aldi drill

restive

Aldi is selling a 24kw cordless drill for €50 next Sunday. It's got a three year guarantee.

Timmaay

restive wrote: »

Aldi is selling a 24kw cordless drill for €50 next Sunday. It's got a three year guarantee.

I don't know why they bother with a 3yr guarantee, because you'll be probably returning it withing 3wks anyways after it breaks :P

conor t

spending 120 on a Makita or dewalt would last a lot longer than that aldi one

Bodacious

restive wrote: »

Aldi is selling a 24kw cordless drill for €50 next Sunday. It's got a three year guarantee.

my ole lad got that last year.. battery quality is nothing like dewalt etc

Sir Arthur Daley

This is one drill i would not buy, buy cheap buy twice.

restive

Can you get replacement batteries for a drill? I have an old cordless black and decker.

colrow

restive wrote: »

Aldi is selling a 24kw cordless drill for €50 next Sunday. It's got a three year guarantee.

24 Kilo Watt drill, equal to 32 hp,wow that's some power for 50 yo-yo's



Must be the size of a fridge

Rovi

restive wrote: »

Can you get replacement batteries for a drill? I have an old cordless black and decker.

Search for "cordless drill battery" in eBay and you'll be overwhelmed with possibilities.
They're pretty much all Chinese clones so quality may or may not match genuine items, but I've generally found them to be fine.

Farmer Pudsey

Biggest issue with cordless drills is that the battery's give up. Makers then charge through the nose for same. A bi help with battery's id to store indoors not in garage or van when not in use.

A good dewalt but with out hammer action is about 130 I think in B&Q this is admitily with two battery's. I have a small Lidl battery drill for the last five years it is always kept indoors. I expect that it will last another five at least. A dewalt similart to this drill will cost in excess of 200 euro. Makita and Bosh much the same you may get black and decker or B&Q own brand for around 100 euro but I gamble on this one.

Will not go to town specially but if passing ALDI monday or Tuesday. I will chance one

Bactidiaryl

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Biggest issue with cordless drills is that the battery's give up. Makers then charge through the nose for same. A bi help with battery's id to store indoors not in garage or van when not in use.

A good dewalt but with out hammer action is about 130 I think in B&Q this is admitily with two battery's. I have a small Lidl battery drill for the last five years it is always kept indoors. I expect that it will last another five at least. A dewalt similart to this drill will cost in excess of 200 euro. Makita and Bosh much the same you may get black and decker or B&Q own brand for around 100 euro but I gamble on this one.

Will not go to town specially but if passing ALDI monday or Tuesday. I will chance one

They'll be gone by Monday.

mikeoh

I had one before ....battery is no where near the power of a good make ...but for €50 if u only have housework for it its ideal.....and with a 3 year garentee and they are pretty good to stand over their garentee its worth it .....but don't loose that piece of paper as I can't see u not needing it!!!.....but won't u have another new drill then so u may knock 5-6 years out of ur 50 bucks

Midlandsman80

I would put Ryobi on top of the midrange/budget drills, they stand up too professional usage.
Brought home a Ryobi set from States before, 18v Lithium Ion drill and impact driver set for not much over €100, impact driver is a mighty little piece of kit.

longhalloween

WikiHow wrote: »

This is one drill i would not buy, buy cheap buy twice.

In fairness, the warranty means you buy once, then keep replacing for free as it breaks.

Aldi have great customer care (so long as you keep the receipt).

gobnaitolunacy

Don't bother with anything from Aldi/Lidl if it has consumables (ie batteries) that you might find difficult to get replacements for.

I'd get a good quality electric drill, how much drilling are you going to do where you can't get power points anyway?

mathepac

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

... how much drilling are you going to do where you can't get power points anyway?

Around a farm? Well now let me see ...

gobnaitolunacy

mathepac wrote: »

Around a farm? Well now let me see ...

You're not going to put a hole in anything much heavier than galv with a puny battery drill, esp an Aldi plaything.
I'd rate some of their stuff highly, but not their powered tools.

Gambas

I'm thinking of retiring my existing Aldi 12v cordless that was bought in 2004 for €40. It is an epic piece of kit that has got dogs abuse. The batteries are finally beginning to lose longevity. Might have to take a punt on this 24v one.

Farmer Pudsey

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Don't bother with anything from Aldi/Lidl if it has consumables (ie batteries) that you might find difficult to get replacements for.

I'd get a good quality electric drill, how much drilling are you going to do where you can't get power points anyway?

It is difficult and uneconomic to buy battery's for an battery operated power tool. This is because there is no standard battery's like for a car. The Eu should set a standard protocol for all battery's ( power tools phones etc ) and this would reduce cost to end user, prolong life of equipment and end equipment being thrown away just because you cannot get a replacement battery.

longhalloween

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

It is difficult and uneconomic to buy battery's for an battery operated power tool. This is because there is no standard battery's like for a car. The Eu should set a standard protocol for all battery's ( power tools phones etc ) and this would reduce cost to end user, prolong life of equipment and end equipment being thrown away just because you cannot get a replacement battery.

Funnily enough, drill batteries are standardised. For example, the innards of 18V drill batteries are all identical. The only difference is the cheap plastic case and connector.

It's possible with a bit of tricking around to replace the cells in battery, just by cracking it open and taking out the bad cell pack and soldering in a new pack from a good battery.

Muckit

longhalloween wrote: »

It's possible with a bit of tricking around to replace the cells in battery, just by cracking it open ....and soldering in a new pack from a good battery.

Good tip