I do have a PPPro 18 volt drill which is more than 3 years old and have seen spare batteries in stock for it recently at my local warehouse. However, I re-celled one of my two with good quality cells and it improved the performance vastly.
I said "£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5". I did not say I bought one. Your mind rambles all the time and then drivel and babble emerges.
So just another of your pointless points?
[snip drooling]
So why suggest it as a solution? We both know that it's a silly idea
- or at least I do....
I said "£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5".
One Swallow does not make a Spring. You are most unlikely to find any battery expert to support an assumption that three years life from a NiCd battery is anything other than over what can normally be expected.
Actually they are pretty good, certainly better than the likes of Bosch who expire goods quite quickly.
Hmmm.....
Possibly. Depends if you are using it as a drill or driver, or both, if there is power available (safely ... ladders etc) and maybe weight/handling might be a factor.
I'd say this is unusual for DIY - or at least likely to be expensive to take into consideration when buying cordless tools. Of course if you're a pro, things will be different.
Again possibly. Depends on the scope of the jobs at hand I guess.
I'm no pro, as you will be able to guess from my other posts ;-) but the factors of weight, power for drilling (even masonry) and fine torque control were all considerations when I bought my latest DD.
Also, I think I would have been frustrated with a slow charge time building my timber garage last year which required pretty constant bursts of drilling and screwing for a day or so. And for boarding out a floor (approx 150 1.5" screws).
The comment about ladders came from my experiences moving my satellite dish move the other week. The DD was much more civilised to use one handed on a ladder but I had to finish off with a power drill as I chose the only stone on the wall that was as hard as steel (seemingly).
Alex
Many of the builders I know specifically buy cheap tools. They're sick of losing their Makitas on building sites and would rather have a NuTool that's still going to be there when they've returned from their cuppa.
Christian.
The fitters who recently put up my conservatory. Had a combination of Makita 12v (I think), Ryobi 18v, and "Marksman" 14.4. All charging in an hour or under AIUI.
Marksman Combi set was £40 and had lasted them about a year, bats still holding charge etc. They rated this pretty highly on the value for money stakes.
Alex.
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