In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
Nonsense. You can buy spare batteries form B&Q or they will give you a
number to order one from.

Three years down the road on all products?

I do have a PPPro 18 volt drill which is more than 3 years old and have
seen spare batteries in stock for it recently at my local warehouse.
However, I re-celled one of my two with good quality cells and it improved
the performance vastly.

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Doctor Drivel wrote:
I think that you are being unrealistic. £90 is not anywhere close to
top end for a drill-driver. Prices range from £30 to over £300.

£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5

So you buy everything purely on price?

I said "£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5". I did not say I bought one.
Your mind rambles all the time and then drivel and babble emerges.

snip senile babble

In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5

So you buy everything purely on price?

I said "£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5".

So just another of your pointless points?

[snip drooling]

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
I think that you are being unrealistic. £90 is not anywhere close to
top end for a drill-driver. Prices range from £30 to over £300.

£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5

So you buy everything purely on price?

I said "£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5". I did not say I bought one.

So why suggest it as a solution? We both know that it's a silly idea
- or at least I do....



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In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5

So you buy everything purely on price?

I said "£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5".

So

I said "£30??? Woolies have an 18v for £5".

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:58:34 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:


All PPro products? Comprehensive range of parts?

Actually they are pretty good, certainly better than the likes of
Bosch who expire goods quite quickly.


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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:22:12 +0100, Peter Parry
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:58:34 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:


All PPro products? Comprehensive range of parts?

Actually they are pretty good, certainly better than the likes of
Bosch who expire goods quite quickly.


Hmmm.....




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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
AlexW wrote:

Problem is £5 drills will probably have a fairly long charge time. So to
do a days work you need say 5 batteries ... all charged up?


A long charge time is preferable with a cheap charger.

And if you're using a drill all day long, wouldn't a mains one make more
sense?


Possibly. Depends if you are using it as a drill or driver, or both, if
there is power available (safely ... ladders etc) and maybe
weight/handling might be a factor.

In article ,
AlexW wrote:
Problem is £5 drills will probably have a fairly long charge time. So
to do a days work you need say 5 batteries ... all charged up?

A long charge time is preferable with a cheap charger.

And if you're using a drill all day long, wouldn't a mains one make
more sense?

Possibly. Depends if you are using it as a drill or driver, or both, if
there is power available (safely ... ladders etc) and maybe
weight/handling might be a factor.

I'd say this is unusual for DIY - or at least likely to be expensive to
take into consideration when buying cordless tools. Of course if you're a
pro, things will be different.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
AlexW wrote:

Problem is £5 drills will probably have a fairly long charge time. So
to do a days work you need say 5 batteries ... all charged up?


A long charge time is preferable with a cheap charger.


And if you're using a drill all day long, wouldn't a mains one make
more sense?


Possibly. Depends if you are using it as a drill or driver, or both, if
there is power available (safely ... ladders etc) and maybe
weight/handling might be a factor.


I'd say this is unusual for DIY - or at least likely to be expensive to
take into consideration when buying cordless tools. Of course if you're a
pro, things will be different.


Again possibly. Depends on the scope of the jobs at hand I guess.

I'm no pro, as you will be able to guess from my other posts ;-) but the
factors of weight, power for drilling (even masonry) and fine torque
control were all considerations when I bought my latest DD.

Also, I think I would have been frustrated with a slow charge time
building my timber garage last year which required pretty constant
bursts of drilling and screwing for a day or so. And for boarding out a
floor (approx 150 1.5" screws).

The comment about ladders came from my experiences moving my satellite
dish move the other week. The DD was much more civilised to use one
handed on a ladder but I had to finish off with a power drill as I chose
the only stone on the wall that was as hard as steel (seemingly).

Alex

I'd say this is unusual for DIY - or at least likely to be expensive to
take into consideration when buying cordless tools. Of course if you're a
pro, things will be different.

Many of the builders I know specifically buy cheap tools. They're sick of
losing their Makitas on building sites and would rather have a NuTool that's
still going to be there when they've returned from their cuppa.

Christian.

Christian McArdle wrote:
I'd say this is unusual for DIY - or at least likely to be expensive to
take into consideration when buying cordless tools. Of course if you're a
pro, things will be different.


Many of the builders I know specifically buy cheap tools. They're sick of
losing their Makitas on building sites and would rather have a NuTool that's
still going to be there when they've returned from their cuppa.

Christian.




The fitters who recently put up my conservatory. Had a combination of
Makita 12v (I think), Ryobi 18v, and "Marksman" 14.4. All charging in an
hour or under AIUI.

Marksman Combi set was £40 and had lasted them about a year, bats still
holding charge etc. They rated this pretty highly on the value for money
stakes.

Alex.