Cordless drills and battery revival

[L Austin France]

My go to cordless drill is an 18v Li-Ion Duro machine bought from Aldi on 10/12/16 for the princely sum of 59.99€.
Nice case containing drill, 2 batteries, charger, decent drill bits & various bits & bobs.
The compact & lightweight machine (1.3kg inc battery) is used at least once a week & punches in dozens of 50mm no 10 woodscrews, when required, without changing batteries which show no sign of degradation after 5 years.
Probably the best buy of this ilk I've made.

[rsm]

Do you find that battery powered drills and things like that are less powerful than their electric counterparts?

Yes when drilling concrete

[RobertArthur]

@ Char, rsm is absolutely right. For concrete and hard bricks or granite I prefer my good old HILTI TE-10 for holes from 6mm to 12mm. Only 450 watts, goes effortless into concrete, ten holes, hundred, no problem at all. Its SDS-plus mechanism works much better than the simple hammer action of traditional hammer drills. The same goes for the cordless drills.

[niemeyjt]

@ Char, rsm is absolutely right. For concrete and hard bricks or granite I prefer my good old HILTI TE-10 for holes from 6mm to 12mm. Only 450 watts, goes effortless into concrete, ten holes, hundred, no problem at all. Its SDS-plus mechanism works much better than the simple hammer action of traditional hammer drills. The same goes for the cordless drills.

Yes - a pneumatic SDS will always beat a percussion hammer drill. However I suggest a battery SDS drill will beat a mains power percussion hammer drill into concrete.

[rsm]

Not for multipiule drills it won't, nor on cost.

[RobertArthur]

Dispatches from Temptation Island: window shopping again this morning. Special offer: a Makita rotary drill, 36 V, the HR262TDZ, charger, no battery, discontinued model, for only 99 euros (VAT not included). List price of the battery however: 235 euros, so a complete set for about 422 euros (VAT included). Many newer models feature 12 and 18 V batteries. Because my little Hilti TE10 with its 2.87 kg seems to be much heavier than ten years ago another reason to say: nice equipment for much younger ENEDIS guys, not for me.