18V AEG cordless drill. 2 batteries. And 100piece bit set

dodzy

Seen this yesterday. Seems a steal. Chadwicks stores. Reduced to 60 quid.

Can't find a direct link but it's this one.

http://www.adverts.ie/machinery-tools/aeg-18v-lion-with-tool-kit-brand-new/299557

K.Flyer

Saw this myself on Friday, looks like a bargain.
AEG are part of the Atlas Copco group who also make the Milwaukee power tools. Having bought used and abused both brands in the past I would say the AEG is from a good background and an 18v for 60euro you cant go wrong.

Libera

See page 2 of the Summer specials brochure - great price!

http://chadwicks.ie/component/flippingbook/book/4.html?page=1

dodzy

Good man Libera. Thanks for the link

Fiskar

Rang Chadwicks - Sandyford, all sold out at every branch, apparently they had 600 sets!

2smiggy

sold out in mallow too, was on sale since start of month and apparently sold out very quickly. pity , was a great price

Davy

2smiggy wrote: »

sold out in mallow too, was on sale since start of month and apparently sold out very quickly. pity , was a great price

Marked Expired so, report the post if they get more back in

darragh o meara

They had them in chadwicks Clonmel today.

craggel69

Heiton Buckleys (same group as Chadwicks) in Santry have a stack of them left picked one up today

albert kidd

craggel69 wrote: »

Heiton Buckleys (same group as Chadwicks) in Santry have a stack of them left picked one up today

thanks for that,never knew they were the same group..picked up one myself in heitons here in waterford..great price.

jamesd

Think these sets are €90 in B&Q

Slick50

There was about 10 of these in chadwicks lucan yesterday.

gaillimhabu

Anyone know if there is any left in Galway?

Two left

Libera

Spotted these "on special" in B&Q today at €100 (Nicad batteries x2).

dodzy

Libera wrote: »

Spotted these "on special" in B&Q today at €100 (Nicad batteries x2).

Was speaking to one of the guys in chadwicks yesterday - apparently they were buying them for 100 and taking a 40 hit on the price in an attempt to generate further business. Sign of the times......:o

Fnz

craggel69 wrote: »

Heiton Buckleys (same group as Chadwicks) in Santry have a stack of them left picked one up today

Cheers, picked one up yesterday morning, was about 7 left on the floor.

dodzy wrote: »

Was speaking to one of the guys in chadwicks yesterday - apparently they were buying them for 100 and taking a 40 hit on the price in an attempt to generate further business. Sign of the times......:o

Oh man, now I really feel guilty for not buying anything else. Goodwill, alone, won't put food on the table.

gaillimhabu

Oh man, now I really feel guilty for not buying anything else. Goodwill, alone, won't put food on the table.

I bought the 12 step multi purpose ladder for €69 as well. RRP was €99. Will come in handy around the house for them awkward places than a conventional ladder wouldn't be able for. I'm glad I did now with Chadwicks taking such a hit on the drills

bmaxi

dodzy wrote: »

Was speaking to one of the guys in chadwicks yesterday - apparently they were buying them for 100 and taking a 40 hit on the price in an attempt to generate further business. Sign of the times......:o

If that's the case I think I'd be sacking the Purchasing Director. Chadwicks would not have enough mass appeal lines to support a loss leader like that.
Good as I think the offer is, Chadwicks is a niche market supplier and their mainstream customers would not be tempted by this. It's not like Tesco where people would be picking up everyday items, I mean, who's going to throw a few bags of cement in "just in case"

dodzy

bmaxi wrote: »

If that's the case I think I'd be sacking the Purchasing Director. Chadwicks would not have enough mass appeal lines to support a loss leader like that.
Good as I think the offer is, Chadwicks is a niche market supplier and their mainstream customers would not be tempted by this. It's not like Tesco where people would be picking up everyday items, I mean, who's going to throw a few bags of cement in "just in case"

The guy above bought a ladder:rolleyes:

600 sets sold in a week. You can bet your ass that there were other purchases aswell.

bmaxi

dodzy wrote: »

The guy above bought a ladder:rolleyes:

600 sets sold in a week. You can bet your ass that there were other purchases aswell.

You can only speculate that the people who bought them bought other items. If they did, they may have been there to buy those items anyway and just picked up the drill.
600 sets sold is a starting loss point of €24,000 The ladder you mention or at least a similar one, is on sale in Lidl for I think €99 so not making a breakthrough there.
The point I'm making is, Chadwicks is a specialist supplier, not set up for browsing and impulse buying. I was in two Heitons stores yesterday, at Robinhood and Santry and if there was half a dozen people between the two stores that was it, people would tend to go there for a specific reason.

TimMac

got two thanks op

Happy Birthday DAD

johndaman66

Is the drill hammer action?

mayto

johndaman66 wrote: »

Is the drill hammer action?

Says its an 18V drill/driver so no hammer action. I wonder are people aware of this when buying it?

biebiebie

[Quote=bmaxi;73056709I was in two Heitons stores yesterday, at Robinhood and Santry[/Quote]

Did they have any drills left in the RH branch?

bmaxi

johndaman66 wrote: »

Is the drill hammer action?

The drill does have hammer action. Three settings, drill, drive,hammer.
It's a pretty good piece of kit, not pro quality but good all the same. One drawback is the ni-cad battery but you couldn't expect otherwise at that price and you'd pay over €100 for a similar quality Bosch.

jamesd

They have loads of these in stock in Barretts hardware in Ballinasloe as part of the same group;)

bmaxi

biebiebie wrote: »

Did they have any drills left in the RH branch?

Didn't see any but then I wasn't really looking, they weren't in the same "bargain area" as they were in Santry, where they had about ten.
Give them a ring and ask.

mayto

bmaxi wrote: »

The drill does have hammer action. Three settings, drill, drive,hammer.
It's a pretty good piece of kit, not pro quality but good all the same. One drawback is the ni-cad battery but you couldn't expect otherwise at that price and you'd pay over €100 for a similar quality Bosch.

They call it drill/driver so easy to confuse with a drill driver with no hammer action.

bmaxi

mayto wrote: »

They call it drill/driver so easy to confuse with a drill driver with no hammer action.

Never found DIY quality cordless drills much use for any sort of sustained drilling in concrete anyway. I don't suppose this is any different.

St. Leibowitz

dodzy wrote: »

The guy above bought a ladder:rolleyes:

600 sets sold in a week. You can bet your ass that there were other purchases aswell.

Yeah, but the ladder was discounted as well ... he did a double hit on the specials !!! :rolleyes::D

Pique

How does this 18v drill compare to the 24v Parkside one in Lidl tomorrow for €60?

yoshytoshy

I've no experience with either of these drills ,but the amp rating on the lidl battery is 1.5. Thats pretty low for a 24Volt battery.

I think the amp rating on the aeg is also 1.5 ,so both drills are probably the same power wise.
AEG is a professional brand of tool.

bmaxi

Pique wrote: »

How does this 18v drill compare to the 24v Parkside one in Lidl tomorrow for €60?

As far as I can see the Lidl one has only one battery. Pain in the arse if your battery dies half way through a job, IMO the AEG is a better buy.

ToadVine

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tinofapples

Anyone looking for an 18v drill might like this fella:

http://www.chadwicks.ie/component/flippingbook/book/4.html?page=2

free toolbox and 100 piece accessory kit and spare battery.

Davy

Threads merged

tinofapples

Davy wrote: »

Threads merged

Sorry about that

Alfie1

tinofapples wrote: »

Anyone looking for an 18v drill might like this fella:

http://www.chadwicks.ie/component/flippingbook/book/4.html?page=2

free toolbox and 100 piece accessory kit and spare battery.

This may be of interest http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056319611 as it seems most of the Chadwicks/Heiton Buckley stores are or at least were out of stock.