sep, 2019
An absolute bargain
If you have a team of bricklayers this machine probably won’t keep up with them. If you’re working on your own though, but don’t want to have to suffer the back breaking job of knocking up by hand it’s a peach of a machine. For a DIYer small batches mean no trouble with the mix going dry before you get to use it all up, especially when laying bricks. Delivery was quick. The shipper was excellent with plenty of delivery notification and even a phone call an hour before arriving and the two boxes the mixer came in were pristine when the driver pulled them off his van. The machine went together easily, the manual’s not brilliant but good enough if you take time, study the pictures and assemble carefully. I’ve put two one ton bags of ballast, one of soft sand and two of sharp sand through it so far and it’s it’s not missed a beat. For what it cost it’s an absolute bargain.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 02 Sep, 2016
Cheap but reliable.
Mainly and ideal for DIY use. Don't overload or will not mix too well. Been great for what I needed for concrete footings, concrete base and mortar for a large project. Has been left outside in all weather for a couple of years now but has still worked fine every time needed. Good value and reliable but wouldn't class as a professional machine but ideal for ocassional use.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 09 Aug, 2016
Great for DIY
Assembly of the mixer took me about an hour but was straightforward. So far, I've used it once to mix some concrete to install a clothes airer base and it worked a treat. The motor seems plenty powerful enough for the capacity of the mixer. It's easy to operate and easy to move around. Once cleaned out I was pleasantly surprised to find all the internal paint was still completely intact; I expected it to be chipped by the gravel.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Apr, 2017
easy to use, easy to clean...
Happy apart from the instructions. Once put together, the mixer's great but the instructions are a nightmare. Oh well, very happy with the product which is the main thing! :)Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 29 Feb, 2020
Worth the punt
Arrived quicker than expected. No assembly instructions but it can be worked out. Expected some problems being a return. Flywheel was not connected and on fitting found the holes in the drum had been drilled in the wrong place. Fixed this myself. Washer for drum to stand fitting was missing but I had one to do the job. have used the mixer a number of times and it works well and has saved me a lot of time and effort. Overall if you are able to fix any snags then at the price this mixer is worth itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Apr, 2019
Good if you can fix weaknesses
This is what I’d call a “nearly mixer” – It’s nearly a really good one, you nearly get all the correct bolts and it nearly all goes together correctly. Delivery was fine, but assembly was a different matter. Thanks go to previous reviewers pointing out that the manual was pants, I agree, and also that the side of the frame with the three holes has to go to the motor side. Moving on from there, this is what I found during assembly. Frame all put together without much problem other than wrong bolts occasionally needing replacements. Lower drum dropped in ok. Close look at the tapped holes in the ring gear for the upper half showed three of the six were partly covered so that the screws could not go in. Solution, remove the six screws holding the ring gear and let it drop onto the frame. This gives plenty of room to get in to enlarge the holes. I used a step drill and took the holes up to 8mm. There is no reason these holes have to be so small in the first place. Screwed the ring gear on and put on the top half of the drum without problem. Best way to do this is to get 6 x M6x50 say bolts and put them in the top half and put the rubber seal onto these bolts. This holds everything in place. Put top half onto the bottom and screw in the longer bolts a few turns. The longer bolts give plenty of wiggle room. When all bolts entered, replace them one at a time with the short ones. At this point I tightened up all the bolts everywhere when the machine was sitting nice and level, including the one that holds the entire drum in at the bottom of the drum. This was when I discovered the biggest problem. The drum would now not rotate and completely jammed at one point due to lack of backlash at the ring gear / drive pinion. Close inspection showed the cast ring gear to be thicker at this point. So strip the drum down again and take the ring gear off. The casting is pretty rough on the back, but the main problem is that it measured roughly 23-24mm thick except at this one point where it tapered up to more like 27-28mm. Only solution to this is either return the machine (which should never have made it past QA with a ring gear like this), or, fix it. Daft engineer that I am, and wanting to use it the next day, Out came the grinder and roughly 40 minutes later, 3-4mm had been removed at the high spot tapering away from this point over roughly a 120 degree section of the ring to get it reasonably uniform. Other rough spots on it were cleaned up at the same time. Drum built up again and now rotated fine. Backlash was too big, so drum off again and one of the adjusting shims at the bottom removed. Backlash now reasonably good all round. None of this mentioned in the “manual” of course. It doesn’t exactly rotate true, it is about 6-8mm eccentricity but it does at least now go round. There were a few other niggles. The tipping wheel locking ring does not going on easily as it fouls with a circlip. Also leave the gear shield off until last as you’ll probably want to bend it a bit to fit better, but these are minor compared to the ring gear problem. A few more size details would be helpful, as it actually was a good bit taller than I thought it would be, but on the plus side, you can get a builders barrow under it for emptying. After four small batches of concrete made with pea gravel the paint had worn through to bare metal at the most worked points so not like a previous reviewer had stated but pretty normal in my experience. Where is it made? Good question. There may be a sticker with what looks like a Union Flag on it, but there is nothing on the machine, website, Ebay or the “manual” to say. Declaration of conformity is TUV Germany, but my suspicion is that it originates much further east. All in all, it COULD be a great little machine. The tipping wheel and cast iron ring gear were the things that attracted me, but if you are not particularly handy at fixing the faults that will come with it, I’d avoid it like the plague.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 Jan, 2018
I was suspicious of low price, but completely delighted with my purchase
I was warned I'd have to wait a month for delivery, but it was well worth it. Others have complained about the build instructions but I found them perfectly good. Clever the way it was packed into two manageable boxes. Only small snag with assembly was one of the many screws that fix the two halves of the drum together on the ring gear didn't fit, as one of the tapped holes in the ring gear was off-course. But the one missing screw hasn't been a problem at all. A joy to use. You can load from either side, and because of the trolley-style stand you can wheel it around, or even straddle the hole you're filling, to pour directly where you want it. The fact the drum angle can be easily controlled from in front as well as behind, and tilted through 360 degrees, makes single-handing easy. I was worried that the motor might not be powerful enough for larger or thicker loads, but there is absolutely no problem there. Cleaning is straightforward, because you can turn the drum by hand as you go and reach all the parts including behind the paddles. So far I've mixed a couple of tons of concrete and half as much cement so the inner paint is getting scuffed, but otherwise it's like new.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
