Been lusting after a cordless SDS for some time, but the price has put me
off.

My mate wot helps me build decks is a bit of an Arthur Daly character & buys
pallets of catalogue returns, never knows exactly whets on them. Lot of the
stuff is brand new, never been opened.

Last pallet he bought had a JCB 24v cordless SDS which I purchased for the
princely sum of £20 (used notes). Plainly never been used. Obviously
Chinese, but worth a punt.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-7573.aspx

So, a review. I've no experience of other makes so I cant compare it with a
top brand.

Its bloody heavy for a start, mainly due to the battery which is the size of
half a housebrick. It comes with two (2 a/h) & a huge 1 hour charger in a
decent blow moulded case. The case is also huge, I don't know where its
going to fit into the van yet - may just carry the drill & battery.

It works, drills holes in bricks that defeat percussion drills, but its slow
compared to my Wickes & Ryobi mains SDS. Not sure if all cordless SDS are
slower than mains? Can't find any specs for impacts per min or impact
energy.

Not sure I'd be happy drilling lots of holes working off a ladder because of
the weight & relatively slow drilling speed - you would need arms like
Arnold S. 'Boxed weight' is 12kg.

Looks tacky though. Finished in the JCB orange/black but with a couple of
'chrome' trims at the side & top that make it look cheap.

Am I happy for a score? Yes. Would I be happy at £100+? I don't think so.

I wonder if cheap Chinese power tools are based on old or discontinued
European/American tools? Bit like when they sell off the rights & tooling
to make cars?



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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
It works, drills holes in bricks that defeat percussion drills, but its
slow compared to my Wickes & Ryobi mains SDS. Not sure if all cordless
SDS are slower than mains? Can't find any specs for impacts per min or
impact energy.

I'd say so - or have a very short battery life. It's one of these things
that would be useful for someone like a satellite rigger who would
otherwise have to run a cable and only needs to drill a few holes - but
for most the extra weight outweighs any convenience.

However at 20 quid you can't go wrong.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
om...

I wonder if cheap Chinese power tools are based on old or discontinued
European/American tools? Bit like when they sell off the rights & tooling
to make cars?

That's certianly the case with the chinkie scooters, they just copy the
slightly older models, never mind about patents, copyright or owt, they dont
seem to care, give it a silly name based on the model they copied (we've got
a sukida, copy of a suzuki scoot)
they also build them out of the crappest materials they can find, the
welders seem to be untrained monkeys.

i imagine power tools are licenced, but they still use crappy materials, BUT
if the price is right, and your using them for home diy, who cares,

of course when your tools earn you money, it's false economy, but not
everyone has to buy tools that pay for them selves,

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Not sure I'd be happy drilling lots of holes working off a ladder because of
the weight & relatively slow drilling speed - you would need arms like
Arnold S. 'Boxed weight' is 12kg.

'kin eck, I guessing the charger and the case only add at best a couple
of kg to that total?

Looks tacky though. Finished in the JCB orange/black but with a couple of
'chrome' trims at the side & top that make it look cheap.

Am I happy for a score? Yes. Would I be happy at £100+? I don't think so.

I wonder if cheap Chinese power tools are based on old or discontinued
European/American tools? Bit like when they sell off the rights & tooling
to make cars?

Not sure on tools. I can happen (last years Mak rebranded Site for
screwfix etc), but as a general rule I have not seen many obviously
rebranded ones. Most seem to stem from some locally "designed to a
price" reference design - hence why you see the same design cropping up
again and again from the various "makers".

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John.

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Not sure if all cordless SDS are slower than mains?

My 12V Bosch definitely is, even when it had newish batteries. It wasn't
rubbish though, just a bit slower and would happily drill several 12mm
holes per charge. It was ex-BT, so had proven its worth up the side of
many houses, I've no doubt.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
om...
Been lusting after a cordless SDS for some time, but the price has put me
off.

My mate wot helps me build decks is a bit of an Arthur Daly character &
buys pallets of catalogue returns, never knows exactly whets on them. Lot
of the stuff is brand new, never been opened.

Last pallet he bought had a JCB 24v cordless SDS which I purchased for the
princely sum of £20 (used notes). Plainly never been used. Obviously
Chinese, but worth a punt.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-7573.aspx

So, a review. I've no experience of other makes so I cant compare it with
a top brand.

