Hi everyone, as the subject line implies, I got this drill recently and works like a dream:-) It's chinese, of course, and of a brand I've never heard before, is not pneumatic but a traditional percussion drill. I hardly ever operate it at full power (it has an electronic triac drive). It cost 27 euros, from makro
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a cash & carry chain in Greece. My previous 2 were genuine Black & Decker, and although they cost more than 75 euros each, I smoked both (literally) this year, how strange that a no name chinese brand is better! (I have put it to drill everything possible, including 15 " @
3/8" of solid beton, all kind of small holes in solid beton without any problems with common off-the-shelf tungsten carbide bits, the very cheap ones like 70 cents each. I didn't even need the special blue "extra hard" bits, which I had specially purchased for my Black & Decker, which without them couldn't bore a hole in a ceiling, to hang lights and ceiling fans. Conclusion: don't underestimate the Chinese!