Amazon deal of the day : BLACK+DECKER 18v Drill £25.99

ablelocks

Amazon deal of the day : BLACK+DECKER 18v Drill £25.99

rob316

Eh the exchange rate is killing these bargains, works out at €38 delivered. Same drill is €55 in argos so its still pretty good deal.

Good decent basic drill, I have the same at home for odd jobs.

kc66

See the review, I had a similar problem with another drill:

I have owned a few of the NiCad battery drills from B&D, and I haven't had a problem with their performance -- bar one thing. Most people looking at this, especially on a deal day as they usually are (I wonder why?), will be expecting to leave these in the cupboard for use as situations arise. The NiCad batteries discharge quite quickly when not in use, and after a while won't take a charge at all, rendering the drill-driver useless.. Maybe that's why you don't get a charge indicator light -- leaving you out of power and completely in the dark about it. And a replacement battery can cost as much as the drill in the first place.

I recommend paying slightly more for a device with Lithium batteries, because you can get years of use out of them. These ones here can literally be useless in six months, making this a very poor bargain indeed. If you have a one-off job like a patio deck, look at the 14.4 volt model with two batteries -- you can work with fewer breaks that way, as a full charge can take quite a few hours. I have a lot of experience here, so I thought I'd give a 'heads up' to take into consideration. Don't expect to have this in the cupboard for two years -- the batteries will have discharged long ago, probably won't even take a charge, and the whole thing will only be good for recycling.

Kristopherus

rob316 wrote: »

Eh the exchange rate is killing these bargains, works out at €38 delivered. Same drill is €55 in argos so its still pretty good deal.

Good decent basic drill, I have the same at home for odd jobs.

Delivery is free as its over £25.00. Works out at €30.84.

Frigga_92

kc66 wrote: »

See the review, I had a similar problem with another drill:

I was going to buy the drill as I have some furniture to assemble so thanks for pointing this out.
I'm going to have a look for one with a better battery.

TheDriver

Or one with a cord if its not used much

zarquon

Kristopherus wrote: »

Delivery is free as its over £25.00. Works out at €30.84.

On what planet is is £25 €30.84? Using current buy rates, £25 pound is approximately €35 give or take a few cent depending on bank rate

eringobragh

Hitachi Li-Ion Drill from screwfix is a better buy.

rob316

Kristopherus wrote: »

Delivery is free as its over £25.00. Works out at €30.84.

I'll have some of that exchange rate please

sweetie

Kristopherus wrote:

Delivery is free as its over £25.00. Works out at €30.84.

In 2009 maybe!