Its bloody heavy for a start, mainly due to the battery which is the size
of half a housebrick. It comes with two (2 a/h) & a huge 1 hour charger
in a decent blow moulded case. The case is also huge, I don't know where
its going to fit into the van yet - may just carry the drill & battery.

It works, drills holes in bricks that defeat percussion drills, but its
slow compared to my Wickes & Ryobi mains SDS. Not sure if all cordless
SDS are slower than mains? Can't find any specs for impacts per min or
impact energy.

Not sure I'd be happy drilling lots of holes working off a ladder because
of the weight & relatively slow drilling speed - you would need arms like
Arnold S. 'Boxed weight' is 12kg.

Looks tacky though. Finished in the JCB orange/black but with a couple of
'chrome' trims at the side & top that make it look cheap.

I am on my 3rd SDS cordless. The Hitachi was the bees knees. As fast as any
mains drill for 5.5 and 7mm holes. The Hitachi was, at a guess, swapped for
a bag of heroin when my van was broken into at work. I was left with the
charger and spare battery that I gave to a friend with the same drill.

I have also had a Makita that my apprentice now owns/borrows for ever.
Heavier and slower than the Hitachi. It does have a rotor stop and do
chiselling though.

I am relegated to using a Bosch SDS cordless. Not worth £320 new IMHO.

Enjoy your £20 machine. A bit too heavy for my liking but for £20 well worth
it.

If your mate opens another pallet with another JCB SDS cordless drill in it,
save it for me at £20. I will pick it it up when I pass your house.

Adam

John Rumm wrote:

'kin eck, I guessing the charger and the case only add at best a couple
of kg to that total?

"Its bloody heavy for a start, mainly due to the battery which is the
size of half a housebrick. It comes with two"


Andy

ARWadworth wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message om...
Been lusting after a cordless SDS for some time, but the price has
put me off.

My mate wot helps me build decks is a bit of an Arthur Daly
character & buys pallets of catalogue returns, never knows exactly
whets on them. Lot of the stuff is brand new, never been opened.

Last pallet he bought had a JCB 24v cordless SDS which I purchased
for the princely sum of £20 (used notes). Plainly never been used.
Obviously Chinese, but worth a punt.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-7573.aspx

So, a review. I've no experience of other makes so I cant compare
it with a top brand.

Its bloody heavy for a start, mainly due to the battery which is the
size of half a housebrick. It comes with two (2 a/h) & a huge 1
hour charger in a decent blow moulded case. The case is also huge,
I don't know where its going to fit into the van yet - may just
carry the drill & battery. It works, drills holes in bricks that defeat
percussion drills, but
its slow compared to my Wickes & Ryobi mains SDS. Not sure if all
cordless SDS are slower than mains? Can't find any specs for
impacts per min or impact energy.

Not sure I'd be happy drilling lots of holes working off a ladder
because of the weight & relatively slow drilling speed - you would
need arms like Arnold S. 'Boxed weight' is 12kg.

Looks tacky though. Finished in the JCB orange/black but with a
couple of 'chrome' trims at the side & top that make it look cheap.

I am on my 3rd SDS cordless. The Hitachi was the bees knees. As fast
as any mains drill for 5.5 and 7mm holes. The Hitachi was, at a
guess, swapped for a bag of heroin when my van was broken into at
work. I was left with the charger and spare battery that I gave to a
friend with the same drill.
I have also had a Makita that my apprentice now owns/borrows for ever.
Heavier and slower than the Hitachi. It does have a rotor stop and do
chiselling though.

I am relegated to using a Bosch SDS cordless. Not worth £320 new IMHO.

Enjoy your £20 machine. A bit too heavy for my liking but for £20
well worth it.

If your mate opens another pallet with another JCB SDS cordless drill
in it, save it for me at £20. I will pick it it up when I pass your
house.

Noted matey.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

John Rumm wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:

Not sure I'd be happy drilling lots of holes working off a ladder
because of the weight & relatively slow drilling speed - you would
need arms like Arnold S. 'Boxed weight' is 12kg.

'kin eck, I guessing the charger and the case only add at best a
couple of kg to that total?

The case doesn't weigh much, but holds another battery & the charger, so I'd
guess the drill with battery must go around 7 - 8 kg.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk