Electric Scissor Jacks

I have an Aldi one...had it for about 18 months now I reckon. Use it around the workshop all the time and so far it has been great. However ...the scissor action previously mentioned is a weak spot in any of these jacks ...so it only gets used on hard surfaces and whatever is being jacked is rendered completely immobile...ie...not being able to move at all while using jack. I have a scissor jack out of a Peugeot here that has done exactly what the one in previous post did...coz the car rolled sideways on an embankment and jack ended up exactly the same...so scissor jacks can only really be used on stable surfaces.

Cheers Keith

My next door bought one a while ago and uses it for his caravan, the only thing he has done was open it up and put more grease in it.
He loves it.
When you get old anything to help is good.
Bushy.

OK, I didn't see the post above about the Aldi one before I posted.

Seems to be good advice. I'm now a bit happier...

How fast does it wind up I guise it's nice and steady so it doesn't cause any problems

I think it is slightly faster than the best I could do with a bottle jack.

No worries Thanks

Thanks guys, food for thought. I guess the only way to know is to buy one! With respect to the Aldi one, I guess all things can fail at some point. I have bought numerous items from Aldi (including a Large screen TV) that work beautifully.
Thanks again for your input.

There are posts on other forums and indeed some overseas forums on the failure of the Aldi model - all the same issue.

The Aldi jack has a very light lift and as it gets higher the lifting point moves in an arc that starts to put some side loads on the jack which if applied longitudinally can cause the the teeth at the bottom to fail as shown in the above pic. The above failure occurred when lifting just one corner of a vehicle that only has a total weight of 650kgs so the weight on the actual jack was about 150kgs but was at about 2/3rds height.

Thanks garrycol, might avoid the Aldi one. If it is made in China, they don't seem to appreciate the safety aspect required. When I did engineering (many years ago!) we were taught a safety factor of 7, i.e., whatever load was required, the item/tool had to be seven times stronger, hence the integrity of the tool was retained and failure under normal working was established. Modern stuff from China is very weak, especially the steel used. Very reminiscent of early Japanese cars!