I was looking for a corded drill with a fairly long cable that I could also use for the occasional detailing/polishing my car with a drill attachment (I was bored of charging batteries on my cordless drill) and found this one at B&Q.
This is the 650w version (there seems to be a lot of the 600w versions about and going for a higher price too).
It's quite compact and lightweight compared to some corded drills, has a 3m cable, variable speed, 2 year guarantee and as an added bonus obviously drills holes too!
13 comments
Agent004
18 May 161#1
Good price for this type of drill :smile:
D47E to Agent004
18 May 16#2
Thanks Agent004 :smiley:
chinimyau
18 May 161#3
Awesome deal. Cheers
onlineo
18 May 16#4
hmm I paid similar for a 100 watts one.
Sackboy1 to onlineo
18 May 163#5
100 watts? My electric whisk is 200. Are you drilling paper?
fatal3rror
18 May 16#6
That is such a brilliant idea! How come I never knew such a thing existed!!
dealerxxx
18 May 16#7
Does this use sds drill bits?
bigweapon07 to dealerxxx
18 May 161#8
no its standard hss bits
D47E
18 May 16#9
Cheers fatal3rror. I only discovered it by chance myself. :smile:
It works out much cheaper than having a dedicated car polisher. You can pick up a sponge with an M14 fitment for £2-3 from Toolstation and an M14 drill arbor adapter for £2-4 online. You can also get a hook & loop (Velcro) sponge version, but they work out more expensive.
Krizzo3
19 May 16#10
Using this as polisher and concrete
Mixer will destroy the bearings quickly, they are not designed to take much axial load when moving around.
D47E to Krizzo3
19 May 16#11
That's where the 2 year guarantee comes in! Lol, just kidding!
Thanks for the advice, I've never used one as a concrete mixer, but can imagine how the resistance from the viscosity of the concrete would easily cause damage over time with the lateral load being applied.
To be fair, I don't think polishing a car with a sponge or detailing it with water and some G6 or G10 will create much resistance in comparison, if there is, you're not doing it right and will probably damage your car's paint before damaging the drill. As such, the loading will be much lower and probably within tolerance or no more than that of hitting something hard with a drill bit or drilling between 2 mediums with varying densities.
Besides, at £23, I can handle buying another in 2 year's time! The alternative is to find a polisher for £46 and hope it lasts 4 years and also do enough polishing to justify the initial outlay.
At least doing it this way, with the occasional polishing/detailing I do, it also doubles up as a drill to do the jobs my cordless one won't be as efficient at
ssc1
19 May 161#12
great price prefer corded hammer drill.
D47E to ssc1
19 May 16#13
Thanks ssc1. That's one of the other reasons that swayed me to buy one of these instead of just buying more batteries and chargers for my cordless one :smiley:
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Opening post
This is the 650w version (there seems to be a lot of the 600w versions about and going for a higher price too).
It's quite compact and lightweight compared to some corded drills, has a 3m cable, variable speed, 2 year guarantee and as an added bonus obviously drills holes too!
13 comments
It works out much cheaper than having a dedicated car polisher. You can pick up a sponge with an M14 fitment for £2-3 from Toolstation and an M14 drill arbor adapter for £2-4 online. You can also get a hook & loop (Velcro) sponge version, but they work out more expensive.
Mixer will destroy the bearings quickly, they are not designed to take much axial load when moving around.
Thanks for the advice, I've never used one as a concrete mixer, but can imagine how the resistance from the viscosity of the concrete would easily cause damage over time with the lateral load being applied.
To be fair, I don't think polishing a car with a sponge or detailing it with water and some G6 or G10 will create much resistance in comparison, if there is, you're not doing it right and will probably damage your car's paint before damaging the drill. As such, the loading will be much lower and probably within tolerance or no more than that of hitting something hard with a drill bit or drilling between 2 mediums with varying densities.
Besides, at £23, I can handle buying another in 2 year's time! The alternative is to find a polisher for £46 and hope it lasts 4 years and also do enough polishing to justify the initial outlay.
At least doing it this way, with the occasional polishing/detailing I do, it also doubles up as a drill to do the jobs my cordless one won't be as efficient at