iBood cordless drill

Puteq

Black & Decker HP126F3K-QW Drill on iBood today, seems like a bargain, what do people think? I was in the market for a drill allright, though i was thinking of going for an AC powered one cos i generally dont trust cordless things what with battery life etc.

I think this is abargain anyway, am i right?

Corkey123

Nope with one battery only it's not worth the price. Given the cost of freight on the item you'll get a compartive standard in B&Q, McQuillins, etc. with extra batteries.

Puteq

Oh OK thanks for the info :-)

kendragon

The Tesco's here in the crescent, limerick are selling a 12v JCB cordless drill for €40.00.... dont know if they are any good but i'm going to pick one up when i get the chance. I presume other tesco's have them too.

jameshayes

If you plan on doing anything more than minor DIY you'd need at lease 14v

Cmar-Ireland

kendragon wrote: »

The Tesco's here in the crescent, limerick are selling a 12v JCB cordless drill for €40.00.... dont know if they are any good but i'm going to pick one up when i get the chance. I presume other tesco's have them too.

JCB drills are fairly crap TBH. Your better off spending a bit more for a better brand.

Do-more

Don't know if it's still running, but the last time I was in Atlantic Homecare they had an offer on a Ryobi 18v Cordless + 2 batts. for €89 (IIRC) I've been using the same drill in work for about 4 years now (used almost every day), had to replace the trigger switch once but otherwise on probs, so I would say it's a great drill for home use.

Do-more

Do-more wrote: »

Don't know if it's still running, but the last time I was in Atlantic Homecare they had an offer on a Ryobi 18v Cordless + 2 batts. for €89 (IIRC) I've been using the same drill in work for about 4 years now (used almost every day), had to replace the trigger switch once but otherwise on probs, so I would say it's a great drill for home use.

Was in my local Atlantic Homecare this evening (Mullingar) and they still have the Ryobi cordless drill offer running. 18V Drill, charger + 2 batteries for €79. Also available is a bundle with Carry bag, Drill, charger, 2 batts and small cordless circular saw for €120. This is the same Ryobi One plus model that is available in B&Q. B&Q have a lot more attachments available to fit the same batteries, like a sander, various different saws, etc. etc.

frost

I used the Ryobi one-plus drill at home and on my farm and it has been excellent. I bought a second one of them, two batteries and the car charger (we have no electricity at the farm). I would recommend it highly. I haven't bought any of the other tools in the one-plus series so cant comment on them

eamon234

12v drills are useless - you need at least 18-24v for any decent power.

Daibheid

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2867_5235.htm

Bought one of these a few months back - like similar heavyweight cordless units heavy for screw-drivng and slow if you wanted to sand anything but apart from that unbeatable value for money.

frost

Based on the info here I got the Ryobi saw+drill at Woodie's. Excellent value, but as I already had 2 drills I'm selling the new drill+batt+charger, so if anyone's interested see link in my sig.

FredH3as

gee, thanks frosty for placing your blatent add here and digging up yet another old ibood thread.....deserves a banning tbh

frost

guilty as charged