18v Cordless drills at Asda

TiasDad
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edited October 2016 in Tips for making Caravanning & Touring Cheaper #1

18v Cordless Drills (PowerIt) on special offer, only £20  at Asda

 

I've just bought one and there's enough torque to handle the steadies and rock pegs ;)

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  • Vicmallows
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    edited October 2016 #2

    In my experience, the problem with cheap drills is that they often use VERY poor battery cells which hold very little charge and soon die.  Once the cells are replaced with decent ones (a bit fidly but easy enough) the drill is transformed and works for
    years.   The new cells do cost nearly as much as the drill thoughSad

  • MichaelT
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    edited October 2016 #3

    In my experience, the problem with cheap drills is that they often use VERY poor battery cells which hold very little charge and soon die.  Once the cells are replaced with decent ones (a bit fidly but easy enough) the drill is transformed and works for
    years.   The new cells do cost nearly as much as the drill thoughSad

    Write your comments here...I bought a cheap Draper drill years ago for the van.  Also ahve a Bosch for home use.  Using both on Sunday the Bosch died after a few minutes use, the Draper went on all day with much more torque.  The Draper is 12V teh Bosch
    18 so I would say unless you buy a good top end one (DeWalt or similar) then for £20 its got to be worth a punt.

  • paul56
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    edited October 2016 #4

    Agree about quality of cheaper brands. A few years ago we had a cheap brand - can't remember name but it lifted the four legs from storage, put them down again on site and needed recharging - current Hitachi runs and runs...

  • TiasDad
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    edited October 2016 #5

    It'll do me until I can convince the boss that I really need that £130 Ryobi that I like Wink

  • Oneputt
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    edited October 2016 #6

    Whilst Mrs One can still handcrank the steadies, don't think I'll botherSurprisedHappy

  • cyberyacht
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    edited October 2016 #7

    I bought an 18v cheapie at Aldi many years ago and it ran quite well. I do have a replacement battery bought via Ebay now and that is OK too. Conversely I bought a cheapie 12V one at my local spanish hypermarket for odd jobs in the apartment and the battery
    on that is pretty rubbish.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited October 2016 #8

    Not forgetting the Santa season is on its way, you can by-pass Your BossCool

  • MichaelT
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    edited October 2016 #9

    Not forgetting the Santa season is on its way, you can by-pass Your BossCool

    Write your comments here...exactly buy Mrs tiasdad a decent one for Christmas,  what could possibly go wrong!

  • paul56
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    edited October 2016 #10

    Mine was bought as a retirement present. Work colleagues wanted to buy me a fountain pen with my name etched on it! As if that was going to happen!! Never looked back.

  • SteveL
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    edited October 2016 #11

    None at our Asda, unfortunately.

  • Lyke Wake Man
    Lyke Wake Man Forum Participant Posts: 238
    edited November 2016 #12

    I had a cheap one from argos, worked fine at first, after about 6 months it only did a few screws or one corner steady.

    my Bosch that I have now goes on and on

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