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Metabo cordless or corded 125mm angle grinder

Updated: October 2026

The £68.99 and £74.95 lines look cheaper than the £94.00 mains WEV until you notice neither box contains a battery. A Metabo cordless or corded 125mm angle grinder decision turns on that missing pack. Cordless wins here only if CAS packs are already on the shelf, or if the lead itself is the problem on site. A bare-tool price is not a ready-to-cut price. The [Metabo angle grinder 125 comparison](/hub/tools/metabo-angle-grinder-125) holds all eight rows at 21 October 2026 prices. Peter F. did not time a cut or run a lab test. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

The £68.99 and £74.95 lines look cheaper than the £94.00 mains WEV until you notice neither box contains a battery. A Metabo cordless or corded 125mm angle grinder decision turns on that missing pack.

Our top picks

Metabo Metabo W 18 L BL 9-125

Best overall

Metabo Metabo W 18 L BL 9-125
10.0/10about £74.95
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Metabo Metabo W 18 7-125

Rank 2

Metabo Metabo W 18 7-125
9.2/10about £68.99
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Metabo Metabo WEV 11-125 Quick 240 V

Alternative

Metabo Metabo WEV 11-125 Quick 240 V
9.0/10about £94.00
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On this page
  1. 1.Two bare bodies, not one cordless Metabo
  2. 2.CAS only where the listing says CAS
  3. 3.What reviewers actually said about packs
  4. 4.When the cord stays the simpler buy

Two bare bodies, not one cordless Metabo

The W 18 7-125, order 602371850, is £68.99, and the highlight says without battery and without charger. The W 18 L BL 9-125, order 602374850, is £74.95, brushless, at 10,000 rpm and 1.5 kg on amazon. Neither price includes a pack, a charger or a disc. The top pick is the W 18 7-125 only with the CAS condition. Who should skip each price is the best Metabo 125 mm angle grinder page.

CAS only where the listing says CAS

CAS, on the W 18 7-125 bullet, means 18 V packs and chargers of the CAS brands. It names no amp-hour size and no other brand. The brushless amazon bullets do not say CAS. On amazon, only the W 18 7-125 states it. Both cordless boxes list a two-hole nut, not M-Quick. The corded rows that name M-Quick are the 240 V WEV, the WP and the WEV 15-125. If tool-free disc changes are the reason you are shopping, these bare bodies are the wrong cartons. The fitting checks sit in the buying guide.
Metabo Metabo W 18 L BL 9-125

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Metabo Metabo W 18 L BL 9-125
10.0/10about £74.95
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What reviewers actually said about packs

The star line is 4.6 from 158. The brushless body is 5.0 from one review with no paragraph, so it is not a second pick. Buy the W 18 7-125 if the CAS packs are yours. Leave it if you would have to price a pack this listing does not include. HSE treats battery tools as a site option. That does not make £74.95 a complete tool.

When the cord stays the simpler buy

A corded Metabo cuts without a second purchase, once the plug matches the socket. The W 750-125 at £42.86 is 240 V and 750 W. The plug is not described, and the written sample is two German lines, so it is the low price after you have seen the pins, not a best-value claim. The 240 V WEV at £94.00 is 1,100 W, and its UK reviews are the two-pin plug complaint. The WEV 15-125 at £142.50 is 1,550 W at 230 V. Choose the cord when no runtime figure exists to plan a pack change. Transformer questions stay on the 110 V or 230 V page.

Common questions

Do either cordless listing include a battery?
No. The W 18 7-125 highlight says without battery pack and without charger, at £68.99. The brushless title says the same exclusion, at £74.95. Both box lists name a guard, a flange, a two-hole nut, a side handle and spanners. A disc is not named. The price is the body.
What is CAS, and which listing actually says it?
On this amazon set, only the W 18 7-125 bullet says the body can be combined with 18 V packs and chargers of the CAS brands. The brushless bullets do not use the word, though a retailer page for the same order does. Do not copy the retailer’s CAS line onto the brushless amazon listing.
Is the brushless body the same grinder as the W 18 7-125?
No. The W 18 7-125 is order 602371850 at 8,500 rpm, and the listing does not call it brushless. The W 18 L BL 9-125 is order 602374850 at 10,000 rpm, with a brushless title and a shutdown bullet. Both exclude the pack. One 5.0 rating on the brushless body is not a UK sample.
Will a Ryobi or Makita 18 V pack fit?
This file does not say so. The W 18 7-125 bullet names CAS brands and no other system. The brushless bullets do not name a battery system at all. Treat another brand’s 18 V pack as unproven on these listings. If you already own CAS packs, the W 18 7-125 is the body whose amazon text says that combination.
How long does a 2 Ah pack last?
The file does not say. An Italian review prefers 4 Ah over 2 Ah on the W 18 7-125, which is a size preference, not a timed cut. There is no minutes-per-disc figure for either bare body. If you need a known runtime, the corded 1,100 W or 1,550 W tool does not depend on a pack size this folder never measured.
When is a corded 1,100 W or 1,550 W tool the simpler buy?
When you have no CAS pack, or when the work is a long bench session and you do not want to guess a runtime. The 240 V WEV at £94.00 is the 1,100 W row, with a plug complaint in its UK reviews. The WEV 15-125 at £142.50 is the 1,550 W, 230 V row. Both are complete relative to the bare bodies, and you still check the plug.
Which nut is in the cordless box?
A two-hole nut, with flat-pin spanners. That is the included list on both bare bodies. A Swedish review of the W 18 7-125 says there is no quick nut. M-Quick is named on corded rows in this folder, not on these two. Disc changes on the cordless bodies are a spanner job.

Related pages

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Sources

Public UK sources from the research digest, used for this page in October 2026. Prices, stars and review counts are from the eight amazon.co.uk listings captured on 21 October 2026. HSE HSG17 and PUWER apply at work. They are not a certificate for a domestic garage.

  1. HSE, Construction electricity (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  2. HSE, HSG17 Safety in the use of abrasive wheels (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  3. HSE, PUWER FAQs (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  4. Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  5. OPSS, PSA5 angle grinder toothed saw blades (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  6. Electrical Safety First, Angle grinders (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  7. Metabo UK, WEV 11-125 Quick 603625000 (retrieved 21 October 2026)
  8. Metabo, WEV 15-125 Quick 600468000 (retrieved 21 October 2026)