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Went to bunning at cross road casula to get a door bell, found this makita drill for $49, verry good price I think. Plenty of stock
Drill, 2x battery and charger with carry case
Makita 14.4v Cordless Drill $49 @ Bunnings Warehouse (Casula NSW)
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AndreT on 06/06/2014 - 19:57 bunnings.com.au (4531 clicks)
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Great Album
WHAT?!
Nevermind - Nirvana!!!
Where have you been for the last 23 years???
Taking Lithium.
Great band
Is that as good as Darude - Sandstorm?
oh makita you will never know
Outstanding price.
The link goes to the 12v model, so this an even better deal.So.want.it.more.details.please.
I bought one my self, model number 6281dwpe
From Makita NZ site
6281DWPE 14.4V 10mm Cordless Driver Drill
Newly developed range of driver drills Compact, ergonomically designed styling for ease of operation All-metal gear construction for greater durability and transmission of power Single sleeve keyless chuck for easy bit installation and removal Ample power for general joinery and fit-out tasksIncluded accessories:
Standard: Charger, 2 x 1.3Ah Ni-cad batteries, carry caseOptional Accessories
Specifications
Drilling capacities
- Steel 10mm
- Wood 25mm
No load speed
- Hi 0 - 1,300rpm
- Lo 0 - 400rpm
Max. fastening torque 36Nm
Overall length 192mm
Net weight 1.2kg
Voltage 14.4V
Charge time 1 hourSmells of good brand doing cheaper version to compete in the market space.
Newly developed range (Bunnings range to compete with Ryobi? same price point).
Ni-Cad not Li-Ion
'general joinery and fit out tasks'Not a new range at all (even though it says that), I've had this for approx 5 years now. Not sure if it's still available at other stores now, but Mitre10, Total Tools, and that Sydney tool shop also used to have it!
Ni-cad batteries
Nope nope nope.
A crappy Ozito with a Li-on would be way better than this for it's target market (home handymen like me who need it to stay charged, at least a bit, if I don't use it for a few weeks).
Each to their own obviously. I've got this Makita and a Ryobi LIon and the battery in the Ryobi is shit and not replaceable.
I keep both charging all the time and more often than not use the Makita. Every now and then I forget to put the Makita battery back on for a charge and it'll still work after a couple of months.
The biggest thing to realise is that yes, a NiCad will drain over time, but how long have you left it and how much are you going to use it? Left for a couple of months would still give you a good 15-30 minutes.A crappy Ozito with a Li-on would be way better than this for it's target market
The Mak $#!t$ all over Oz for build quality. It'll be great to know that your battery is still holding a more reliable charge in a couple of years when you plug it into your useless casing because the motor and/or gear drive has $#!t itself!!!!
Agree that the Li-Ion is better, but unless you want to spend 4+ times the price of this deal, you won't find any better!
Got an older one with a dead battery, looking cheaper to just buy this one!! Great drills!
Is this all buntings? even artarmon?
Receipt please?
Can you post a copy of the receipt? It says $119
Why didn't you get a doorbell?
He prefers to let people knock..
He Forgot after looking at the drill. He will go again for that and post another good deal.
Inventor on knock-knock jokes has been found, and he is in line for a Nobel Prize nomination.
If Bunnings got a dollar for every time someone came to buy a bell and walked out with a cordless drill …
Well it seems like Bunnings got $49 this time.
NiCd? Beware battery maintenance issue. Not good for infrequent use.
Nothing wrong with them. I've had mine for over 5 years now, only used occasionally over the last couple of years and probably not used in the last 12 months since I got an 18v. Just went out to see if was the same model and tested it out. Put a 50mm 10g straight into a block of pine no probs!!!
I have had both. Will not touch another NiCad again.
NiCad may be acceptable but the Li-ion is well worth the extra money.
Pine is not hard to drill into, quite honestly. It's a very soft wood
Very good, this is almost true… Although there are different types and grades of pine, but let's not start a whole new thread about that!
What you failed to recognise though is the fact that this drill has not been touched in months and the screw is not some pissy little screw that you'd be using on your hobby toys, but a 50mm10g(Edit: 12g) bugle. And although not a coach bolt or anything that big, it went straight in, no probs!
And to be honest, it surprised the $#!t outta me because I only really went out there to check if it was the same model expecting it to be flat!deal88, I definitely agree, hence me upgrading some time ago when I found my needs outweighing the old 14v Ni-Cd. But if hobbiest/part time diyers can get this for a quarter of the price of a similar 18v LI, it's not a bad option!
