Which is a better drill, a £50 14.4 V bosch such as the PSR 1440 or a Focus
own brand 18V? I have the 18V one and the chuck now has a nasty wobble...

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James Salisbury wrote:
Which is a better drill, a £50 14.4 V bosch such as the PSR 1440 or a
Focus own brand 18V? I have the 18V one and the chuck now has a nasty
wobble...

It's a minefield. Most power tools use the same size cells - sub C. So
like for like, higher voltage should mean longer battery life. But the
quality of cells varies enormously between cheap and decent makes - and
does the peak current that can be sourced from the battery.

And that's before you start on the mechanics. ;-)

I've got a PPPro 18 volt I use for junk things - although I modified the
charger and changed the cells for decent ones. So it's not bad. But not as
good as my ancient Makita 12 volt in general.

--
*What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Dave Plowman London SW
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On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:37:30 +0100, "James Salisbury"
wrote:

Which is a better drill, a £50 14.4 V bosch such as the PSR 1440 or a Focus
own brand 18V? I have the 18V one and the chuck now has a nasty wobble...


I got a PPro one - comple junk, took 8 hours to charge, and could not
drill 4 10mm holes in 3 inch green spruce. I found a dewalt 18v at a
good price, delivery was two weeks, and the charger is 110v, so I
ain't tried it yet ......

I wish I had just spent some more money with screwfix, it would have
saved me hours of messing with my corded drill, on the roof of me
house. The dewalt 18v hammer drill/drive is 200 quid with screwfix,
and comes with a all the normal freebes, if only thay were that price
with screfix 4 weeks ago :-)

Rick

Rick wrote:
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:37:30 +0100, "James Salisbury"
wrote:

Which is a better drill, a ?50 14.4 V bosch such as the PSR 1440 or a Focus
own brand 18V? I have the 18V one and the chuck now has a nasty wobble...


I got a PPro one - comple junk, took 8 hours to charge, and could not
drill 4 10mm holes in 3 inch green spruce. I found a dewalt 18v at a
good price, delivery was two weeks, and the charger is 110v, so I
ain't tried it yet ......

And then again...

I just bought a 18V one from Aldi, for about 20 quid.
Have drilled 30*16mm*100mm holes with it, after ~1 hour charge, and
shows no sign of fading.
Works well.

Rick wrote:
I got a PPro one - comple junk, took 8 hours to charge, and could not
drill 4 10mm holes in 3 inch green spruce.

I got about a week's worth of drilling out of a B&Q PPro before it
broke. The staff at the returns counter didn't seem surprised. So if you
just want a drill to abuse for a week or two, for free, then they are
perfect. Don't expect it to last any longer, though!

Vaci

"Vaci" wrote in message
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Rick wrote:
I got a PPro one - comple junk, took 8 hours to charge, and could not
drill 4 10mm holes in 3 inch green spruce.

I got about a week's worth of drilling out of a B&Q PPro before it
broke. The staff at the returns counter didn't seem surprised. So if you
just want a drill to abuse for a week or two, for free, then they are
perfect. Don't expect it to last any longer, though!

Vaci

A PP or PP Pro? They are different ranges.

James Salisbury wrote:
Which is a better drill, a £50 14.4 V bosch such as the PSR 1440 or a Focus
own brand 18V? I have the 18V one and the chuck now has a nasty wobble...

Have you tried the Power Tool faq at
http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/powertools/index.htm?

David