I am after a cordless circular saw for some general cutting where a
lead is impractical.

I am aware that battery life wil be limited, but in considering some
18v models is there any reason why a cheap one from say B&Q will have
significantly less run time than a Dewalt or Bosch Pro model?

Any recommendations on which models at the low to mid range price
perform better?

dg

dg wrote:

I am aware that battery life wil be limited, but in considering some
18v models is there any reason why a cheap one from say B&Q will have
significantly less run time than a Dewalt or Bosch Pro model?


Crap bats & chargers...

For cordless stuff the quality of the battery is important even at the
same ampere-hour rating, as this rating might not last for ever...

I had an B&Q PPro drill driver, the bats lasted about 4 months before
they were semi-hopless (would not even hold charge overnight). My
friends dewalt (albeit over twice the cost) faired much better over a
year or two under pro usage conditions.

I suspect the quality of the charger (overcharge protection,
conditioning etc) has a big effect here too.

HTH,

Alex.

On Tue, 10 May 2005 15:44:04 +0100, AlexW
wrote:

dg wrote:

I am aware that battery life wil be limited, but in considering some
18v models is there any reason why a cheap one from say B&Q will have
significantly less run time than a Dewalt or Bosch Pro model?


Crap bats & chargers...

For cordless stuff the quality of the battery is important even at the
same ampere-hour rating, as this rating might not last for ever...

I had an B&Q PPro drill driver, the bats lasted about 4 months before
they were semi-hopless (would not even hold charge overnight). My
friends dewalt (albeit over twice the cost) faired much better over a
year or two under pro usage conditions.

I suspect the quality of the charger (overcharge protection,
conditioning etc) has a big effect here too.

HTH,

Alex.

I got the PPro drill/driver, took it back after first usage, it was
just useless.

Rick

In article ,
AlexW wrote:
I had an B&Q PPro drill driver, the bats lasted about 4 months before
they were semi-hopless (would not even hold charge overnight). My
friends dewalt (albeit over twice the cost) faired much better over a
year or two under pro usage conditions.

I suspect the quality of the charger (overcharge protection,
conditioning etc) has a big effect here too.

Yes. Poor quality cells and a poor charger. You gets what you pay for.

--
*I used up all my sick days so I called in dead

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I had the PPro circular saw. Went back after a couple of uses. Bought
another battery as I thought I had a duffer but no. Cut about 2 foot
along 22mm floorboards before grinding to a halt. Felt really
underpowered.

Went back and swapped it for a mains powered one!