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Best chemical anchor inside this seven-listing set

Updated: 22 October 2026

You want one tube for a bracket or a gate post in concrete that is not cracked, and seven amazon.co.uk listings are sitting in the comparison. There is no laboratory winner in that set. Best, on this page, means the listing that fits a stated job, with a reason to skip it. The grid of prices and ratings stays on the [chemical anchor comparison](/hub/screws-and-accessories/chemical-anchor). Peter F. read the UK listings, the review counts, and the public manufacturer pages. There is no pull-out test. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want one tube for a bracket or a gate post in concrete that is not cracked, and seven amazon.co.uk listings are sitting in the comparison. There is no laboratory winner in that set.

Our top picks

Rawlplug Rawlplug R-KEM-II 300 ml

Best overall

Rawlplug Rawlplug R-KEM-II 300 ml
8.6/10about £12.10
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fischer fischer FIS P Plus (Tubo 290)

Best value

fischer fischer FIS P Plus (Tubo 290)
8.4/10about £11.28
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fischer fischer FIS P Plus 380 C

Alternative

fischer fischer FIS P Plus 380 C
6.0/10about £13.29
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On this page
  1. 1.What best can mean here
  2. 2.Top pick for a standard-gun polyester
  3. 3.The listing people actually rate
  4. 4.Skip these for a first cartridge

What best can mean here

A star average is a record of what buyers wrote on amazon.co.uk. It is not a tested holding force. Rawlplug R-KEM-II-300 has the highest average, 4.5 from 134 ratings, at £12.10. fischer FIS P Plus on the Tubo 290 line has the most ratings, 4.4 from 312, at £11.28. The vinyl ester title at £20.49 has no Customer Reviews line. Those counts prefer two cartridges over the thin ones. They do not make either the strongest resin in Britain. The order of decisions, without a pick, is the chemical anchor buying guide. Choose the Rawlplug when the concrete is crack-free, styrene-free is printed, and a standard gun will extrude it. Choose the Tubo 290 when you want the largest review file, at the lower price, and the non-cracked wording fits.

Top pick for a standard-gun polyester

Rawlplug R-KEM-II-300 is the top pick when three conditions are true together. The base is crack-free concrete, or another base the datasheet covers after you have read it. The styrene-free claim matters, including the indoor-odour wording. And the gun you own is a standard silicone dispenser. The card says the 300 ml cartridge can be used with standard manual and silicone dispensers. The title reads as a fixing kit with threaded rods and two nozzles. UK reviews say the parcel was resin only, and that nozzles were missing or cracked. Buy studs and a spare mixer as their own lines. It is the wrong card when the concrete is cracked. Styrene-free polyester is not vinyl ester.
Rawlplug Rawlplug R-KEM-II 300 ml

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Rawlplug Rawlplug R-KEM-II 300 ml
8.6/10about £12.10
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The listing people actually rate

fischer FIS P Plus, size line Tubo 290, is the best value when review volume and price are the point and the job matches the non-cracked claim. It is £11.28, with 4.4 stars from 312 ratings. The included line is one cartridge and one MR mixer, model 567059. fischer’s UK page places FIS P Plus in masonry and non-cracked concrete, and describes the 300 T format for a standard dispenser. This card says Tubo 290. A dispenser is not in the box, so confirm the unpacked tube suits the gun you have. People report missing nozzles, a short working time, and resin that stays sandy part-way down the tube. A sandy mix is a failed cartridge. Have a spare mixer before you drill. Leave this card for cracked concrete, a vinyl ester assessment, or a gun included in the price. If the wall is perforated brick, neither pick is complete without a sleeve.

Skip these for a first cartridge

The 380 ml FIS P Plus at £13.29 is easy to confuse with the Tubo 290 because the chemistry name matches. Reviews say a standard silicone gun will not drive it. They describe a coaxial cartridge and a gun with a ring-shaped drive. Buy it only when you already own that gun. The rating, 4.2 from 38, is a smaller sample than the Tubo 290. The £20.49 card uses a FIS VL 300 T title and has no review line. The brand field is sarcia.eu and the model is 540983. fischer’s page for article 539461 does not prove this ASIN is that article. RM II 12 at £12.62 is ten capsules, part 539798, for cracked concrete, without rods. Metalmate at £14.13 has 4.0 from five ratings and no ETA number in the capture. Once the tube you can extrude is on the bench, follow how to install a chemical anchor.

Common questions

Which listing has the most UK reviews?
The FIS P Plus Tubo 290 card has 312 amazon.co.uk ratings, at 4.4 stars and £11.28. That is the largest count in this set. Rawlplug is next on stars and second on count, with 134 ratings. Bond It has 109. A larger count tells you more people have written about that listing. It does not tell you the resin holds more load.
Which has the highest star average with a real count?
Rawlplug R-KEM-II-300, at 4.5 from 134 ratings. The vinyl ester title has no review line, so it cannot win an average. Metalmate’s 4.0 rests on five ratings, which is too small to treat as a stable score. The Rawlplug average still sits beside reviews that say the rods and nozzles in the title were not in the parcel.
Who should skip the 380 C?
Anyone whose gun is a standard silicone dispenser. Reviewers of the £13.29 FIS P Plus 380 C say it needs a specialist gun with a ring-shaped drive. The Tubo 290 listing is the fischer polyester hybrid to compare if that is the gun you have. People who already own the coaxial gun, and who want 380 ml of the same hybrid for a non-cracked base, are the readers who can stay with the 380 C.
Is the £20.49 vinyl ester title the top pick?
No. It has no Customer Reviews line in the capture, the brand field says sarcia.eu, and the model shown is 540983. fischer article 539461 on the manufacturer site is a separate page. This page does not treat the amazon title as proof they are the same product. A cracked-concrete specification might still lead you to a vinyl ester. It should lead you to an identified article, not to an unreviewed title.
Is the capsule pack a best buy for brick?
No. RM II 12 is a pack of ten capsules for a listing that says cracked concrete. Rods are not included. Perforated brick needs a sleeve and an injection mortar, which is a different method. Solid brick might suit a cartridge such as the FIS P Plus the manufacturer places in masonry. The capsule’s no-hole-cleaning line belongs to that capsule system, not to an injection hole in brick.

Related pages

Polyester or vinyl ester

Chemical anchor

Chemical anchor buying guide for the wall you have

Chemical anchor for hollow brick needs a mesh sleeve

How to install a chemical anchor before you load it

Sources

Public UK and manufacturer sources from the research digest, used for this page in October 2026. Prices, stars and review counts are from the seven amazon.co.uk listings captured on 20 October 2026. BS 8539 applies particularly where a failed fixing could hurt someone. There is no laboratory pull-out test.

  1. BSI, BS 8539:2012+A1:2021 (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  2. fischer UK, FIS P Plus (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  3. ETA-11/0419, FIS P Plus masonry (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  4. Rawlplug R-KEM II concrete datasheet (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  5. RAIB, Balcombe tunnel (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  6. Ceresit UK, chemical anchor in concrete (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  7. fischer UK, FIS VL 300 T article 539461 (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  8. Bond It BDAB310 Anchor Bond sheet (retrieved 20 October 2026)