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| message from Michael Mcneil on 9 May 2004 |
"jonni_c" <ihate@spam.com> wrote in message
news:c7ligt$r3n$1@sparta.btinternet.com
My rebadged possibly NuTool imitation Makita from a market stall cost me
about £75 -I can't remember. It's a little heavy but I can't speak its
praise highly enough.
It is a 24 volt, 1 hour charge, two battery affair that I use almost
every day professionally. It is as good as an ordinary electric drill
with the hammer action. I can drill out about 5 motice latches for
internal doors on one battery and still have some power to rehang them.
They are fairly easy to come by as the type is pretty much available
everywhere. Maplins perhaps. Screwfix certainly.
If you have a socket spare for an electric drill you have one for the
charger, no?
But for about £30 you can get a mains SDS. If it has reverse and can be
used with or without hammer action, I'd get one of them if I were you.
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| IMM replied to Michael Mcneil on 9 May 2004 |
Maplins are selling Makita rip-offs?
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| Woody replied to Michael Mcneil on 9 May 2004 |
Agreed.
You don't say where you live? NuTool have a factory outlet at their UK base
at the top end of the A1(M) Doncaster by-pass, junc A638 Wakefield Road
(huge - you can't miss it) and they are CHEAP.
Otherwise NuTool are also sold by Makro if you have or know anyone who has a
card. I bought a 30V rechargeable with two batteries, a one-hour charger,
some drill bits and all in a case for less than £40. It is two speed
mechanical, adjustable torque setting, a variable trigger, a spot spirit
level, and an LCD battery state meter all built in. It is a bit on the heavy
side for day to day jobs and it only runs at (IMSMC) 1500rpm max, but it can
sure drill a hole in brick darned quick!
NuTool also do some good 24V central-handle (as against pistol-grip)
rechargeables that Makro do for less than £20.
You pays your money and you takes you choice, but if you only want
occassional d-i-y use then they are as good as many and better than some.
NuTool I note are now available in B&Q under their own PD brand.
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| Michael Mcneil replied to Michael Mcneil on 9 May 2004 |
This can't be right can it?
21.6V Cordless Drill with 109pc Accessory Kit
· 1 hour fast charge drill
· Hammer action
· 16 torque settings
· Variable speed
· Soft grip
· Supplied with the ultimate 109pc accessory kit
http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/largeimages/37311i0.jpg
21.6V Cordless Drill with 109pc Accessory Kit 1 14.99 14.99
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| Lurch replied to Michael Mcneil on 09 May 2004 |
The price or the drill? I doubt it will last long. ISTR CPC doing
something similar for around £20 a bit back.
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| Stuart replied to Lurch on 09 May 2004 |
The price or the drill ?? :-)
Stuart
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| Lurch replied to Stuart on 09 May 2004 |
Yes, it sounded right in my head though!
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| Tim Nicholson replied to Michael Mcneil on 09 May 2004 |
The image looks suspiciously like a PPPro 24v jobby that B&Q did a few
months ago for £29.99. The first one I bought (as a replacement for a
20 year old Black and Decker 9.6v drill), the gearbox (speed changer)
switch on the top broke after 1/2 hrs use. They replaced it - no
questions asked. The second one, the chuck failed after 2 hrs. They
replaced that. When I took the third one back (on the same day - for
the same reason as #1) they refused to change it for another, claiming
a 'faulty' batch. I was refunded, and given £10.00 compensation for my
trouble. I don't think they sell this product any more. I then bought
a Bosch 18v drill with 2 batteries etc and a decent case etc for £120
or so. It's a superb piece of kit. If you're interested, I'll get you
the exact model number.
Incidentally, the guy responsible for power tools in my local B&Q told
me something interesting while I was there that day. If you can find a
product on their website, then they should have it in stock, but not
neccessarily on display. (they keep certain items in their 'select and
collect' area cupboard, but don't display them i.e. they only display
the cheap, high margin kit - not the decent tools). That's not to say
that *some* of the stuff they display isn't good, but rather that they
don't display the stuff that those in the know might be tempted to
pinch if it was on a shelf. Probably apocryphal, but he reckoned that
a £400 or so *boxed * DeWalt Mitre saw had been lifted from their
store within 2 hrs of being put on display. The only proviso he did
make was that if the product you wanted was a 'B&Q Warehouse only'
product, it would take them another day to have it delivered to their
store.
Tim
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| IMM replied to Tim Nicholson on 9 May 2004 |
B&Q and B&Q Warehouse are not quite the same thing. A B&Q W would probably
have all the drill in stock.
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| Graeme replied to Michael Mcneil on 9 May 2004 |
Hmm, got me thinking. I've just been on the Maplin web-site and am confused.
N43BF (Maplin's code) seems to be for a £14.99 battery which is for the
N13AX drill. However the drill is listed as discontinued. This is very, very
misleading.
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| Ian Stirling replied to Graeme on 09 May 2004 |
The site is a bit poorly thought out.
If you are browsing, it shows the minimum price in a category, along with
a picture, along with "from xxx"
This is reasonable for some categories, but when you get to categories
of a tool and its accessories, it shows the price of the cheapest of
the accessories.
More a case of misdesign, rather than intentional misleading I think.
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