In article , TMH
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On 13/09/2017 14:31, Bill Wright wrote:
It sounds so attractive! No power cord! Use it where there's no mains!
But battery tools are rubbish compared to 110V or mains ones. Now I
don't do site work any more I can buy mains powered tools, and what a
revelation they are!
Firstly there's the fact that a mains powered tool can cost less
than a replacement battery. For instance a battery for my
reciprocating saw would have been £120. A new mains powered saw was £110.
Then there's the fact that battery tools run out of power just when
you don't want them to. So have two or three batteries and run mains
for the charger out to where your working ? Give over!
Then there's the fact that battery tools are always underpowered.
You pay more than twice the price for less than half the power. Even
the bigger battery tools tend to be rated at 300 to 450W, whereas the
mains equivalents are usually 1kW+.
And what a difference having adequate power makes! The job is so
much easier. Mains powered tools just glide through the work. The
battery equivalent would be slowing chugging along, then stopping due
to a flat battery.
Why people buy battery tools to use at home I really don't know.
Ignorance of the customer plus the vendor's sales hype I guess.
Thinking about it, I bet a lot of people who buy a battery drill have
never used an electric drill before, so they won't realise how
limited their new toy is.
Bill

You need to buy some decent kit like Makita.


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bert