Dremel 1100-01 Stylus 7.2-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Rotary Tool with Docking Station

5 Reviews

1. I use it to sharpen my chainsaw. Great tool. Lithium-ion battery is a plus. Still running after 3 years.

2. I just got one of these for Christmas. Today is January 7, 2010 and my Stylus is back in the box waiting to be returned after attempting to use it ONCE. The button to change bits won’t work most of the time, and when I can manage to get it to open and put in a bit, the darn thing won’t stay turned on for more than a minute. I charged it for 24 hours and it didn’t help. At high speeds it won’t work at all. I’m going for something different and with a cord . . .

3. I bought one of these because I wanted a cordless rechargeable dremel. I already had a Multi-pro tool 395, which I love and use often, but sometimes was too powerful for the task I was doing, or plugging it in was inconvenient. As a result, I bought a super-cheap rechargeable Dremel that was purposely low-power for delicate jobs like filing the dog’s nails. That was great, but I did get tired of the battery running low when I wanted to keep working. This Dremel stylus is the perfect middle ground! It has more power than the cheapy rechargeable, and it’s more convenient than the multipro. I like the recharging stand: it has a nice sleek look on my desktop and has storage for the bits I use most often. The only thing that I think could be improved:

   1. The power button and the button you hold to change bits are too close together and too much alike. A few times I’ve meant to release the bit to change it, and accidently turned the power on. Lucky I didn’t hurt myself, because I was grasping the drill bit to remove it, when I turned the power on! They should at least be a different color or placed in different locations.

   2. The dial to adjust the power seems to increase on it’s own sometimes. Maybe the vibration when working, or maybe I unknowingly turn the dial up when I’m changing attachments .. but I’m often surprised by the speed when I turn the unit back on to work after changing an attachment/bit/whatever you call it.

   For the 2 reasons above, I subtracted one star, but even so .. I would buy this again. I reach for this tool more often than any other. It always seems to be just the right thing for the job. And it’s never run out of juice when I needed to work on something.

4. I got this at a deep discount as a part of a set with the 1120 screwdriver. The price was great.

   The tool works very well for fine work. Jewelry, PC boards, small delicate wood work, polishing and cleanup. It is not a replacement for the larger heaver Dremel tools as general purpose device.

   The good and bad news is that it comes with a lot of tools many of which are not terribly useful–I don’t know many folks who do jewelry or metal work and wood work both, so over 1/2 the tools are wasted. Also tools storage for the supplied tools is grossly inadequate to the point of being a pain.

5. i just purchased the dremel stylus and CANNOT get the collet to open to put in the accessories. nor can i remove it. it says to move the switch into the locked position and then turn it counter-clockwise. i cannot get the collet to turn AT ALL in either direction when it’s in the locked position. can anyone please help? am i doing something wrong? did anyone else have the same problem?