EXCELLENT! I was just thinking about drilling next to a park.

EXCELLENT! I was just thinking about drilling next to a park.

i have one of these when they first came out and they are really good
nice and light but powerful too
for £14.99 you cant go wrong

i wonder are you not better buying this one for 29.99? as this one is cordless and has Torque settings:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/black-&-decker-18v-ni-cad-cordless-drill-driver-623805?_$ja=tsid:49590|cid:322932136|agid:14548433656|tid:pla-138335700736|crid:82730420176|nw:g|rnd:6921233664215102168|dvc:c|adp:1o2
OR at £19.93..
http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/black-%26-decker-epc12ca-gb-12v-ni-cad-drill-driver-613034

Keep off the Ni-cad's as they die if you don't use them often or leave them on charge for too long.....don't lend them to out like I did and the batteries came back goosed.

No you wouldn't be better off with that. Double the price and won't last half as long.

I keep getting error with your first link, so no comment.
I wouldn't buy your 12v deal because it's got 1 year less guarantee, no hammer action, Ni-cad batteries have poor power retention and die forever if not fussed over. I also suspect that as it's only a 12v battery the B&D will not be as powerful and it's dearer. Annoyingly Lidl give very little info on their site about the product, so I would check the spec on the box.

for things like this avoid nicad, old tech and loses power over time. LiLion is far better and retains power, so dont need to keep charging before use, i have a bosch lilion and battery has plenty of power left without charging for months.

Also voltage makes a big difference. i have multiple drills for various uses, a 10.8v is fine for light duty, so wood or holes in softer materials and using as a screwdriver, this just has torque and drill, no hammer (although i have an 10.8 impact driver for lots of driving which is noisy but lots more torque than a normal drill), 12v wont be much better i imagine, and my 18v hammer drill has been used for most jobs and barely struggles with anything. Even drilling 2x 2" holes into a concrete floor for a secure floor lock worked fine, but did empty out both battery's nearer the end.

But if you want a corded drill, ignore the above as even my cheap homebase own brand corded drill has lasted for years, but my 18v cordless performs 99.9% of what most people would use and is usually on offer for circa £90 most months (bosch 18v lilion cordless drill), and my corded has rarely been used as too much faff to get out when the cordless does the job.

As for the parkside brand, i have a SDS from lidl and worked well when fitting drainage for a washing machine and dishwasher, also for breaking concrete on a patio, no issues and whilst i don't expect it to perform like one twice the price, sometimes you dont need something that costs more to do what you need.

All I need a drill for is putting some holes in my walls to hang some shelves and pictures. I guess this would be adequate? I also want to hang an outside basketball net for my boy but would this drill into brick?

This is fine for drilling into anything except concrete. For concrete you need an SDS drill.
Regarding the cordless option... Either buy liion or buy corded. If you leave nicd drill battery for 1 year without use it will be dead and won't accept charge.
Liion is great but £40+ for the very cheapest lidl I've seen.

Not obvious at all, I'm crap at stuff like this... Thanks for the advice.

Lidl Parkside tools are excellent quality usually.As for drilling concrete course it will just start with a smaller bit.Some bricks are harder than concrete.I used a standard drill for years then along came sds and made it a lot easier.

I have used all different makes over the years, Parkside is comparable to Bosch DIY grade.
If its just round the house then this is more then suitable and will drill into brick. It will also drill into concrete but start with small bit and work up to required hole size, if you are going to be doing a lot of drilling into concrete then go for a SDS drill. If you need any other Power tool mains or Li-on battery then Parkside is a good choice, Aldi power tools are about the same quality. Very reasonable prices and with the backing of a 3 YEAR warranty.

good price

Is this corded or cordless?

Very hot. Love the no quibble attitude to Lidl returns too so you're safe in that respect. Someone let me know when they're selling the Parkside cordless reciprocating saw? Usually around this time of year. Cheers

If you're after a good Li-Ion drill then I can recommend this one that I bought last year for £55: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p67196?table=no

Can this be used for screwing screws too?

Anyone know if this comes in a plastic carry case?

Picked one up last night - it does come with a carry case

Took first one back as trigger lock didn't work. Replacement is fine. Only need a drill couple of times a year, this is a bargain with a 3 year guarentee.

Any good deals on drill bits? Strange they had screwsdriver set and bits this week as well but not drill bits

​thanks