Sainsbury's are at it too.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In the Balham store, Draper 14.4v cordless drill for 7.99. Keyless chuck, vary speed and reverse, torque setting. Strange thing to sell in such a small store.

[Alex]

I saw these and thought about getting one (it will only get light use)

-- are they any good? I don't need anything fancy :)

Alex

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I don't see how you can go wrong at that price. I didn't buy one because I've already got more than I need.

I'd be religious about not leaving the battery on charge too long - it looks like a crude charger. Stick to the minimum time they say - it doesn't matter if it's not fully charged but will have its life shortened by even slight overcharging.

[TheOldFellow]

I had a cheap Draper 18v for a couple of years. It was fine until the batteries went, but there was no source of replacement batteries - so to the recycling centre it went. For 8 quid, it's good economics, but bad environmentalism.

R.

[Sylvain VAN DER WALDE]

I don't think that Draper make or sell rubbish. They've been around a long time, too.

Sylvain.

[Dave Liquorice]

Tesco are also having a =A31 or 50p DIY bits sell off. No power drills t= hat I spotted but a 12" stainless steel metric/imperial rule with clear markings and a small vertical, horzontal and 45deg level caught my eye a= s good value at 50p (IIRC) for the rule alone.

[Andy Hall]

That's good.

It's always better when customers aren't disappointed.

[Andy Hall]

JCB has been around for a long time as well.....

[Clive George]

No, draper don't make rubbish. They rebadge it...

(I've got some good draper stuff. I've seen a lot of crap too.)

cheers clive

[Owain]

Their fleecy sweatshirts are good, provided you can stand the yellow and black colourscheme (and pay charity shop prices).

Owain

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Trouble with Draper is some of their stuff is good - some poor. I don't think they actually make anything but buy in from a variety of makers.