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[Sir Tigger KC]

So on a rainy afternoon I've written a snotty letter to Makita UK, and I'll report back on any response I get from them.    Don't hold your collective breaths though! 

This is the reply I received from Makita UK, which was a pleasant surprise in the post yesterday! 

Dear Sir

I'm sorry that you have experienced problems with your Makita product.

We would like to arrange to have it back into us so we can carry out an inspection.

Please could you call our returns department to arrange for us to collect?

The number is 01xxx xxxxxx.  Please can you ask them to quote ............

Yours Sincerely

[omega2018]

get a proper drill, 1500W, corded,  only £36 http://www.beesleyandfildes.co.uk/power-g-1500w-sds-drill/

can't fault my one.

[TheBoy]

For all but the hardest jobs, corded drills are too much faffage.

Same as corded strimmers and the like.

[Kevin Wood]

For all but the hardest jobs, corded drills are too much faffage.

Same as corded strimmers and the like.

Depends, IMHO. If you want it to just work after years of being dumped in the corner of the garage, corded wins once you've spent 30 seconds getting an extension lead out. I've got several cordless drills. None has a serviceable battery currently. Can't be @rsed to keep replacing them. meanwhile, the mains drill that I've had abused for years is fine.

As for corded strimmers.. All garden tools that aren't petrol powered should be banned.

[tigers_gonads]

Always used Makita,s myself of if I was skint at the time, the old B&Q performance pro range.

Currently using a 18 volt Makita battery drill and a 20 year old 110 volt hammer drill.

Both have been smashed around within a inch of there life's and the bastids still refuse to die on me 

[henryd]

So on a rainy afternoon I've written a snotty letter to Makita UK, and I'll report back on any response I get from them.    Don't hold your collective breaths though! 

This is the reply I received from Makita UK, which was a pleasant surprise in the post yesterday! 

Dear Sir

I'm sorry that you have experienced problems with your Makita product.

We would like to arrange to have it back into us so we can carry out an inspection.

Please could you call our returns department to arrange for us to collect?

The number is 01xxx xxxxxx.  Please can you ask them to quote ............

Yours Sincerely

Result

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Doesnt / hasn't anyone made a cordless drill, which has an internal charger, which you can have plugged in at your leisure. ie: when the thing's fully charged, pull the wire, carry on - once the battery is close to dead and you don't have the luxury of a second, fully charged battery to hand (or indeed you walk up to the charger and the thing isn't seated properly/theres a bit of wood chipping blocking the terminals etc etc and you suddenly can't carry on with your job until one is charged.

Basically same as a laptop, shaver, etc?

[TheBoy]

For all but the hardest jobs, corded drills are too much faffage.

Same as corded strimmers and the like.

Depends, IMHO. If you want it to just work after years of being dumped in the corner of the garage, corded wins once you've spent 30 seconds getting an extension lead out. I've got several cordless drills. None has a serviceable battery currently. Can't be @rsed to keep replacing them. meanwhile, the mains drill that I've had abused for years is fine.

As for corded strimmers.. All garden tools that aren't petrol powered should be banned.

As you know, older NiCads are generally robust if not left flat for ages, or kept at very low temps.

I had some half decent mains drills, but they didn't seem to like being melted 3yrs ago.  After skip lizard bro retrieved this upmarket black and decker xrp from a large metal receptacle, I haven't felt the need to get a corded drill.


I suspect a petrol strimmer would take longer to fill up than a cordless strimmer takes at my gaff (you've been here, you know how small it is)

[Nick W]

Doesnt / hasn't anyone made a cordless drill, which has an internal charger, which you can have plugged in at your leisure. ie: when the thing's fully charged, pull the wire, carry on - once the battery is close to dead and you don't have the luxury of a second, fully charged battery to hand (or indeed you walk up to the charger and the thing isn't seated properly/theres a bit of wood chipping blocking the terminals etc etc and you suddenly can't carry on with your job until one is charged.

Basically same as a laptop, shaver, etc?

That would mean fitting all of the gubbins that's in the charger, inside the tool. Which is(or at least ought to be!) already full of motor, bearings gearbox, battery and enough structure to withstand heavy use.

[Viral_Jim]

When we bought out place 3yrs ago I bought 2 ryobi 18v cordless hammer drills, and a big Titan sds, the 6kg fella.

The ryobis have probably been used 2days a week every week since I bought them, dropped a few times and they're still going well. Some slight play in the bearings creeping in to one of them but nothing beyond that. The Titan gave up about 2 weeks ago when I was using it to mix floor leveller. Spat its bearings everywhere  . For £50 I reckon it's done me proud.

For the sake of balance, my dad bought a dewalt (non xrs) cordless drill the same time I bought mine. Cost about £5 less than my 2 combined. That's now in the bin.

I realise a sample size of 3 is not significant, but I know where my money will be going when my 2 finally give up the ghost!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Doesnt / hasn't anyone made a cordless drill, which has an internal charger, which you can have plugged in at your leisure. ie: when the thing's fully charged, pull the wire, carry on - once the battery is close to dead and you don't have the luxury of a second, fully charged battery to hand (or indeed you walk up to the charger and the thing isn't seated properly/theres a bit of wood chipping blocking the terminals etc etc and you suddenly can't carry on with your job until one is charged.

Basically same as a laptop, shaver, etc?

That would mean fitting all of the gubbins that's in the charger, inside the tool. Which is(or at least ought to be!) already full of motor, bearings gearbox, battery and enough structure to withstand heavy use.

Or on the plug, or in line on the wire, like a laptop. All the drill needs is the motor, the battery (which would be removable for replacement at owner's discression) the charging gear could still be on the plug/power lead. I call Dragon's Den! 

[TheBoy]

For the sake of balance, my dad bought a dewalt (non xrs) cordless drill the same time I bought mine. Cost about £5 less than my 2 combined. That's now in the bin.

As well as the XRP, I have a near new low end, plastic chucked DeWalt (I bought it from one of those pikey pawn shops for the batteries and charger, rather than the drill itself), and that you can clearly see won't last if given anything more than the lightest tasks. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

So my drill has been returned today from Makita with a new gear assembly and I've tested it on various bits of concrete, bricks and stone and it's working fine! 

They say that the batteries were tested and they were not faulty, which I'm a little dubious about to be honest as I had to charge them to use the drill and just while messing about it started to slow down....    But all in all it's a complete result which has saved me quite a lot of cash! 

[Marks DTM Calib]

So my drill has been returned today from Makita with a new gear assembly and I've tested it on various bits of concrete, bricks and stone and it's working fine! 

They say that the batteries were tested and they were not faulty, which I'm a little dubious about to be honest as I had to charge them to use the drill and just while messing about it started to slow down....    But all in all it's a complete result which has saved me quite a lot of cash! 

Cant fault that for service. 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Good result! I'm a very passionate 'made in Britain' advocate, but I'm not so blinkered as to believe that anything made in China is automatically rubbish. Clearly this is a good result, and a decent product, too.