Rod wrote:
John wrote:
Talking to a mate in the pub last night and he reckoned that these
drill/drivers are excellent. Bit worse for wear when I got home but
seem to remember him saying that it comes with a lifetime parts and
labour warranty and a free service every year (note that I don't
know if that's available everywhere or is just a special offer local
to the place he bought his from - which is not from the place linked
to). Anyway, what do the panel think?

http://www.coopersdirect.com/pagevie...=4002395196074

or would this be preferable

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/68747/...rill?ts=19188#

Cheers


Others have much more experience than I. But the AEG is primarily for
screwdriving - it has a maximum speed of 575rpm - which really is too
slow for most drilling and other purposes.

I don't think I have heard of an annual service for a drill. (At least
not in recent decades.)

The only thing I can see against the Makita is that it has NiCad
cells. Many here will say they work well - but I am certainly hoping
that by the time I need a replacement, it will be LiIon (or whatever is
the
flavour.

My existing drill/driver has NiCad batteries and a single battery pack has
given me good service for more than 6 years (IIRC). I've no qualms on that
front so I'm going to get the Makita at Screwfix tomorrow )