dann2707 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Looking to buying my Dad one for xmas as the one he has now dies after about 5 mins of use it's that old. Any ones you recommend? My price limit isn't that great, maybe £30-£40 ish. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Can you not get a replacement battery for it? My dads had the same hitachi drill for about 15 years now, more than upto the job and all he's had to do is buy a new battery, he's also well into engineering and uses it for that a lot of the time. Find out what your dad's got and see if you can get a new replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 That's not a bad shout actually. However it was a cheap jobby from B and Q yonks ago. I'll have a look though. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Merry Christmas, Dad. Here's a battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Better than AIDS though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 That's true. A battery's easier to wrap as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yeah, probably. It's funny, he always has a go at me when the battery is flat, thinking I've used it and not put it on charge yet i'm the one who always charges it fully. About time this situation is sorted. It's like a laptop battery when they die and you get like 1 mins use of it without the power cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 That's true. A battery's easier to wrap as well. An aids ridden cock is easily wrapped in an 'accidentally' split jonny. Administering is more of an issue though, unless your family have that sort of relationship... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 If the battary as still got the code on it stick it into ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andeee Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Try this it has a wide range of options available LINK Edited November 26, 2011 by Andeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yeah very funny. Thought id ask for personal pinions rather than a generic search. Im pretty aware of google... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I don't know anything about drills, but we have a De Walt one and it's really good, got a reasonable battery life too. It's also in yellow, which makes it cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hitatchi or DeWalt would be my choices, problem is that a proper cordless drill will cost way more than you want to spend. If you want to sort out the charging issue, you could present your dad with a personalised 2012 calendar. Just take a picture of the battery in the charger and add caption along the lines of "have you charged me today?". Attatch the picture to the image below and you've got youself a brilliant hand made present which will help your family bond. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I bought an 18v macallister li-ion drill with 2 batteries the other day for £20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 But macallister are awful! If you are going to get budget, then Ryobi are about the best. They are usually on decent offers too, and the cordless one plus range all use the same batteries so you can get more bodies and use the same batteries Good for the not so hardcore user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yeah but he'll have to splash around £100 to get a drill, battery and charger to start with. Again, great value for money stuff though, the driver with a li-on battery is unbelievably powerful. Used them for years fitting windows and were very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) Get one that plugs in and an extension, cordless powertools break me, they're never up to the job! Edited November 26, 2011 by Jolfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 But macallister are awful! If you are going to get budget, then Ryobi are about the best. They are usually on decent offers too, and the cordless one plus range all use the same batteries so you can get more bodies and use the same batteries Good for the not so hardcore user. I have a ryobi set as well. The macA out-torques it every time. It'll nip up any screw a little tighter than the ryobi/B&D will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 But macallister are awful! If you are going to get budget, then Ryobi are about the best. They are usually on decent offers too, and the cordless one plus range all use the same batteries so you can get more bodies and use the same batteries Good for the not so hardcore user. im convinced macallister have 2 production lines, labelled "crap" and "brilliant" and everything just gets chucked in the same box. for some unknown reason we started getting macallister jigsaws through work, the first one worked fine for maybe 6 months, then met its end under a 18 tonne truck, the second one we got, lasted us about 2 weeks, and just became a paperweight. the third one is now knocking on for 5 years old, is used, abused, and lives in a workshop, used for cutting everything from steel, plastic, aluminium, hydraulic pipes(often full of oil, which then runs into the jigsaw), armoured cable, surrounded by brake dust, engine oil, etc and it just works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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