Cordless Drills.

The batteries on my trusty old Wickes drill have finally given up the
ghost after what must be 10+ years, so it's time for a new one. Anyone
know of any good deals for a 14.4V minimum (preferably 18V), non-SDS,
sub £150 one? Or if anyone's got one kicking around they want to sell,
that'd do too.

P.S. If anyone says not to bother with anything other than a mega
expensive DeWalt or Makita, I'll ignore them.

 

How about a cheap Dewalt? Screwfix recently had an offer on one,
complete with three Ni-cad batteries, for around £100.

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Sorry, £130.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dc100ka3-gb-combi-drill-18v/47038

I have this one, but with a Lithium battery. It rocks. Ignore the
criticisms of it being difficult to change gear. Absolutely loads of
torque, and (at least the lithium) battery lasts forever.

 

I have a brand new Ryobi up for grabs....

You can have it at the right plice..

 

FFS man, what colour is it!!!

(& which model, & how many batteries)

 

Thanks, looks like just the job, depending on what Nige's is like.

 

I prefer Makita stuff to DeWalt, in any case you can get some good deals,
for instance:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-bhp453rfx-18v-li-ion-combi-drill/50393

 

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Krusty escribió:

I have here a fucked Bosch 9.6v 1.4Ah 607 335 037 NiCad.

A bit of research leads me to believe that it would be cheaper to buy a new
drill rather than a new battery.

 

Yep, I think that's the conclusion most come to. Including me.

 

It's grey, with a nice yellow bit on it.

I'll text you specs later, do you still have my number? I aint got yours,
i'm at work now.

 

What model is it? I *might* be able to source one cheaper than retail.

 

Just realised, it's blue.

 

The Wickes one? The battery's a 24V SKU 167278. The drill's SKU 167214.

 

God knows why you'd want to resurrect a 10 year old drill. The technology
really has improved hugely in that time.

 

Yeah, 10 years ago drills could only turn the drill-bits round and
round really, really quickly to make a hole, whereas now...err...wheras
as *now*...oh, fuckit!

)

 

I'll let you know this evening.

 

I have if it ends in 936.

 

Yebbut now they do it even fasterer, with more torques. And added
danger. Mine nearly took a kidney out the other day when it jammed.

 

Do be careful, Bond!

I use one like this more often than not:
http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!B8(BLw!EWk~$(KGrHqR,!ksEy+jCw5S(BM2z!f(S7!~~_35.JPG

 

Basically because it does what I need it to do very well, which is
mainly drive screws into wood.