Scanned at $119 at Pakenham. This is store specific.
just tried the milk bar next door. no stock. definitely bunnings and probably cross road casula only
Anyone else tried?
Its $119
As mentioned earlier by alvian, just be aware that NiCad batteries don't hold their charge for very long. That means if you charge it up fully and keep it in a drawer for a few months, you'll have to charge it up again before you use it again.
No problem for frequent users, but infrequent users might want to look at a LiIon drill instead.
Makita is a good brand, but as eug mentioned, NiCad are old tech.
Do yourself a favour, buy a decent 18v+ Litium set (when it's on special) and it will last you a long time.Agree on the 18v, but at $49 this is a great buy and I can tell you that the battery is a damn site better than you give it credit for! I've got one that I barely use, and haven't for some time since getting an 18v and it's still holding charge!!!
At $49 for a student or someone living in a unit it's a great buy as it's a good brand.
But it appears to actually be $119, in which case you are better off looking at a 18v that "should" come on special around $150 I would expect.It's a pity we pay so much for tools here in Australia.
I got this kit from the US for USD$299 a few years ago. (when the dollar was 1.05+ as well)
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/combo-kits/2691-24Drill will almost break your wrist if you aren't holding it tight and you hit something hard.
The battery also goes hard until it's empty, at which point it just stops. (no slowing down)
It scared me the first few times as I always think it's broken as it was going strong then nothing.Cool story.
That's a great buy for that kit… Must've been a Black Friday special or something to get them that low!!! And the batteries just stop dead because they' use Li-Ion!!!
I got it around Christmas.
It also had $100 (or maybe $150) tradein on a drill/battery.
The tradein I used was a no name drill my father inlaw picked up at a yard sale for $5
So yeah. I should have mentioned it was cheaper cause of that, but those tradeins are on all the time in the states.
Even if you did pay full price in the states ($500-$550), I think that kit was about $900 here at the time.
I would prefer Li-ion too, but my Dad has had a Makita nicad for over 20 years and is on the 2nd battery. It is a quality tool.
My nicad drill worked for 10 years until I lost the drill, probably put in on top of the car when loading car. I wouldn't worry about whether it's nicad, nimh or lion too much. Should get two batteries so one is guaranteed of being charged.
So in summary, it's not available for $49 except that one store. Is that right?
I think someone is screwing with us, it looks like just the one store
Cheers. Thought it was too good to be true…
Looks like it but the OP probably didn't know at the time of posting that it wasn't available at all stores.
Price error is no bargain.
Should be removed.Its store specific m8. Hence the store name in title.
There was no store title when I posted this.
Plus I doubt even at that store you cant more. Someone made a mistake as the Internet price for the same store (Crossroads NSW) says $119..
Might be on clearance?
It wasn't price error. as it scan at $49 no problem. and there are full palette stock with big $49 sign on it.
went back Saturday around 2pm with my neighbour, it's all gone. talk to the cashier in the tools section and she said there is one left as someone call in the morning to put it on hold but didn't show up. my neighbour bought the last piece.
The person serving OP must of had a screw loose
I can't believe the knowitalls slagging this drill. I Also have this drill and the battery's retain their charge for months when not in use. This is good quality kit.
How do you tell how many percent charge remains after months of storage?
It's really scientific. I drill holes and screw things.
So in other words, you don't actually know whether or not the battery has lost two thirds of its charge while in storage, which is the point people are making about nicads?
I'm sure somewhere out there there are brands that let you know how much charge is remaining, but even the 18v Makita Li-Ion batteries don't tell you how much charge they've got left. That is… Until they suddenly stop DEAD!!!
You can go by the technology they use. The point is the comparative difference - it's a known fact that li-ion batteries have a lower self-discharge rate than NiCad. There's simply no disputing that fact - that's what people here are talking about. If you had a NiCad drill and a li-ion drill with the same watt-hour rating, charged both of them up fully and stored them for 6 months, you would be able to do quite a bit more work with the li-ion drill than the NiCad drill.
People like tradies who use these drills frequently will have no absolutely problem with that as they would drain it anyway before it self-discharges. Sure, the power density is much lower than li-ion (=heavier weight), but they might like the very flat discharge curve and lower cost of spare or replacement batteries.
But casual users who charge it up and store it for months before suddenly using it again will find that a good amount of charge would have been lost. It's a good tool if used in the right scenarios - casual users might not fit in that scenario, depending on what they do and how they do it.
That's why Eneloops are so popular here - you can charge them up and keep them for months and they'll be ready to go.
