doozer wrote:

I admit that some of the PPPro tools don't seem to be very well built
and they are certainly not in the same league as Matika and De Walt, for
example, but you get what you pay for. There is little point in paying
£100 (or more) buying a top of the range professional drill if all you
are ever going to do is hang pictures and attach door handles. There is

Quite agree. I think your example of the sander is also worth noting
because it does highlight that with any "brand" of tool, there is going
to be good and not so good models. If you always shop on low price as a
primary purchasing criteria, then you need to be prepared to invest more
time finding the better ones.

In this case I think the OP would be well served with a mid range
cordless drill driver.

unfortunately, I believe, a lot of snob value placed in certain brand
names.

I often find its the folks who buy a whole shed full of tools but then
never use them, to be the worst offenders! Many of the top end tool
makers do not even figure on some tool junkies radar, since they are not
so readily available in the DIY shops. If you are going to brag about
whatever you just bought there is little point in getting a festool,
trend, metabo etc since most folks will just say "huh?"



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Cheers,

John.

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