Who wanted some drills?

[dennis]

How about these?

[David Lang]

Available for much less than that.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Given it's the large drills which cost the most, and there look to be only

3 of the largest sizes, pretty poor value compared to the Lidl etc sets.

[Timothy Murphy]

I've often wondered if the cheap bits I buy at Lidl are as good as Bosch bits from my local hardware store at thrice the price ?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Were they the Lidl Powerfix set in a decent blue steel case? 1 - 10mm in

0.5mm steps?

That's what I use here for general stuff and they're just fine.

Of course you can find cheap and nasty drills. But cheap doesn't always mean nasty. Bosch from a hardware store might well cost no more ex-factory.

[David Lang]

ALDI ones are pretty good.

[RJH]

I did get a set from Aldi - must be 100+ bits in a large plastic case. Not very good at all, but they were less than £10.

I've had a set of these for about 5 years, and I've given them a real hammering (er, drilling), and they seem to be as good as new:

[Bill]

In message , RJH writes

My 'most useful' set came, remaindered, from Lidl well over 5 years ago. They have been used by me and borrowed by the sons whenever they wanted to drill something, so gradually the best bits disappeared. Ho ho.

They were either £5.99 or £9.99 and came in a double opening plastic case that made folding one lid down over the holesaws provide many fun challenges.

One of the opening halves melt-welded shut in the fire in the Disco. As the saying goes, I don't miss the car but I do miss the drills.

PS We got the Grand Cherokee. Another set of d-i-y challenges.