On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:14:51 -0000, "IMM" wrote:

e £50-60 drills won't do what my Makita can.

It can! The makita will last longer with day to day pro use, that's all.

That is completely untrue. The speed and torque control, battery
behaviour and clutch arrangements are vastly superior to private label
£50 jobs.

Well go to £70-80 then, like the Wickes drill, which is a Kress, and still
you can buy about 3 of these to a makita equiv.

That's not a meaningful comparison, as far as I am concerned. The
Makita of same voltage is not an equivalent.



should have been:
"A DIYer paying over £200 for battery drill is madness. Even few pros don't
pay that these days."


That depends on your value criteria and what you want to do.

There aren't many cordless drill drivers over £200 anyway. You can
get a Makita 14.4v model with two batteries for £183 from Axminster.


..andy

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