On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:28:46 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
"tonyp" quickly quoth:

Saw this thing advertised on (late night) TV yesterday.

https://www.tvgoods.com/carts/dualdr...k=dual%20drill

You shouldn't watch TV, Tony. It's full of ads, CSPAN, and other
horrible, nasty, evil things.


It's a cordless drill with a 2-chuck turret on it. It _seems_ like a good
idea: drill bit in one chuck, driver bit in the other, for instance. Flip
from one to the other to install a bunch of woodscrews quickly, say.

I never saw such a thing before, and I wonder why they're advertising on TV
specifically. Is this a totally new thing, or just new to the home-owner
market?

Advertising on TV allows advertisers to sucker-in more people at once.
Check your local Dollar Store or Big Lots. Things on TV usually end up
there within 4 months of their TV debut...at 1/4 the price.


Does anybody here own one? If so, is it _worth_ $140 or so? Is there an
industrial version? And who _is_ "Mansfield Power Tools"?

Like I say, it _seems_ like a good idea ...

"Free lifetime battery replacement" will probably mean that the
company will be bankrupt (or dissolve) in less than 3 years, _before_
they have to replace any.


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