Don't take it from me though, take it from a guy who worked with NiCads since 1966 for General Electric, then forming his own battery analyser company which we all recognize today as Cadex. They don't make batteries so there is no conflict of interest - they make equipment to analyse, monitor, and recharge them.
http://www.buchmann.ca/chap14-page1.asp
http://www.cadex.comNiCd and NiMH battery chemistries exhibit a high level of self-discharge. If left on the shelf, a new NiCd loses about 10 percent of its capacity in the first 24 hours after being removed from the charger. The rate of self-discharge settles to about 10 percent per month afterwards. At a higher temperature, the self-discharge rate increases substantially. As a rule, the rate of self-discharge doubles with every 10°C (18°F) increase in temperature. The self-discharge of the NiMH is about 30 percent higher than that of the NiCd.
A major contributor to high self-discharge on nickel and lead-based batteries is a high cycle count and/or old age. With increased cycles, the battery plates tend to swell. Once enlarged, the plates press more firmly against the delicate separator, resulting in increased self-discharge.
The self-discharge of the Li-ion battery is five percent in the first 24 hours after charge and averages 1 to 2 percent per month thereafter. In addition to the natural self-discharge through the chemical cell, the safety circuit draws as much as 3 percent per month. High cycle count and aging has little effect on self-discharge on lithium-based batteries.
Not disputing the NiCd v Li-I, just letting people know not to overlook this product based on the fact that it is only NiCd. I can tell you that the NiCd supplied with this Makita product is a heap better than the NiCd supplied with the likes of Ozito or Ryobi. Also that this Makita product will out perform a Li-I fitted cheaper brand like the above mentioned hands down, not to mention build quality of motor and gears. Unless you have the need for it, and willing to spend probably 4 times as much as this deal, you won't get anything better!
That is true, but I also want to mention that people shouldn't choose this product simply because it's a Makita.
It's definitely much better built than an Ozito, but I think the people who would benefit from better build quality would already know which drill to get.
Those who are unsure might be people who simply want a drill for light occasional household tasks like assembling furniture, screwing in wallmates, hanging pictures, that sorta stuff.
The build quality of a Makita wouldn't be a great advantage for them as an Ozito can easily handle those tasks, with the benefit of having low self-discharge and a 3-year replacement warranty. The Makita only has a 12 month warranty (3 years for their lithium ion range). The Ozito is also lighter for easier handling, and smaller for easier storage.
Makita - great for heavier-duty use
Ozito - great for light-duty occasional useI mostly agree, but really 90 pc of jobs casual users are doing they probably could use a standard or ratchet screwdriver. I wouldn't use a drill for wall mates for example
Possibly, but why not make the job easier? I take it you haven't had the pleasure of assembling a bunch of Ikea drawers and furniture with a manual screwdriver before. :)
It's much, much worse when you have RSI from too much mouse use too.
Personally I'd use a drill/driver on a low torque setting for wall mates. But I'm not a fan of the modern day standard plaster board used in houses and seen what wall mates can do to the back of the sheet, so I'd pre drill it too… giving even more to the reason of owning a drill/driver!
I've never had a problem with the Ramset wall anchors so I continue to use them… But the thread is so fine and long that you sit there all bloody day trying to screw it up by hand!
I think every man deserves the right to bear a power tool… And should be written into our constitution as such!
A NiCad/NiMH battery pack is another way of saying: it'll work for as long as it feels like.
The person at the counter must have accidentally sold the OP a $119 drill for $49. What a dill.
Nope they're $49. Just picked one up.
Where? That one shop?
Yes purchased at the casula store
As an alternative for Costco (Ringwood) members the Kawasaki 18 Volt Lithium Ion Cordless Drill is now $49.97
Was discounted to $99.97 in April and before that I think it was $139.00
Drill, Battery, One Hour Charger.
http://i.imgur.com/aMv2Xt6.jpgNow that's a deal
No Costco in Adelaide…damn.
Does Bunnings offer a price beat guarantee to another Bunnings store?
For example: this offer is $49, and the Bunnings in VIC offers $69.
Will the VIC Bunnings beats it by 10% (49-4.9 = $44.10)?
Go check it out and let us know
No they wont.
You'd be very lucky if they even matched the price of the other store.
It depends if the item is a deleted line.
I went to Bunnings last night, they said that they dont price match ($49) with other Bunnings store.
Not worth it, dont waste your cash - 18v lithium is what you need.
I have at least 3 old nicad drills i dont even use probably going to chuck them as they dont hold charge.
Sell it here on Ozbargain. Looks like many are keen to get hold of one of these.
I actually want to chuck them out but I hate throwing out working things, seems such a waste - maybe I'll make a forum post with my address and just leave them in the mailbox. First come best dressed.
probably going to chuck them out as they don't hold charge.
