Aldi Drill - Oct 2

Skidrow

Aldi drill for €49.99 - are they any good?

Would only be using it for DIY at home.

What does SDS mean?

My 25 year old Black & Decker would not go through a particularly stubborn wall in my brother's house - wonder would this Aldi one do the job?

crabbypaddy

Skidrow wrote: »

Aldi drill for €49.99 - are they any good?

Would only be using it for DIY at home.

What does SDS mean?

My 25 year old Black & Decker would not go through a particularly stubborn wall in my brother's house - wonder would this Aldi one do the job?

Wrong forum, can't see it on their site. SDS refers to the shank on the bits, SDS bits click into a spring loaded chuck and are free to slide in and out a little which makes the hammering much more effective. Most DIYers push the drill into the wall which stops the bit sliding and makes it far less effective you have to let the drill do the work. A good SDS drill correctly used will fly through most walls some stones and crushed stone aggregate concrete can be hard going with a good drill. The lidl parkside stuff is generally better than the ALDI stuff.

dashcamdanny

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sun-27-sep/products-detail-page/ps/p/1500w-sds-rotary-hammer-drill-1/

SDS is a quick fit and release system. Only sds drills can be used on it. Its fairly hardcore and heavy for diy.

It makes holes in concrete very well and has a kango type chisel as well.

Not much good for wood or metal though.

You could get a chuck fitting for it, but then the price of it all gets higher.


A cordless battery drill might be better suited for a do everything diy use.

ted1

dashcamdanny wrote: »

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sun-27-sep/products-detail-page/ps/p/1500w-sds-rotary-hammer-drill-1/

SDS is a quick fit and release system. Only sds drills can be used on it. Its fairly hardcore and heavy for diy.

It makes holes in concrete very well and has a kango type chisel as well.

Not much good for wood or metal though.

You could get a chuck fitting for it, but then the price of it all gets higher.


A cordless battery drill might be better suited for a do everything diy use.

That says it comes with a drill chuck. A cheap battery drill is useless, they lack power and the battery never lasts. There just really screw drivers.

crabbypaddy

dashcamdanny wrote: »

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sun-27-sep/products-detail-page/ps/p/1500w-sds-rotary-hammer-drill-1/

SDS is a quick fit and release system. Only sds drills can be used on it. Its fairly hardcore and heavy for diy.

It makes holes in concrete very well and has a kango type chisel as well.

Not much good for wood or metal though.

You could get a chuck fitting for it, but then the price of it all gets higher.


A cordless battery drill might be better suited for a do everything diy use.

Ah I see title said Oct 2.

It comes with a chuck which is handy for drilling heavy steel or timbers

That type is overkill alright unless your using a core bit they're very large and heavy for awkward places drilling overhead etc.

Then again its not much more than the price of a days rental of a kango.

A similarly priced cordless 'hammer' drill will be fairly useless except for making noise and melting bits.

FortySeven

I bought one a while ago for my house renovation. The drill wobbles a bit which makes it difficult to get clean holes, the hammer action with the chisel is brilliant for cutting chases and demolition. (Small)

A good buy for the money but have a normal drill for the more delicate stuff, this thing is clumsy.

dashcamdanny

ted1 wrote: »

That says it comes with a drill chuck. A cheap battery drill is useless, they lack power and the battery never lasts. There just really screw drivers.

Ah I dunno ted. I bought a cheap ryobi a year ago and hang doors daily with it. For the likes of occasional drilling on DIY jobs at home, a big massive heavy SDS yoke is very much overkill, especially when he got by with a black and decker for years.

That dill is a monster for the home.

p4xel

It is overkill for DIY (plaster boards etc), unless you are going to drill (or chisel) a lot in concrete walls. It's good also enough for DIY demolition. Perfect for ripping tiles off the walls/floors. I had something similar and it died on my 4 times on warranty, so I decided to get something proper and bought HILTI TE-7C (unbelievable difference, also in price).
For that price you can't go wring, althou it won't be a replacement for your old B&D it will serve you good for other jobs, where old one was just not enough.

TerrorFirmer

For casual DIY you're far better just getting a regular drill - something like this would be far more suited.

The Aldi drill is good value but only if you have genuine use for it, it would be actually quite irritating for an 'around the house' sort of drill to be honest.

jimgoose

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

For casual DIY you're far better just getting a regular drill - something like this would be far more suited.

The Aldi drill is good value but only if you have genuine use for it, it would be actually quite irritating for an 'around the house' sort of drill to be honest.

I picked up a B&D corded drill much like that one above, only 710W. It cost €46 a couple of years back, on offer at Atlantic Homecare (now Woodies DIY) and is a mighty bit of kit, I've yet to meet the wall that can stop it.

DANNY2014

Got one of these last year for same price couldn't be happier with it still going strong and saved me a bomb On renting them out for the few odd jobs I had with it... One day went all out and was going through really hard concrete 2 foot down thought the drill was gonna cave but it done the work... 3 year warranty too...

pauldavis123

Great drill but only for the big jobs.

Get one of theses as well for day to day and you have everything covered.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7114360/Trail/searchtext%3EFAT+MAX.htm

quietsailor

Skidrow wrote: »

Aldi drill for €49.99 - are they any good?

Would only be using it for DIY at home.

What does SDS mean?

My 25 year old Black & Decker would not go through a particularly stubborn wall in my brother's house - wonder would this Aldi one do the job?

Have you a good set of drill bits? Good bits make a night&day difference. Even if you're using a cheaper drill buy high quality drill bits and you will have no problem.

The reverse is true as well - if the poster above who has a HILTI uses bad quality drill bits that drill won't drill holes easily or quickly even though HILTI is the best drill you can buy - at the complete upper end of the market

razor12345

Would this drill be capable of drill through mass concrete walls for hanging a TV bracket, shelf's etc?

Or could you recommend one for the job? Complete noob with diy

jimgoose

razor12345 wrote: »

Would this drill be capable of drill through mass concrete walls for hanging a TV bracket, shelf's etc?

Or could you recommend one for the job? Complete noob with diy

At 1,500W I should say it'll absolutely horse it.

durtybit

Bought a Bosh SDS something like the GBH 2-28 DFV a while back after trying to drill holes with a cordless drill. (Disaster)

The power is unreal, I know the price on that one is different but makes the job seriously easy.