Which £50 Drill for my Dad for Xmas?
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Cordless drills
23 August 2007
It's easy to make a mediocre product look good by tarting it up with fancy extras like pop-up lights or spirit levels to impress the unwary.
The Best Buy drills have none of these bells and whistles but instead score highly because they concentrate on excellent drilling and screwdriving.
None of them is cheap but they all aced our endurance tests, so we reckon they'll give you at least ten years' trouble free use
Best Buys are mostly over £200
the cheaper Best Buys are
Ryobi CDI-1803
Price: £80
Score: 83%
Worx WX14DD
Price: £45
Score: 71%
Of Corded rrills, a best buy was
Makita HP1621
Price: £55
Score: 64%
Type of drill: Percussion
Cordless drills
23 August 2007
It's easy to make a mediocre product look good by tarting it up with fancy extras like pop-up lights or spirit levels to impress the unwary.
The Best Buy drills have none of these bells and whistles but instead score highly because they concentrate on excellent drilling and screwdriving.
None of them is cheap but they all aced our endurance tests, so we reckon they'll give you at least ten years' trouble free use
Best Buys are mostly over £200
the cheaper Best Buys are
Ryobi CDI-1803
Price: £80
Score: 83%
Worx WX14DD
Price: £45
Score: 71%
Of Corded rrills, a best buy was
Makita HP1621
Price: £55
Score: 64%
Type of drill: Percussion
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I've been bashing away with the Worx for a few months now. Taken a fair bit of abuse with wood drilling/screwdriving for which a fairly hefty amount of torque was needed. Not let me down yet.
The 2 gears come in handy for hi-torque/low speed screwdriving and hi-speed/less torque drilling.
£50 from Argos. Comes with 2, 1hr charge batteries + charger. I'd happily recomend it for your dad.
The 2 gears come in handy for hi-torque/low speed screwdriving and hi-speed/less torque drilling.
£50 from Argos. Comes with 2, 1hr charge batteries + charger. I'd happily recomend it for your dad.
compact, a couple of suggestions.
Get your dad some B&Q vouchers and he can go and make his own mind up and put some money to it himself if he wants a more expensive bit of kit, also prices are going to be cheaper after Crimble as retailers are not having a good Christmas.
Ask another relative who is perhaps struggling for ideas as to what to get your dad and go halves on a better quality drill.
Get your dad some B&Q vouchers and he can go and make his own mind up and put some money to it himself if he wants a more expensive bit of kit, also prices are going to be cheaper after Crimble as retailers are not having a good Christmas.
Ask another relative who is perhaps struggling for ideas as to what to get your dad and go halves on a better quality drill.
the 1803 has a 13mm chuck, the 1802 has a 10mm chuck. this is the size of drill shaft it will accomodate. 13mm is just over half an inch; 10mm is about 3/8" The drill is usually designed with less power if it has a smaller chuck.
I would say a 13mm chuck will do most DIY but 10mm is a bit small.
Some people like to have a small, light, rechargable drill for light work, and a big heavy one for heavy work. But you (or he) may already have a light one, if not they are very cheap (and mostly not very good)
The Ryobi 1803 looks like a pretty good powerful one. The next step up appears to be the £200+ monsters. Make sure you get the full kit with at least one battery. Two batteries are better as you can be charging the spare while you are working. A carry case might be included or not. They are nice to have but not worth paying a lot of money for especially as your dad will presumably not be carrying from site to site in a van.
It looks like the £79 from Screwfix does not include a battery
I would say a 13mm chuck will do most DIY but 10mm is a bit small.
Some people like to have a small, light, rechargable drill for light work, and a big heavy one for heavy work. But you (or he) may already have a light one, if not they are very cheap (and mostly not very good)
The Ryobi 1803 looks like a pretty good powerful one. The next step up appears to be the £200+ monsters. Make sure you get the full kit with at least one battery. Two batteries are better as you can be charging the spare while you are working. A carry case might be included or not. They are nice to have but not worth paying a lot of money for especially as your dad will presumably not be carrying from site to site in a van.
It looks like the £79 from Screwfix does not include a battery
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