Bought A New Drill Today, Is It Any Good?

[XR6T8080]

gday,

bought a new drill today and im quite excited about the whole thing, probably should have asked you guys what you thought of it first, but I like it anyways

got a Black & decker 14.4 V firestorm with a removable chuck and driver attachment thingy, so you can pull the chuck off and already have the screw driver bit there underneath. Im not doing heavy work, im a painter so only undoing door handles and things mostly, the occasional bit of light heavy work.

Are they any good? seems to have loads of power, no hammer drill but I dont need that, 2 batteries, for $189 at bunnings.

Wes

Gold Coast

[FastR1Red]

Yup it's a goodun....14.4volts is excellent. The small 9.6 and 12v ones are ok but no where near as good as the 14.4.

[XR6T8080]

I wanted the 18v drill, same thing but 18v, but bunnings dont stock it. lucky they didnt though, the girlfriend is pissed as it is !!! "$200 on a f*****g drill - jesus" quote

I was happy to part with my $200, as ive been using a $40 GMC drill until late

[LTS60]

It sounds good too me buddy, just tell your missus that you will claim that money back on gst and tax return . Good tools are never expensive.

Russ

[tab]

Send turtle a PM, being a builder and all he'd have a fairly good idea

[XR6T8080]

trying to explain the whole concept of a tax deduction to my girlfriend is a bit like putting a square peg in a round hole.

[Laner]

  tab said:

Send turtle a PM, being a builder and all he'd have a fairly good idea

seriously though....have you used it yet?? is it any good?

[mbjunior99]

You had that much success

[ZAP]

I have always bought the cheaper tools like GMC/B&D/Etc for thing I did not need much. I have 2 x 14.4v GMC cordless drills and recently got a Bosch 14.4v.

The difference between the Bosch and the GMC is like a BMV vs a Lada or Daewoo.

It feels better, batteries last forever and it is heaps more torquey.

I can now appreciate the difference between a $40 cordless and a $240 one.

[ENVY-T]

German drills are good, farken!

I have a METABO cordless, and as Zap says about his bosch, the batteries last for ages and they can drill just about anything.