Bosch Professional12V System Cordless Universal Shear GUS 12V-300 (incl. Quick charger GAL 12V-40, 2 x battery GBA 12V 2.0Ah, L-BOXX 102)

The first thing that struck me when I got this was how much bigger and heavier it was than it looked in the pictures. On the plus side the construction is excellent as you would expect from Bosch. I bought this for cutting Gravoply engraving material (rigid plastic sheets 1.5 -2.5mm thick) which I realise it is not designed for, but I hoped it would work, and it does brilliantly!. I have tried it on thick cardboard and thick felt and it cuts those very well, it takes a while to get the hang of cutting in a straight line but it is possible with practise. I haven't tried carpet yet because I don't have any, but i'm sure it will cut it easily. It's a pretty niche tool, but if you have a regular need to cut flexible material i can recommend this.

I bought this for a potentially strange sounding reason - to cut up large cardboard boxes (most of them from Amazon). It was an absolute luxury buy from that perspective and unfortunately it doesn't fully work for the purpose I intended. When looked at more logically, for cutting carpet, matting, vinyl etc - it performs much better.Its a big unit too - much bigger than the picture implies. If you already own a 10.8V unit (which you would need to as this is body only), look at the pictures and compare the battery area with the full body length - it's chunky.It has a jaw that opens widely and can either be fixed or a little loose. The blade is hexagonal and stays sharp through a clever sharpening system. the guard is very effective at protecting fingers etc.For the purpose I wanted - cutting cardboard - it sometimes works, slicing through like butter - but it often gets stuck on the frame - so the blade isn't actually in contact and requires manhandling to start recutting - and it's for this reason I mark it down a star.If youre actually using it for work and cutting matting, flooring etc (which I have tried) it works well and is recommended.

I purchased this shearer to use on cutting 2mm PVC sheets on a project.I found that if trying to cut within 2mm of the edge of the sheet, it was ok, as you could pull the cut section away. However, when trying to cut further away from the edge, the tool just bound up on the material.i ended up using my jig saw to complete the task.

Couldn’t cut hardly anything (not even carpet tiles)!

What a godsend. Neither scissors nor 'stanley' knife would make a decent job of cutting artificial turf with its thick rubber base. This wonderful tool (my third battery powered Bosch tool) made the job easy and accurate.