Buying a drill

Drag00n79

I want to buy myself a drill for some basic DIY stuff at home. I see Lidl are selling this one next week. Can some of ye give me an idea if it's worth buying. Maybe someone here bought this one before? If it's not, what would you recommend? Thanks!

Shifty

picked one up in woodies recently

Roc 1000w Hammer Action Drill, Keyless Chuck, Depth Guage,
Variable Speed, Comes complete with carry case & Manufacturer's 2 Year Guarantee.

It cost €26.99, i've used it for DIY and its fine.

Woodies have a roc 1000w drill listed on their website for €38.99 but this is not it, although it is similar. If theres a woodies near you, its worth a visit.

cast_iron

Shamrok wrote:

I want to buy myself a drill for some basic DIY stuff at home. I see Lidl are selling this one next week. Can some of ye give me an idea if it's worth buying. Maybe someone here bought this one before? If it's not, what would you recommend? Thanks!

I think that's a masonary drill only, meaning it always has a hammer action while in use. No use for drilling anything other than masonary, but seems to be fit for its purpose.

Finneganjp

This is an SDS (special drive system). It is intended for drillimg masonary and concrete.It cuts through concrete like butter. It can be switched to allow normal drilling with out hammmer action and also comes with a standard chuck adaptor to allow you to use normal drill bits.
This drill is really a specialised drill. There are other drills out there that would be more suitable for the infrequent DIYer.

Mr Magnolia

Finneganjp wrote:

There are other drills out there that would be more suitable for the infrequent DIYer.

+1. You can't switch off the hammer on this drill.

Finneganjp

I have not seen an SDS drill yet where you cant switch off the hammer action????????

Mr Magnolia

They're widely available. Usually only in a drill that doubles as a kangoo.

Finneganjp

These are SDS drolls. 2 types available.
1. Rotary only & Rotary/Hammer
2. Rotary only, Rotary/Hammer & Hammer only
Desriptions:
1. Rotray only - requires the standard chuck adaptor and is used for drilling steel, plastic, wood etc. i.e not masonary.
2. Rotary/Hammer - Is hammer action and is used for drilling into concrete and masonary. You can use the existing sds chuck with special sds bits or you can use the standard chuck adaptor with standard masonart drill bits. 3. Hammer - There is not a rotary function here only a hammering function and is used with the special sds chisles supplied. This is not a heavy duty concrete breaker, i.e a kango, but is intended for light chisleing.

hobie

I purchased a similar drill from LIDL's some years ago ..... same price level and it's still banging away for me ..... in fact it was so good I purchased a second one for mixing plaster and small qtys of mortar ....

Mine has the three options

hammer drill ......

standard drill action with no hammer

chisel action (no rotation and for light chisel work)

The drill on offer next week looks different to mine so I would check carefully the box it comes in if you want all three actions ..... if you want to drill masonary on a DIY basis this drill is perfect ..... you will never go back to using a small masonary drill if the new drill has a similar power rating to my LIDL drills (800-900 watts)

Drag00n79

Thanks everyone for the advice.

cast_iron

Finneganjp wrote:

These are SDS drolls. 2 types available.
1. Rotary only & Rotary/Hammer
2. Rotary only, Rotary/Hammer & Hammer only

You are not entirely correct. As Mr Mag said they are widely available. They are the same as Hobie's but without the non-hammer option.

If this one has both hammer and non-hammer actions, it should be a good buy.

Finneganjp

If you read the reply properly, ROTARY ONLY means NON HAMMER.

cast_iron

Finneganjp wrote:

If you read the reply properly, ROTARY ONLY means NON HAMMER.

Yes, I know. I thought we cleared the fact that some don't have a "rotary only" setting up already.

Incidentally, it appears from the picture in the brochure that there is the 3 settings similar to Hobie's drill.

Ronan H

Righto, i bought the drill in Lidl the other day, it has three different settings:

1. Drill / screw
2. Hammer drill
3. Chisel a hole in your house

Havent used it yet but im inclined to tempt fate and say "Ya cant go wrong for €60..."

It says in the booklet that the drill is suitable for the following:

* Hammer drilling in bricks, concrete and natural stone
* Drilling in wood, plastic and metal
* Screwing in wood, plaster and metal
* Chiselling in concrete, stone and plaster

Sounds good to me! And i bought a Milwaukee Jigsaw last week too, so i reckon between the two id have the house razed in 20 minutes or so :eek:.

Vroom Head

hobie

Head wrote:

Righto, i bought the drill in Lidl the other day, it has three different settings:

1. Drill / screw
2. Hammer drill
3. Chisel a hole in your house

Havent used it yet but im inclined to tempt fate and say "Ya cant go wrong for €60..."

It says in the booklet that the drill is suitable for the following:

* Hammer drilling in bricks, concrete and natural stone
* Drilling in wood, plastic and metal
* Screwing in wood, plaster and metal
* Chiselling in concrete, stone and plaster

Sounds good to me! And i bought a Milwaukee Jigsaw last week too, so i reckon between the two id have the house razed in 20 minutes or so :eek:.

Vroom Head

Yep ..... that's the same spec as mine ..... and I note they have upped the wattage to just over 1000 ..... a good purchase IMHO ....

Did you get the spare set of SDS bits .... they were great value too

Ronan H

Oh i did indeed, €11 for them... Legend!