Another Cordless Drill Thread - Brands

roddydogs

No votes for the Argos "Challenge" Drill, then?

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roddydogs wrote: »

No votes for the Argos "Challenge" Drill, then?

the clue is in the name ! :rotfl:

daggy

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CHRISSYG wrote: »

the clue is in the name ! :rotfl:

They do need a advertisement exec me thinks

ian_w_4

daggy wrote: »

Yeah, I'd seen this twin pack beforehand... They look good in white too, not that it really matters. Not sure what I'd use the drill/driver for though as there's no hammer action on it and the impact driver will drive screws without the need for drilling into wood. I'd assume the drill/driver would do concrete/brick without a hammer action?

The impact driver is well capable of driving straight into wood, but I'd usually drill first as although it will have the oomph, that doesn't stop the wood splitting. Depends on the job really.

If you're doing a lot of fixings, having a drill in one and driver in the other speeds the job up no end.

daggy

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ian_w wrote: »

The impact driver is well capable of driving straight into wood, but I'd usually drill first as although it will have the oomph, that doesn't stop the wood splitting. Depends on the job really.

If you're doing a lot of fixings, having a drill in one and driver in the other speeds the job up no end.

Fair point, I didn't think of it like that, but it makes sense.

Cheers

tony6403

ian_w wrote: »

The impact driver is well capable of driving straight into wood, but I'd usually drill first as although it will have the oomph, that doesn't stop the wood splitting. Depends on the job really.

If you're doing a lot of fixings, having a drill in one and driver in the other speeds the job up no end.

No need if you get the right screws - such as

mikey72

karl-123 wrote: »

an easy question to answer
i have 25 yrs site plumbing exp,
my cousin is a bonus joiner,35yrs site exp,


DEWALT EVERY TIME :T:T:T:T:T

YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME WITH ANYTHING ELSE

http://www.dewalt.co.uk/

I went off dewalt when I found they were rebadged black and deckers.

Ryobi, can't comment on the lithium batteries, I've had mine since before they made them, 2 drills, circular saw, jigsaw, sander, dustbuster, and six "ryobi one" 18v ni cads.
I rarely use the sds drill, the drills go through a house wall well enough, if you put the sds bit in the ryobi chuck, but the circular saw does eat batteries.

tony6403

"I went off dewalt when I found they were rebadged black and deckers."

Dewalt (for professionals) is the division of the company which also owns B&D.
This is rather like saying that a Jaguar is a rebadged Tata.

Leif

chenpaoba wrote: »

I'd spend more if I was using it every day but for DIY there's no real point.

Especially if it ends up being eaten by the dog, 'borrowed' by the neighbour/relative, or destroyed by being dropped etc. At least that is how I justify my cheapskatedness.

mikey72

tony6403 wrote: »

"I went off dewalt when I found they were rebadged black and deckers."

Dewalt (for professionals) is the division of the company which also owns B&D.
This is rather like saying that a Jaguar is a rebadged Tata.

"1960 - Alonzo G. Decker, Jr., son of the co-founder and a Black & Decker® employee since 1930, succeeded Robert D. Black as president. Mr. Black continued as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Black & Decker® acquired DeWalt, Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a manufacturer of radial arm saws and other stationary woodworking equipment in the U.S. and Canada."

"1992 – The entirely new DEWALT line of professional products for North America was launched."

http://www.blackanddecker.co.uk/about/history/

Black and decker bought the dewalt company, sold on the actual tool manufacturing (stationary woodworking tools, never actually made any form of drill) and kept the name for their use on rebadged drills later on.

A bit like tata buying the Jaguar, selling all the car manufacturing plants to BMW, then puting the Jaguar badge on a (now expensive) tata. And even more like Jaguar being a train manufacturer in the first place, and never having made a car.

You've got a black and decker drill there.