125mm wood cutting disc price: what you pay per disc

You have two tabs open on amazon.co.uk. One shows a two-pack of 125 mm wood discs for £6.99, the other a single Bosch disc for £15.96. On the pack price the gap looks like nine pounds. Per disc it is nearer £12.50, and that is before you ask whether the two products are even the same kind of tool. This guide sets out the 125mm wood cutting disc price on the listings we kept, turns every pack into a price per disc, and shows where the cheapest option stops being the sensible one.

The prices come from amazon.co.uk listings read on 16 October 2026, plus public product pages from Screwfix, Toolstation and Wickes. We did not lab-test these discs, and amazon.co.uk prices change daily, so treat every figure as a snapshot. If you buy through a link on this page, we may earn a commission on a qualifying purchase at no extra cost to you.

In short

On the kept amazon.co.uk listings, a 125 mm wood cutting disc costs from £6.99 for a Fresilkora two-pack to £15.96 for a single Bosch disc. Per disc, the XIXUANAI four-pack at £10.99 is cheapest at about £2.75, and the Bosch costs between roughly twice and nearly six times a budget disc. A cheap toothed blade is no bargain if it is the type the UK product safety regulator has warned about on angle grinders.

Prices on the kept listings

The nine listings in our 125 mm wood cutting disc comparison fall into three loose price bands. At the bottom sit three two-packs under £9. In the middle, three more two-packs share an identical £10.39 price, alongside a four-pack at £10.99. At the top are a £14.99 two-pack and the only single disc from a named tool brand.

• Fresilkora, 2 discs: £6.99
• HAWCUT, 2 discs: £7.99
• VBVOO, 2 discs: £8.49
• Oiieco, 2 discs: £10.39
• SHYSBV, 2 discs: £10.39
• Chersun, 2 discs: £10.39
• XIXUANAI, 4 discs: £10.99
• BATIOPV, 2 discs: £14.99
• Bosch, 1 disc: £15.96

Three listings sit at exactly £10.39, so a few pence between near-identical imports says nothing about quality. The Bosch is the only single disc, which makes the headline look dearest. Compare per disc, and only discs of the right type. Nine listings on one day are not an average market price.

Price per disc, not per pack

Divide each pack price by the number of discs and the order changes. The XIXUANAI four-pack becomes the cheapest at about £2.75 a disc. Fresilkora follows at about £3.50, HAWCUT at £4.00 and VBVOO at about £4.25. The three £10.39 two-packs work out at about £5.20 each, BATIOPV at about £7.50, and the Bosch stays at £15.96 because there is only one disc in the box.

The real gap between the cheapest budget disc and the Bosch is around £13, not the £5 you might assume from comparing a £10.99 pack with a £15.96 one. The Bosch costs roughly four and a half times a Fresilkora disc and nearly six times a XIXUANAI disc, but only about twice a BATIOPV disc. If you were already prepared to pay £14.99 for a two-pack, the step up to a named single disc is smaller than it first looks.

Price per disc is only half of the sum. A disc you cannot safely use costs the full amount for nothing, and we have no lab data on how many cuts any of these survive, so this guide does not claim one lasts longer. Check the disc type, the bore, the maximum speed and the UK review record before you compare prices.

Does the four-pack beat the two-pack?

On price per disc, yes: £2.75 against £3.50 for the cheapest two-pack saves you about 75p a disc. The XIXUANAI listing showed no star rating on amazon.co.uk when we read it, so there was no UK review history to check. You also commit to four discs before you know whether the first suits your grinder. If you only need a handful of cuts, the cheaper per-disc figure may never pay back the extra £4 at the till.

What the money does not buy

A wood cutting disc price usually covers the disc and nothing else. The Bosch box contains the disc. The HAWCUT two-pack adds 20 mm reducer rings, which matter only if your tool has a 20 mm arbor and show the pack is aimed at more than one machine. A 125 mm angle grinder normally takes a 22.23 mm bore, so check the spindle before you improvise. Our guide to matching bore and diameter covers the common sizes.

No disc price includes the guard. It belongs to the grinder and must stay fitted; a disc that only fits with the guard off is the wrong disc. A case is rarely included, which matters if teeth or a carbide rim will chip in a toolbox.

Cutting timber or MDF with a power tool produces fine dust, so eye protection, hearing protection and a suitable dust mask sit on top of the disc price if you do not already own them. None of that is included in a £6.99 pack. If you are pricing a first-time job, add those items before you decide that a cheap disc makes the project cheap.

Trade shelves are a different number

Trade-counter figures are not the same as amazon.co.uk. Screwfix lists a Bosch Expert 125 mm multi-material carbide disc with a 22.23 mm bore as a specification page, not a price index. Toolstation lists Bosch part 2608902375 with a stated maximum of 12,250 rpm, a different catalogue entry. Wickes listed a Norton Expert 125 × 22.23 mm multi-material disc at £14.

A branded carbide disc of this size sits in roughly the same bracket at a trade counter as the Bosch on amazon.co.uk. Match brand, part number and pack size, including delivery, before you call one shop cheaper.

The maximum rpm printed on the disc must be at least the no-load speed on your grinder's rating plate. A cheaper disc rated below your grinder's speed is not a saving at any price.

When cheap is the wrong purchase

The cheapest per-disc figure is irrelevant if the disc is the wrong type. Many budget listings are toothed blades, often marked 40T, and some are marketed for angle grinders. The Office for Product Safety and Standards issued alert PSA5 on toothed saw blade attachments for angle grinders because of kickback. A low price does not make that attachment acceptable on a handheld grinder. The reasoning is in our article on toothed blades on an angle grinder.

The Bosch Expert disc is a carbide-grit, multi-material design rather than a toothed blade, so part of its higher price buys a different construction, not just a logo. Before you compare a £3.50 disc with a £15.96 one, check what each actually is. If the photos show teeth and your tool is a grinder, the comparison ends there.

Size is the other trap. A listing that says 125 mm but delivers a 115 mm disc is not as described, and the Consumer Rights Act 2015 gives you a short-term right to reject misdescribed goods within 30 days. That protection does not cover your own mistake, such as ordering 125 mm for a 115 mm grinder, which falls under the seller's returns policy. Our 115 mm or 125 mm guide explains how to check which size your grinder takes.

How to spend sensibly

Start with the job, not the price. For a few rough cuts through timber, a disc of the correct type, with a 22.23 mm bore and a speed rating above your grinder's, is the baseline. Only once a listing passes those checks does it make sense to compare prices per disc.

If you cut wood regularly, ask whether a grinder is the right tool. A circular saw with a proper blade, such as one from our 165 × 20 mm saw blade comparison, gives you a base plate, a riving knife on most models and straighter cuts. For long, straight cuts in sheet material, a guide rail does more for the finish than a dearer disc.

A listing with no star line, like the XIXUANAI four-pack when we read it, gives you less UK evidence. For an occasional job, paying a pound or two more per disc for a visible track record is a reasonable trade.