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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 20/5/2022

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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 20/5/2022

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 20/5/2022

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I got mine from either Aldi or Argos, I can't remember which. It was only cheap, less than £20 if I remember, and it has been doing the job just fine for several years now. I only really bought it for that one job, and later for driving in the screw-in pegs I had bought, but I have ended up using it around the home because the battery on my much bigger and more expensive B&D drill no longer holds a charge for more than a few minutes.

My Aldi/Argos drill is a 14 volt one.

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I had the same battery issue with my B&D drill (bought for using with Peggy Pegs).

I looked at getting a replacement battery first, and concluded I might as well get a new drill that is smaller in size that happened to be available at Lidl at the time.

DK

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This is one of the problems with battery tools, the batteries often cost more (when bought separately) than a new tool. I have had a succession of battery drills over the years, and it has always been the battery that let them down. I have at least two battery drills in my shed, which are both like new apart from the fact that the batteries have had it. All the batteries are deliberately made different so that there is no such thing as a universal battery, then the manufacturers charge more for them than a new drill. Conspiracy or what?

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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 20/5/2022

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the idea is to buy one brand of tool.. you buy the batteries and tools seperately.. once you have couple of batteries you then just buy the tool bodies depending on what type of tool you require the same batteries fits them all..

trog

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Quote: Originally posted by tonyv8power on 21/5/2022

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A person on a pitch near us recently used a drill/driver on his steadies, the din was just to much!

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Quote: Originally posted by tonyv8power on 21/5/2022

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A person on a pitch near us recently used a drill/driver on his steadies, the din was just to much!

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Quote: Originally posted by camcroft on 21/5/2022

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Thanks very much for your help. DK

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 22/5/2022

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Quote: Originally posted by camcroft on 21/5/2022

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Thanks very much for your help. DK

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You can also use the drill with and adaptor for screw pegs for the awning as it makes life a lot simpler. We erect a windbreak for the dogs and on occasions have found the ground very hard so we use a masonry drill bit to drill a pilot hole for the windbreak poles. Then of course it is handy around the home. We have the Makita with 2 batteries and have had it about 6 years.

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Quote: Originally posted by OLLIEB on 21/5/2022

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I use a cheap brand 700w hammer drill cost £7 years ago. I took it apart and put a 12ft cable on it.
Once on pitch , plug in, drill on.steddies down , onto hammer. Screw pegs(10 inch wood screws) inti the ground for awning. And sit back an listen to the sound of the lesser spotted peg hammer into the late evening whist necking my beer.

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