Battery power tool recommendation?

[Nick]

To all who have replied - Thanks !

Interesting reading......

I must confees that I purchased a couple of 14.4 Volt "Nutool" drills at about £18 around 3 years ago... I needed one for a job and bought another as a present, although ended up keeping that. I was impressed with the performance, especially of the smooth trigger response, and the torque it produced - it actually snaps expensive Pozi 2 drive bits if you are being a bit enthusiastic. However at about 3 years the batteries seem to be dying and I was having a re-think about a better quality range or maybe I'll just re-fill the packs with fresh cells I have used my brothers De Walt item, but find it has a poor trigger in comparison (jerky steps) and he also thought this Nutool was better, but can't be seen (on-site) with a "cheapo" Nu tool - I don't have any hang-ups like that.

Replies has given mixed reports but I suppose it depends on what you are comparing to what. If you are used to a £200 item, the £75 is likely to be not as good.

I will keep pondering but it seems that Ryobi might be a reasonable compromise for my use

Thanks again, Nick

[Doctor Drivel]

The senility has taken hold. It is an independent report. Sad isn't it they get this way.

[Doctor Drivel]

They are probably the same pro who diagnosed his ones senility too.

[Stephen Dawson]

They are not pro quality tools, pro-quality ar Hilti, Makita, Dewalt XRP, and Blue Bosch. The other stuff does not appear on site very often. Panasonic is good, but not seen in the UK very often, the same as Meabo.

However, I do know some one that uses Ryobi Kit and has not any probs with it.

Steve

[Doctor Drivel]

Which are not?

[Andy Hall]

Google is your friend. Just search on manufacturer and part number.

Pricing is lower in part because of volume, part competition and part people's price expectations.

Coastal Tool is one reasonable supplier geared up to export but there are loads of others.

A few tips:

- It is worth buying several tools at once to reduce shipping costs.

- It is worth having your own account with DHL or Fedex and asking the supplier to use your account. This stops them marking up the shipping.

- Keep in mind that you will pay shipping costs and then on import, duty on the product, and VAT on the product and the shipping. Even so, on some products it is still less expensive than Europe.

- If you want to buy a lot of stuff, it can be cost effective to buy a cheap flight to the east coast and collect the stuff. You save the shipping cost and you get a duty and VAT free allowance on your return of about £140.

- Stick to the well known brands. You will not have a warranty on most anyway, although Festool does a worldwide one. At least you can buy most parts in Europe. For U.S. specific ones,

has spares for most major brands.

- 110v supply is not a problem. For cordless tools, the charger usually is voltage specific. If you are only going to use cordless tools, then a 50 or 100VA autotransformer from RS, Maplin, CPC etc. is adequate. If you want to use corded tools, generally only those with brush motors are suitable because of the difference between 50 and

60Hz supplies. Most are happy with either. Induction motors may not be. It's relatively expensive to convert from 50 to 60Hz. You can run most U.S. corded tools from a yellow site transformer.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Your naivety shows again. Why do you think they provide this 'report' for free?

Do you give away fittings from your counter for free?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Unlike you I do work in places where subcontractors come in to do the sort of work that requires power tools. And take an interest in the makes used. Yet to see any using shed stuff. Of course your boss may well employ cowboys to fix the adverts above your counter. But then he values your life rather the same as most here.

[Weatherlawyer]

One site:

is offering them cheaper new in the US than Amazon has for second hand ones. DeWalt of course refrains from advertising on their site. And quite a few sites are a little light on specifications.

Here is a currency converter:

I need to do is find someone that travels to the USA regularly.

[Andy Hall]

I do, but not to Nebraska. It's not a popular business destination.

[Doctor Drivel]

The senility shows its ugly head again. Sad isn't it. Very sad. A Jocko d*****ad he appears. But please don't call him a d*****ad, it is his condition. Sad but true.

[Doctor Drivel]

The senility is getting worse. Very worse. I blame Thatcher for all this.

[Doctor Drivel]

..this senile man he calls me pet ..of inverted gender he must be set ..he gives us info we don't need to know ..down our throats he rams it so

..instictively you will spy ..in newsgroups with DIY ..attempting wisdom this fool will try

..the info's so poor tis clearly true ..so how does this garbage affect you?

..well take no heed of babble and drool ..as this one is a confirmed fool

..he marches around in CAT boots of yellow ..this strange brain damaged sort of fellow

..misadvice he has lots to say ..so don't give this yellow booted half-wit the time of day

[Doctor Drivel]

BTW, a 2 year professional warrantee too.

[Andy Hall]

There's a 2 year warranty.

Most of the major manufacturers are offering up to 3 year warranties now, and of course have spares available for repairs after that expires.

[Doctor Drivel]

Makita & crap DeWalt, 3 years? Spares are available for Ryobi.

[Andy Hall]

Bosch

(1+2 warranty)

Yes, I noticed. Interesting how Ryobi list the One+ product as part of their DIY range.

then we knew that.

[Doctor Drivel]

Yep.

They don't.

[Andy Hall]

What about them?

I just said most of the major manufacturers, and that is the case.

There are even some smaller ones like Fein, and Lamello offers 5 years.

Yes they do. Take a look at the link that I posted.

[Weatherlawyer]

Want to make a few bob?