MacAllister 18V li-ion drill....
aiden
One of the batteries will not now recharge.
Spoke to B&Q and they said they no longer make or sell them.
Said to take it back and they will replace it.
BUT they do not sell anything similar at less than 2x the price we
bought it for.
Do you think we can get them to replace it with the "upgraded" model
FOC?
Any ideas welcome for an alternative buy, if we get our money back
from them that is, - 18v li-ion hammer drill - 2 batteries - (also
free torch thrown in at the time-won't find that again) - c.£90?
Bob Minchin
who are selling the GMC range. GMC were the suppliers of the
muckallister tools sold by B&Q
Bob
aiden
>>
>> Any ideas welcome for an alternative buy, if we get our money back
>> from them that is, - 18v li-ion hammer drill - 2 batteries - (also
>> free torch thrown in at the time-won't find that again) - c.£90?
>Put new cells into the battery pack or get a new pack from toolstation
>who are selling the GMC range. GMC were the suppliers of the
>muckallister tools sold by B&Q
>
>Bob
No sign of any Li-ion powered tools in April issue or on website;
unless I'm much mistaken?
Woody
http://www.screwfix.com/cats/100372/Power-Tools/Cordless-Drills
Someone once said to me "if you want good power tools buy Bosch:
if you can't get/afford Bosch get Ryobi as most of them are the
same units inside.
--
Woody
harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
Bob Minchin
Replacing the cells in the pack is possibly the easiest way
Bob
Nigel Heather the-heathers.co.uk>
or this
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47418?cm_sp=CatBanners-_-position1-_-Powertools&ts=20558
I know the first one is more, but it is not double and does look very good.
If not, get them to price match (-10% of the difference which is the B&Q
policy).
B&Q own ScrewFix BTW.
Cheers,
Nigel
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aiden
the-heathers.co.uk>" <nigel@<NO_SPAM> wrote:
>Take it back. If they give a refund then you could get this
>
>http://www.screwfix.com/prods/74113/Power-Tools/Cordless-Drills/DeWalt-XRP-DC988L1-18V-Li-Ion-Cordless-Combi-Drill
>
>or this
>
>http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47418?cm_sp=CatBanners-_-position1-_-Powertools&ts=20558
>
>I know the first one is more, but it is not double and does look very good.
>
>If not, get them to price match (-10% of the difference which is the B&Q
>policy).
>
>B&Q own ScrewFix BTW.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Nigel
>
Li-ion v. Ni-Cd?
Having discovered Li-ion, I'm sold on the ability to recharge at any
time - not having to wait till it's run out, as with Ni-Cd.
I must admit the "charging" time seems to have come down to 1 hr with
some Ni-Cd - last B&D we had required 3hrs. Maybe will have to forget
Li-ion untill the price comes down.
Money back and rethink, methinks! Thanks for your thoughts.
Woody
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> Take it back. If they give a refund then you could get this
>
> http://www.screwfix.com/prods/74113/Power-Tools/Cordless-Drills/DeWalt-XRP-DC988L1-18V-Li-Ion-Cordless-Combi-Drill
>
> or this
>
> http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47418?cm_sp=CatBanners-_-position1-_-Powertools&ts=20558
>
> I know the first one is more, but it is not double and does
> look very good.
>
> If not, get them to price match (-10% of the difference which
> is the B&Q policy).
>
> B&Q own ScrewFix BTW.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nigel
>
Well almost. Both are owned by Kingfisher.
Nigel Heather the-heathers.co.uk>
Li-ion in the product title but I since realised that is only the
screwdriver and the drill is NiCad.
The De-Walt is Li-ion though, but probably more than you are prepared to
spend.
Cheers,
Nigel