Hi
I have been researching the price of cordless drills and drivers for about a year now and in the meantime
I have been relying on an old corded drill I bought from a second hand shop some 25 years ago and a black and decker heavy duty
alluminium drill again very old. I rewired both drills last year as the leads had become weak around the point they enter the drill handles.
I do still use a brace and bit for difficult to extract screws!!
I bought a B&Q basic £10 cordless drill when my black and decker one burnt out but it was a waste of money as it did not hold a charge for more than a few minutes.

I was looking at the offer in B&Q yesterday for the pair of Ryobi drills and it was that deal that bought me to this forum and now I do not feel they are a bargain at all at £79.98 when people were buying the same kit for less than £50 last November.

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and although they are unbranded I have found some unbranded items are as good as and sometimes longer lasting than branded ones I would not buy another black and decker drill for example. I was considering buying the 18 volt two piece kit but then saw the 24 volt one and started to ponder again, the 24 volt will be more powerful than the 18 volt ones and I presume the Ah will be 1.3 as pretty much all low price range drills are that I have seen advertised lately. I have read the forum guide on drills and Ah but have had trouble finding any drills with Ah above 1.3 for less than a few hundred quid which at the moment is well above my budget.

At the moment I do fairly light work with a drill removing and refitting cupboard doors, knobs, and the odd masonry fixing for shelves and shower screens, a bit like a weekend DIY enthusiast.

Would you recommend me buying the two piece 18 volt kit or the single 24 volt drill driver? or none of the above!!

TIA

Ahandyman247

I've tried a few cheap drill drivers, and they all have one thing in common...last 5 minutes and have no guts..the ryobi twin pack is good, but wait till it comes on offer again...it will. Keep checking the screwfix and B&Q websites for specials...and keep visiting UHM forums...our members are normally red hot at posting bargains when they do arise

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I Know it says I'm On-line, but I might have just left myself logged in, whilst I'm out....

Do you have a link to the Ryobi deal Handyman247. I can then let you know what I think about it.

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It may seem difficult at first! But everything is difficult at first.

Heres a great deal from scrwfix & you shouldn't realy be concerned about the battery amp hours because you've already said in your post you just do minor things around the house so these three options are great for what you want Site 18V Cordless Combi Drill + 3 batteries Theres these two option from dm tools AEG BSB18NC COMBI DRILL/DRIVER WITH 2 X 2.0AH NI-CD BATTERIES & this AEG BSB18STXN 18V COMBI HAMMER + 18V DRILL/DRIVER BODY WITH 2 x 2AMP Ni-CD BATTERIES

Hi

The link is here and is the same deal as I saw yesterday in West Norwood B & Q

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?a ... egories%3C{9372015}/categories%3C{9372047}/categories%3C{9372203}/categories%3C{9392094}/featuresBrand%3dRyobi&fh_refview=lister&ts=1274103615260&isSearch=false

Thank you once again

I couldn't find that on BandQ website.

To be honest I wouldn't pay that price for those. Being a Diyer like yourself I am a big fan of Ryobi, but I think they drills are overpriced.

Ryobi are in my opinion the best for Diy. You have a wide range of tools that fit their ONE Plus range.

If you are only looking for a drill, I would stay away from the 24v. unless you are willing to pay a couple of hundred pounds they are pants. A neighbour asked me to give him a hand to lay flooring in his loft. He gives me a 24v drill from Argos. Absolute rubbish. Puts it down and went and got my 18v drill from Aldi.

The drills that STYXSIS are fantastic deals. Might be a bit out of your price league.

BandQ were doing a good deal on Hitachi when I was in last week. Will try and find the link.

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Can't find it.

It must be an exclusive deal in my local store.
I am sure it was 18v with 3 batteries 1.3 for £79.99

If you are interested in buying more cordless tools then I think this is a good deal.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47418/Pow ... t?ts=79909

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It may seem difficult at first! But everything is difficult at first.

I like the look of the AEG deal I suppose if I went for the hammer drill combi with the free drill driver for £150 I can then forget about the subject for a few years.

Thank you for your help and my apologies to the moderator I didn't realise the link I placed was in violation of the forum rules

Regards

Ahandyman247

Good luck in choosing your drill.

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It may seem difficult at first! But everything is difficult at first.

Thank you The Weegie the screwfix deal looks good too, but are those little 4volt screwdrivers very punchy? I often have to remove screws from cupboard door frames to allow washing machine engineers proper access, and the tradesmen that have installed the carcass have not made pilot holes for the screws which is why I have reverted to the brace with a phillips bit stuck in the the end to remove the screws!

aeg are from the tti industries stable the proffesional range from the same company that own ryobi

if your thinking ryobi i would strongly urge you go for the 18v one plus when you can find a sutable offer as there are 30 tools for the home and garden that fit the batteries

http://uk.ryobitools.eu/specific/formats/index.jsp

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I have the 4v which I bought seperately from my One plus tools.

I have used it to assemble flat pack wardrobes and drawers. Only on a couple of occasions I have had to use the key at the end due to the torque not being strong enough. That was with 40mm hex screws. Not surprising then.

It is a good tool for flat pack.

I would of tested how many screws you can drill on one charge for you, but I have left it in the work, and am currently of on the sick.

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Hi

I went for the Ryobi One+ 18V Combi Drill & 4V Li-Ion Screwdriver Kit as recommended by the Weegie as I realised after my comment that if the 4volt screwdriver could not provide enough torque for any job in hand then I should be using the combi drill driver!

I picked up a kit from Screwfix depot in Croydon yesterday. The kit comes with a carry case for the 4volt screwdriver which holds the charger as well as a good range of bits and drills that will fit in the collet. There is no carry case for the combi drill which suited me as I keep the whole kit in an old black briefcase which is unattractive and less likely to get stolen.

I was surprised just how plucky the 4volt screwdriver is. I used it to fix our toilet seat last night. The seat hinge had snapped on one side because of our 3 year old dropping the seat down heavily. I needed to drill a new fixing hole through the hinge and a pilot hole for the screw and the 4volt screwdriver made easy work of it.

Thank you all for your help I am very grateful

Best Wishes


Ahandyman247

Good choice in my opinion.

The good thing about purchasing ONE plus range is that you can add additional tools when your wife is nagging you to do more around the house

That what I did.

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Of course you know what it means if the missus comes out of the kitchen on a "Nagging session"

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I Know it says I'm On-line, but I might have just left myself logged in, whilst I'm out....

Is that not "Chains too long?"

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darrenc wrote:

I dont think its a stupid question but does show a lack of understanding of how paint works and reasons for certain applications, now dont jump down my throat Jaegar i'm not being funny its just a classic case in point of a well educated professionally trained painter against a general tradesman.