Argos Challenge Xtreme - spare battery

[Adrian]

My very cheap drill has given up the ghost - the battery retains
enought charge for 2 screws.

Are there any available batteries that are compatable with Challenge
Xtreme 18 volt drills?

The drill is this one:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7111325.htm

It did not come with a spare battery.

Thanks in advance etc.

Adrian

[Rednadnerb]

When the battery in my very cheap drill gave up a replacement woul
dhave cost nearly £20 so I bought another very cheap drill for £15.

[John Rumm]

Adrian wrote:

> The drill is this one:
> http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7111325.htm
>
> It did not come with a spare battery.

Two options then...

Buy one of these:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7111325.htm

Throw away (or eBay) anything that is not battery...

or see if you can have your one re-celled.

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[Owain]

Adrian wrote:
> My very cheap drill has given up the ghost - the battery retains
> enought charge for 2 screws.

> The drill is this one:
> http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7111325.htm
> It did not come with a spare battery.

If it's less than a year old, take it back and ask for a new one under
guarantee.

If it's more than a year old, it would be very dishonest to buy a new
one, swap the batteries, and then take the old one back within 16 days.

Owain

[Pete C]

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:47:53 +0000, Adrian <spij...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Try ebay:

<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Challenge-Xtreme-18V-Cordless-Hammer-Drill-Kit_W0QQitemZ170088802675QQihZ007QQcategoryZ20777QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD3VQQcmdZViewItem>

Keep the old batt as you may meet someone who can recell it for you,
esp if the cells are arranged the same way for a different 18v pack.

Also, always recharge the pack as soon as it starts to fade.

cheers,
Pete.

[John Rumm]

Pete C wrote:

> Also, always recharge the pack as soon as it starts to fade.

In fact, if you have been working it hard, the stop using it when it
starts to fade, but then let it cool off for half an hour before
recharging if you want the maximum cycle life from it.

[edddiec]

replying to Adrian, edddiec wrote:
I am in exactly the same position. I opened up the batteries to check them
and found out exactly why it didn't work - and extactly why the drill sets are
so cheap. The NiCad batteries I found inside were cheap and nasty (on both
batteries), the constructions of the battery was extremely poor - even the
metal tab connections between the 1.2V rechargable batteries had rusted away,
quite a quite a few of the batteries had leaked. I would save up my money and
buy a better make next time as these batteries are cheap rubbish designed for
2 seasons at most. I will never buy challenge (which is an argos make) every
again. Cheap rubbish! The batteries are not even worth repairing. You
generally get what you pay for!

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[Geo]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:44:01 +0000, edddiec
<caedfaa9ed1216d60ef...@example.com> wrote:

>replying to Adrian,


who posted over 9 years ago "on March 7, 2007, 2:47 pm"


> edddiec wrote:
<snip usual timewarp homeownershub stuff>

If I go to that website, the posting dates are *quite* visible - why
can't the people that use the site see them?

[Tim+]

Probably because they're responding to a post that's been promoted by HOH
(who don't give a fig about topicality, just generating traffic) as either
an "unanswered question" or "hot topic".

The worst of it is that all replies are sorted by date of first message,
not most recent message so most of the numpties won't see our helpful
pointers.

Tim

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[Brian Gaff]

Who knows, but maybe they aare not that visible as what they are so to
speak. To me the date should be in the message so people do not have to
look.

Is there a mobile version maybe its not so obvious on that display.
Brian

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[Hec]

replying to Adrian, Hec wrote:
Hi Adrian. You don't have a cat in Helsinki chance of getting a battery from
Argos ,I have tried with no luck.

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[tabb...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, 14 September 2017 13:14:06 UTC+1, Hec wrote:
> replying to Adrian, Hec wrote:
> Hi Adrian. You don't have a cat in Helsinki chance of getting a battery from
> Argos ,I have tried with no luck.

lol, only 10 years late.

[Brian Gaff]

As I said in another thread time works backwards on the daft usenet portal
as we all know too well. Don't worry though, as this means we are all
getting younger if we post there.

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[Stelios]

replying to Adrian, Stelios wrote:
challenge xtreme 18volt cordless drill driver charger

[tabb...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, 18 November 2017 18:14:04 UTC, Stelios wrote:
> replying to Adrian, Stelios wrote:
> challenge xtreme 18volt cordless drill driver charger

Umm it was a question in 2007. Try using a saner portal to news:uk.d-i-y than your current website.


NT

[Brian Gaff]

Yes and remember that no amount of posting a picture will make it visible to
us outside of this weird portal in that cub site. One wonders why they do
not just route folk to the google page for this group.

Brian

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[Graham63]

replying to Adrian, Graham63 wrote:
I have the drill and two batteries but my charging pod doesn’t work. Drill
and batteries still perfect, just can’t charge them. I’ll buy your charger

[Brian Gaff]

posted on March 7, 2007, 2:47 pm

That bloody web site needs to be taken out and shot.

Brian

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[Fredxx]

On 01/06/2019 01:44, Graham63 wrote:
> replying to Adrian, Graham63 wrote:
> I have the drill and two batteries but my charging pod doesn’t work. Drill
> and batteries still perfect, just can’t charge them. I’ll buy your charger

You're not coming across as being very bright. The OP original post was
March 2007. If he still has it I would be impressed and as others
pointed out he could have taken it back to Argos.

If you were literate you would be able to suss all this out.

This is not a group for buying and selling. As others had said in 2007
try eBay.

Best to avoid homowners club altogether, as anyone posts from there seem
to be from people lacking in grey matter. Your post supplies further
evidence.

This may assist:
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Home_owners_hub

[Mark]

"Fredxx" <fre...@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:qctokg$adr$1...@dont-email.me...

> On 01/06/2019 01:44, Graham63 wrote:
>> replying to Adrian, Graham63 wrote:
>> I have the drill and two batteries but my charging pod doesn’t work.
>> Drill
>> and batteries still perfect, just can’t charge them. I’ll buy your
>> charger
>
> You're not coming across as being very bright. The OP original post was

And these prople are allowed to Vote for the next government ;(

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[Guitarman]

I've had to chuck 2 perfectly good drills away because Argos can't be ARSED to get spares.

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[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

On 23/03/2021 15:01, Guitarman wrote:
> I've had to chuck 2 perfectly good drills away because Argos can't be
> ARSED to get spares.
>

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4659196?clickSR=slp:term:challenge%20xtreme%20hammer%20drill:1:18:1

well buy one of these then...I did

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <166f00cafdaa7fe8$1$1068164$4286...@news.newsgroupdirect.com>,

Guitarman <f99f28af91727b86...@example.com> wrote:
> I've had to chuck 2 perfectly good drills away because Argos can't be
> ARSED to get spares.

The answer is to buy better quality tools that do supply spares.

Setting up a spares service is expensive. They have obviously decided
there is no profit in it. Likely because to the small volume of sales
would make a replacement battery cost as much as a complete drill.

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