Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Topic started by: mrs bouquet on April 07, 2024, 12:00
-
Lots of jobs in the garden I would like to do. Fix some netting round a post for a climber, just those sort of jobs. I have seen a cheap drill at On Buy, will thus, or another do the sort of things I want to do ? Any advice will be excellent. Thanks, Mrs Bouquet
-
Is it a cordless drill, Mrs B ? They are best and safest for outdoor use.
-
There are lots of them at On Buy, but this is unchartered territory for me. Not sure what I need it to be capable of ? Mrs B
-
As long as its not anything heavy like drilling into brickwork/concrete etc, a bog standard battery operated drill/driver will probably do the job.
-
Good features that are fairly common, and worth having/shopping for:
1. Variable speed (reducing speed is beneficial if you are driving screws).
2. Also for screws (removing them), the drill should be reversible.
-
I had a similar conversation with my son today. I was asking him about a cordless screwdriver and he told me that if you have a drill you can also get screwdriver "bits" that will fit into it and so you can have two powered tools for the price of one. My problem is that I don't seem to have the strength to get screws either in or out of stuff when I need to. Good luck Mrs B - I hope you get one that's perfect for you, but I would probably, as has been suggested, go for a cordless one. I've just learned how to rod a drain if you ever need any advice on that :D.