The most used, the most feared · review
The same 1,400 W as the Metabo beside it, with a soft start it does not have and a quick-change nut it does.
Where we come out The heavy-duty choice at €100, with the same missing safety features as everything below it.
A hundred dollars, 1,400 W, constant electronics and a soft start. It sits eleven euros above the Metabo of the same power and trades one convenience for one safety feature.
The Metabo WEQ 1400-125 changes discs without a wrench and does not list a soft start. This Bosch lists soft start and keeps the wrench. Both matter, in different ways: the quick-change nut removes a reason to use the wrong disc; the soft start removes the twist that a 1,400 W machine delivers to your wrist at switch-on.
If you had to pick on safety alone, soft start wins narrowly — the reaction torque of a big grinder starting instantly is what pulls it off a workpiece.
Bosch publishes optimized motor cooling for sustained high load. That is a durability claim about the temperature the windings see during long cuts, and it is the sort of thing that never shows in a review and shows very clearly in year three.
No brake, no restart protection, no kickback detection — on a 1,400 W machine. Everything under €200 on this page shares that, and it is worth knowing before choosing on wattage.
Power, disc diameter, electronics, start behavior, cooling and supplied parts come from the manufacturer’s published specification. Market availability was verified per market on the EAN.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-13. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Power | 1,400 W |
|---|---|
| Disc diameter | 125 mm (4.92 in) |
| Electronics | Constant Electronic — holds speed under load |
| Start | Soft start |
| Cooling | Optimized motor cooling for sustained high load |
| Supplied | Mounting flange, auxiliary handle |
| Part number | 0601824800 |
| Amazon reference | B001IBSIMW |
| EAN | 3165140394475 |
The Metabo WEQ 1400-125 is €11 cheaper and changes discs without a wrench; this Bosch adds a soft start and publishes its cooling design. If you switch discs constantly, take the Metabo. If the machine spends long spells buried in a cut, the Bosch is specified for that. Neither has a brake — which is the more important gap in both.
Airflow arranged so the windings stay below the temperature at which insulation degrades, during continuous work rather than in bursts. It is the difference between a grinder that gets hot and one that gets too hot — the second cooks its own windings over a season of heavy use, and no feature list makes that visible until it happens.
7.5/ 10
The heavy-duty choice at €100, with the same missing safety features as everything below it.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 13, 2026.
Steady, heavy grinding where the machine runs for minutes at a time
Here because the consumable states this machine by name.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 100.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for welding and metalworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
900 W · 2,800–11,000 rpm · speed preselection · €61
Variable speed at €61 — which matters because stainless, paint and thin sheet all want a slower disc than steel.
Best for: Mixed work — stainless, painted steel, thin sheet — where full speed is the wrong answer
720 W · 176 mm (6.93 in) grip · flat gear head · €46
The cheapest professional-line grinder here, bought for its 176 mm (6.93 in) grip and its flat head rather than its power.
Best for: Light dressing, deburring and short cuts, where the tool is picked up and put down all day
800 W · restart protection · soft start · €70
The cheapest machine here with restart protection — the feature that stops a grinder starting by itself.
Best for: Anyone who leaves tools plugged in — which is everyone, eventually
