"John" wrote in message
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Mains powered tools are a god send if you are doing some heavy duty
DIYing
(eg drilling into brick) but you can't beat a cordless for its "just
pick
up and use" ability.

Even a cheap cordless will drill 30+ small holes* through 10mm sheets of
wood on a single charge. As for drilling into breeze block you don't
need
hammer action for that as it's so soft

I think a 700W mains drill will be so heavy, it would actually be easier
to
use a brace and bit just for chipboard. Cordless sounds a lot better.

The current 700w drills and small and not heavy. They will outlast any
battery drill, far more power and the batteries don't eventually go duff.
For occasional stuff around the house it is the only drill to buy. V cheap
and does the job.




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