Tesco 24v drill

[Uncle Nick]

Hi all, I've seen this drill in Tescos

and other than the 10mm chuck it seems like a bargain. Has anyone bought or used one of these?

I also like the look of the JCB 24v SDS drill

It also sound a lot of drill for the price, would it really be worth the extra?

Thanks

[Uncle Nick]

Those links should be: Tesco's own

JCB the comparison: $4294965701.aspxSee if they work this time!

[Phil L]

No! They need their own line, thusly:

$4294965701.aspx

[Weatherlawyer]

$4...Sounds like a bargain and in a year or so when they cost =A350, I shall=20 get one.

[Grumpy owd man]

FWIW we have 4 of the JCB version [MAKRO £65 ish] Excellent drill for the money. They get some stick drilling concrete beams. The only downdside is that you have to be F careful when fitting the battery, get it on a slight angle and it jams solid!!! So we just take them back and they give us a new drill complete! does not happen that often but it is worth noting. Mnd you these are used day in / day out on building sites and are not treated delicately,

HTH

[meow2222]

Cheap tools have more limited battery life. And the higher the battery voltage, the shorter its life. 24v means any 1 of 20 cells failing will take it out of action, whereas with a 12v tool its any one of 10 cells, hence the mean life difference.

The flipside is that with a 24v tool, if one cell goes bad you can wire it out and run it at 22.8v with very little difference.

NT

[Weatherlawyer]

These are battery drills? I have never seen that sort of stuff for=20 sale at Makro. Do they vary region by region?

I noticed Sainsbury's are selling cheap tat these days. Some low=20 power, low grade tools in the Hanley shop.

Their grocery business seems to be on the slide though. I went to the=20 frozen veg section and one whole side of the isle was frozen chips the=20 other was a variety of mixed veg.

It used to be a good shop until it went into competition with=20 Sommerfield.

[Andy Hall]

Generally supermarkets look to cater for the demands of the local market in order to stay in business and improve market share.

[Uncle Nick]

Thanks to all for the help and info. These drills are in this month's Makro Mail (=A369.99 + VAT) so I'm off there, big thank you to Grumpy owd man for the 'heads up'.