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An electric drill is perhaps a poor example - I doubt I have used my
conventional mains drills more than a couple of times in the last
decade.

Drilling holes in galvanised steel trunking is easier with a mains drill



They offer no more useful power than my various cordless tools
while being significant more cumbersome, have vastly inferior speed
controls and in some cases lack reverse. I keep them however since there
may be times where one wants to do that would be a task well suited to
the mains tool. When the cordless drill won't hack it, its usually time
to reach for the SDS (corded in my case).


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from KT24 in Surrey, England