What brand of drills do you rate

by **jordyh** » 27 Jan 2006 14:11

bonez wrote:yeah good drill as i remember,

think the company may have been taken over?

I'm thinking of visiting my old job on monday (want to buy a cheap lever lock to toy with), i'll ask them what happened with the company. Manager there has been in the business for 30 years so he'll know.

by **bonez** » 27 Jan 2006 14:14

nice one jordyh

will watch with interest.

by **jordyh** » 28 Jan 2006 8:12

After google-ing ELU for a bit, i found a german website with the correct pictures, logo's, etcetera.
In german (wich, thank god, is very similar to dutch) i found a link to the main site....

Wich redirected me to DeWalt.

I guess ELU is taken over by DeWalt, but i'll give my old boss a call anyway.
But that's my guess.

yours,

meh

by **bonez** » 28 Jan 2006 8:17

ah! so they took out the competion then!

by **jordyh** » 28 Jan 2006 8:27

I guess, i just saw at the repair department of DeWalt that there was a small link for ELU products. But it was on the website of DeWalt.

I'll give my manager a call, who knows, perhaps ELU became DeWalt, and thereby ELU wasn't taken over but merely transformed.

That's all speculation though.

And if ELU is such a great brand as every user says it is, i guess it proves that DeWalt is good quality. (as if there was any doubt to that...)

by **NKT** » 28 Jan 2006 9:46

I've got two noddy brand drills, from NuTool.

I've got the big high torque 30V one, which really is a good drill, though it is let down by the batteries a bit. If you leave these high voltage batteries out in the van, the cold kills the endurance totally. I'm about to buy another one, though, as at Â£30+VAT for a drill and two batteries, with one hour charge, I don't think I can go far wrong, plus I have a back-up drill in case of problems.

With the extra two batteries for the 30V drill I should be able to fit a mortise lock without power supply problems, should the need ever arise. And, should I ever need to drill a lock, I'll be safe in the knowledge that I have a couple of batteries in reserve, rather than just the one. Having said that, I had to drill two epoxied shutter locks, and the two batteries held up (but only just!)

I also have a 12V smaller one, which I bought two of, so I have two batteries. I recall paying Â£30 for both of them, again plus VAT. I keep this one to hand in my mortise lock kit box, as it is far lighter and smaller than the 30V version, and I use it for drilling screw holes and with a set of adapters for screw driving, etc. I also find the lower torque and speed to be useful for finer work, like driving in hooks, where the bigger one simply rips holes.

by **rohi** » 28 Jan 2006 13:24

Hello guys,

Elu was the european brandname of Dewalt, wich they got rid off a few years ago .
In europe all tools are Dewalt now instead of Elu, all parts are interchangeble with eachother.
So if you have an Elu tool that requiers new parts, Dewalt parts will fit with no problems.

Hope this is of any help.

Ronald

by **bonez** » 28 Jan 2006 15:44

thats cool

only thing is threw me old ELU away!

buggar!

any way here's to dewalt,but i thought they were black & decker :!:

by **n2oah** » 28 Jan 2006 16:06

14.4v Makita, here.

DeWalt is just getting too darn expensive these days...

by **quicklocks** » 28 Jan 2006 16:08

i used to have a elu 9.6 drill the grey one with a orange battery and this was before hand tight chucks (where did i put that chuck key).
my fav bit if elu kit was the flip over saw. now its made by dewalt. great bit of kit

by **paul1982** » 28 Jan 2006 18:11

Cheers everyone some very interesting answers which will help. Had a look today at some DeWalt drills today they are heavier but quite comfy to hold. It's just the prices

but i guess you pay for quality and reliability. Mind you the Worxs did feel nice too

by **quicklocks** » 28 Jan 2006 18:22

i have a dewalt xrp 18 volt and i have to say it has all the guts ect i will ever need it does struggle when i comes to drilling re-enfoced concrete lintles but that may be my drill bit

by **The Pindropper** » 28 Jan 2006 18:30

Yep! I recomend the Dewalt range, they have a good range of tools that you can swap the batteries on eg. Jigsaw, Resiprocating, Trim Saw etc

by **n2oah** » 28 Jan 2006 19:18

The Pindropper wrote:Yep! I recomend the Dewalt range, they have a good range of tools that you can swap the batteries on eg. Jigsaw, Resiprocating, Trim Saw etc

Just as every other brand does. :wink:

by **toomush2drink** » 28 Jan 2006 21:01

Over here not all the competition have batteries that can be swopped between tools. Dewault can and this is what makes them attractive to the pros. Nope i say get onto the 18v dewault and you will be happy and im sure you will see why it cost that bit more. Btw paul1982 im down the road from you in welling :wink:

so if you want to try out a dewault first let me know.

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