Yet you're telling us you hate throwing out WORKING things?
Agree that for me after approx 5 years they don't hold charge as well as they used to, but I'd still get a decent whack out them! Definitely not throwing mine out as it's a great backup!!!
Yep, regardless of the brand it's not worth buying nicad. Lithium has much better power to weight and nicad shelf life is rubbish so in no time the drill will be worthless.
You have been badly misinformed or you have bought junk brands. My dad has had a Makita nicad for over 20 years.. Replaced the battery about 3 years ago. Still going great..
My parents had an Electrolux vacuum cleaner from the 80 that just died a few years ago.
That doesn't mean an Electrolux vacuum cleaner from today will last until 2039 though.
The slow chargers supplied with nicad drill kits are suitable for recharging replacement aftermarket NiMH batteries. If you have a nicad drill with a swap out battery, search the battery or drill model, you'll find the batteries between $20-40.
Also, be very careful, these Makita drills are actually different to the 'tradie' ones you find in alltools and other recognised tradie tool sellers. the skins are different, and the batteries are not interchangeable. It seems bunnings have actually negotiated directly with the supplier to provide a slightly different type of drill.. I assume this is to keep builders and the like from capitalizing on cheaper drills.
Also, the batteries pictured here seem pretty old. they won't last as long and as someone pointed out, they don't hold charge over long periods of time.. that said, its probably fine for the average, non-regular user. And yes, is still a good brand overall.
Someone mentioned about the Milwaukee from USA, yes not a bad brand (now sold here) but have you noticed the battery powered saw is left handed?? weird.
These batteries aren't, or at least weren't, Bunnings specific. They're just the older shape that the NiCd comes in. It is the same shape as the old 12v and 18v Ni-Cd!
Giving you pos vote for this find: I checked out the link of those Mil tools too and didn't even notice the left hand circ saw!!!Bunnings do this with as many products as possible, to stop people price matching.
They stopped buying from many companies that chose to supply masters.
Not completely true, the majority of companies now gone made a contract with Masters to be exclusive to them, and therefore left Bunnings on their own.
Wattle Paints is a good example. Their parent company invested in Masters, and then withdrew themselves from Bunnings to become exclusive. Not because Bunnings refused to deal with them.
Bunnings did something similar with Dulux, Cabots, Feast Watson and Intergrain. You won't find any of them at Masters now. Only at Bunnings, Mitre 10 and the independents.
It's all one big game
Normally agree with the Lithium argument for mainstream .. But GOOD QUALITY NiCDs are amazing. The NiCDs in this drill will change your mind. Mine has been a work horse for 3 years. Still lasts 2 days of solid roofing. The key to any battery is to not let them get hot.
Just some information for OzB….
Went to Bunnings in Castle Hill, show them the receipt (downloaded and printed), the lady was so nice and checking it for me for 5 minutes, then a gentlemen came to me and told me that they don't have the stock, and $49 is exactly the cost they got it in, which then, shouldn't be sold at that price in all circumstance except which is a price error.
The point: Cost at $49, and selling at $119, WHAT A MARK-UP?!!! 150% Profits!!!
Conclusion: One Store 'Deal' only.
Bought an Ozito Cordless Drill Kit 14.4V with extra battery for $13.95 at Bunnings Rouse Hill. Even the store rep was shocked that it was priced so low :-)
Looks like a pricing error on their site it shows Ozito 14.4V Ni-Cd Cordless Drill With 2 Batteries
$59Looks like you got lucky, or they were clearing left over stock.
I tried using the receipt in Brisbane. They said no because they don't match other Bunnings stores (even though their website states ANY physical store in Australia). It got pretty dirty actually. Her last response was I don't care and hung up.
From the sounds of it they were clearing stock and it was only at one store, which in my understanding shouldn't matter as long as the offer was still current.
If they had said the price was only for 2 days and has now finished it would have been fine. But their excuses of, 1. We don't sell that model (then letting it slip they do) 2. We don't price guarantee inter state. 3. The website is always wrong and 4. I don't care and hung up. I don't think was the best way of handling it.
I have a 6281D (it seems that this might be a newer model, although it looks exactly the same) - the drill itself is OK. In my experience, It doesn't have enough power to do a 10mm hole in hardwood.
In which case, I grab my bigger drill (with cord) - but gees, a little more grunt would be nice.
Also, be bloody glad it comes with 2 batteries. Batteries do not stay charged, even if unplugged from the drill - not sure of the science behind this. I always have one in the charger, because when I want to put a hole in something - I want to do it right now…
How long does it take to charge from flat?
Nevermind