Warning for Biltema's decking screw

[Alfredo]

I assume it went quite well with this one.

Good is probably a relative word. But I have used similar ones, and they were certainly useful once upon a time before screwdrivers became everyone's first power tool. I probably still have some variations of these, but nowadays they are probably seen more as museum pieces than something I actually use.

 

[Jonas Persson]

Good is probably a relative word. But I have used similar ones and sure, they were useful once upon a time before screwdrivers became everyone's first power tool. I probably still have a few variations of these, but nowadays, they are probably more seen as museum pieces than something I actually use.

I think many don't know what kind of strange gadget it is. But the fact that you pushed and didn't turn meant it worked a little better. But hardly for small screws.

 

[Alfredo]

But hardly for small screws.

And not for "stiff ones" either. But if we're talking about machine screws that need to be "threaded far," it went quite geschwint, if anyone knows what the word means?

 

[Jonas Persson]

And not for "tungdragna" either. But if we're talking about machine screws that need to be "threaded long", it went quite geschwint, if anyone knows what that word means?

Genau

 

[tergo]

I think many people don't know what kind of strange gadget it is. But pressing instead of twisting meant it worked a little better. But hardly for small screws.

yankee screwdriver, the question was when you used it whether to keep the spring or remove it

 

[Klicka]

Lubricate the screws with wood oil or wax.

 

[Stego1]

There is a certain significant difference between a wheel bearing and a lump of zinc.

There are also big differences there. The zinc content varies greatly. With wheel bearings, stick to known brands regardless of where they are sold. Biltema sells many products and not all meet the standards, but most work quite excellently. Then it's up to each individual. If you want to pay dearly for a similar product, then amen to that.

 

[SwiftD]

Lubricate the screws with wood oil or wax.

Solid soap works fine.

 

[fsn]

There are also big differences there. The zinc content varies greatly. For wheel bearings, stick to known brands regardless of where they are sold. Biltema sells many products and not all of them meet the standard, but most work perfectly fine. Then it's up to each person. If you want to pay dearly for an equivalent product, then amen to that.

But generally speaking, when it comes to car parts, I recommend the German online sellers (available in Swedish) where you can buy genuine products for just under Biltema prices. The range is superior, the only thing is you have to be prepared for 3-4 days delivery time and cover 17-20€ in shipping. THERE YOU HAVE BETTER PRODUCTS AT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER PRICES.

 

[Henke203]

But generally regarding car parts, I recommend the German online sellers (which are available in Swedish) where you can buy genuine products for just under Biltema prices. The selection is superior, it's just that you have to be prepared for 3-4 days delivery time and cover 17-20€ in shipping. THERE YOU HAVE BETTER PRODUCTS AT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER PRICES.

I shop from various German sites, but there are also Swedish sites that are extremely cheap and deliver from stock in the EU or here at home. What I've noticed is that it's often the same factory that makes both Autodoc and Biltema products, for example. I look up the cheapest for the day on all the sites I know, then add the cheapest to the cart that I have open in the browser and wait a day since they constantly read cookies and send offers all over the place. Recently, just a week ago, I made an insane deal on a new turbo for my car. I looked on the sites then made the purchase directly because it cost 2500kr, and when I bought it, the price changed to 4500kr, so it increased by 2000 kr 1 second after I bought it. Those of you hunting prices, etc., should definitely do as I do and search, also Google. That's what I did on the oil for the car, and it became 500kr instead of 1050kr, and it was on a Swedish site that does not exist as a physical store but only works with online sales.

As someone else previously wrote, you have to wait a day or 2-3, but I think that's fine, if you buy from brand dealers or one of the larger car parts stores, since they have terribly poor stock of non-consumable parts like filters and plugs, but on the other hand, you know roughly when you need those, so there's a lot of money to be saved. For example, my filter for the automatic transmission costs just over 300kr at Mekonomen, and I paid 86kr at Autodoc, and it was available for 188 at Skruvat.se. I no longer buy filters from Biltema, so I didn't even look there, but I did look now, and they don't have that filter, and their other filters are twice as expensive as my "German price."

Then to the original question at the beginning regarding the screw, I think it's mediocre at best but seems to be inconsistent in quality if you read here in the thread. However, there are many screw brands that are bad and shouldn't be sold even though they want to imply they're branded products with a crazy price tag. So I buy mine at Proffsprodukter.se at Sweden's lowest prices, they say, and I haven't found anything cheaper that seems worthwhile. If you break their decking screw, you're doing something terribly wrong because they definitely withstand at least double what they're supposed to handle, and a plus is that you can make bulk orders on different screws and further lower the price. This is good if the neighborhood orders at the same time and then gets a pallet of screws for a pittance. I used to work as a floor installer, and we did a fair amount of decking and were forced by the boss to pre-drill so it wouldn't chip at the screw head, and it didn't take as much time as one might think, maybe 20% longer but neater, and it also made it smoother to screw skewed boards. Then you still have to use a template before screwing to always screw at the same measure on the board and in a straight line. The worst I know is when it looks like decking has been screwed with a machine gun, crooked and random with chipping at every screw.

 

[Stego1]

But in general regarding car parts, I recommend the German online sellers (which are available in Swedish) where you buy real products at slightly below Biltema prices. The selection is superior, it's just that you have to be prepared for a 3-4 days delivery time and cover 17-20€ in shipping. THERE YOU HAVE BETTER PRODUCTS AT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER PRICES.

Not disagreeing.

 

[Gizmokvack]

I want to make a tribute to this year's edition of Biltema's decking screws.

I installed the entire deck last year with Essve (also satisfied with that screw). I got a really good discount, but the person who gave it has changed jobs, and due to the lack of discount, I tried Biltema's.
About 2500 screws were driven in with my Makita driver (neighbors moderately pleased), and all screws had a great grip, none broke.
Decking season is probably over for this year, but if there are any stragglers without a super discount, the 2021 model is recommended!

 

[SwiftD]

I want to pay tribute to this year's edition of Biltema's deck screws.

I did the whole previous deck with Essve (also satisfied with that screw). I got a really good discount but that person has changed jobs and due to the absence of a discount, I tried Biltema's.
About 2500 screws were driven down with my impact driver from Makita (moderately pleased neighbors) and all the screws had a good grip, none broke.
The deck season is probably over for this year but if there are any stragglers without a super discount, I recommend the 2021 model!

I have driven 2500-3000 of Biltema's 4.5 x 55mm deck screws this year, which are sold in 1000-packs without a single problem. However, I pre-drilled and used a regular screwdriver.

 

[Degerlunden]

Screwed in about 1500 of Biltema's deck screws with Makita's brushless impact driver without pre-drilling into 28*120 without problems. About ten of these were crooked, so the quality sorting is not the best. All screws are still in place and none broke during construction.

Off-topic, has anyone tested Jula's "Hard Head" deck screws, 500 pcs for 99:-?

 

[ArneTW]

Screwed in about 1500 of Biltema's decking screws with Makita's brushless impact driver without pre-drilling in 28*120 without problems. About ten of these were bent, so the quality sorting isn't the best. So far, all screws are still in place and none broke during construction.

Off-topic, has anyone tested Jula's "Hard Head" decking screws, 500 pcs. for 99:-?

Had a longer thread than Essve so they didn't work as well for me. If you're screwing thinner decking, they should work.

/ATW