Is this likely to be any good:
Another website says it's 3.6kg, so not quite the usual cheapo SDS lump.
I don't have an urgent need for an SDS as such, but my current mains drill decided to emit smoke from its windings so it's probably on borrowed time. It's only for occasional use where an SDS night come in handy.
Theo
I have a Wickes 2kg drill which is at least 10 years old. It works well as a drill but not as a breaker. the format is the same as the one you are looking at anit can just be used single handed up a ladder.
there are 4+kg drills available at low
In message , Theo Markettos writes
It doesn't look like a 3.6kg SDS drill, as they usually seem have the bulkier body. It looks more alike a standard 2kg jobbie. (which would be good IMO, for general SDS drilling, chasing, chopping out the odd brick etc. a lighter drill is better I think.)
What isn't mentioned is whether it has a rotation lock - useful for chiseling.
But for that price it looks good I guess
I wonder if SDS drills have finally become mainstream with Joe Public? The re seem to be other cheaper ones around now rather than the standard Nu-Too l etc bricks.
Lidl had one last week for £29.99
And Ikea do a cordless li-ion one for £40:
Out of interest, where did you find the CPC link? If you search for it dir ectly on their site, it comes up as £41:
And it seems they were selling them at £21 last year:
That would be good. Sometimes even basic masonry drilling can be beyond my normal mains drill.
That's not an SDS, unless I'm missing something? I would have thought the power draw of a mains SDS would be beyond that of a cheap battery - getting
500W out of a little Li ion would be tricky I suspect. (I have a barrel-scraping 15 quid NiCd 'cordless drill' that's utterly hopeless at drilling, but is OK for power screwdriving if the battery is charged)I was poking around 'bargains corner' and spotted it there. The usual trick with CPC is to find out the two suffix numbers for the current bargains or brochure offers, and add them to the product code and see if that code exists - so TL14713 becomes TL1471361. They seem to vary with each brochure issue, but maybe '61' is the constant for Bargains Corner.
Theo
mike was thinking very hard :
I bought one of those about five years ago and its been quite good. Variable speed, power indicator, rotation lock, rotation without hammer.
I looked at one of those in the store, and I can't believe it will do much. I should add that I have never used one in practice, though.
It is also a hammer drill, not SDS.
No, it is SDS.
So it is (page 4):
How well would it perform? The price makes me assume chocolate teapot performance, but how does the spec look?
Theo
Spec?
I just picked up the box, and it's not very heavy. It may drill a modest hole marginally better in masonry than their £30 jobbie, but I expect that's the extent of it. I'd far rather have the CPC one for any serious work, even though it's corded.
Is that actually an SDS unit (I have not looked at it up close) or just a percussion hammer drill with an SDS chuck - the instruction leaflet that you linked to talks a lot about drilling with and without impact, but there is no mention of impact without drilling and no chisel bits included in the set. (as far as I can see)
It's been mentioned before on here - has anyone actually got one?
We had this debate a while ago:
My apologies, you are correct.
This is Usenet. Judging from past experience, you are not supposed to act all gentlemanly and apologise. The normal Usenet approach is either to stick to your mistaken belief through thick and thin, swatting aside all evidence to the contrary, or simply ignore my correction and pretend it has not happened. :)
I think I've got the closest to getting one of anyone here. There was a pile of them next to a queue I was in at Ikea. I picked one up, hefted it, and put it down again. :)
I promise to try to remember that :-?
In article , Theo Markettos writes
My general impression of their Duratool range is that they are at the bottom end of acceptable and designed down to a (low) price. Don't expect spectacular performance or long life. This is based on various hand tools, drill bits and a couple of their rechargeable nicad powered drill/drivers.
Personally, I'd wait for one of the Lidl/Aldi offerings.
+1. I've got quite a few Lidl and Aldi power tools and they're in a different league from the budget offerings elsewhere. I'd put them sort of level with Bosch in design and quality.
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