I was after a basic drill driver of use around the house. Saw this Ozito 18v Li-ion drill driver with 2 batteries for $78. The actual price was $99, not sure if it is a special price or the new everyday price.
Looks like it is a cheapest I can find for a basic Li-Ion drill driver for occasional use.
what the hell man, this video doesnt even mention drill.
I wonder how the battery version of the saw compares to the power version.
I'd say the twin cutter is a mains powered device, happy to be be wrong though!
The specs mention battery only but it's not set out to list multiple bits of the same info, really hard to tell but what's pictured certainly doesn't look battery powered.
Twin Cutter definitely runs off mains.
I have the non-driver version of this drill, and it seriously lacks power. It couldn't get baton screws into hardwood at all. It just conked out when trying.
For basic handyman stuff involving only softwoods and no spade bits or anything like that it is probably fine, but for anything more serious I'd give it a miss.
What's the non-driver version? If it's not meant to be used as a cordless screwdriver, then perhaps expecting your drill to screw into hardwood isn't a reasonable expectation?
When it comes to hardwood, I couldn't begin to count the number of batten screws I've snapped at the head or shank trying to screw directly into hardwood that's so old it's almost petrified…so it might not be all the drill's fault, some tough old timber needs to be pre-drilled first before screwing.
I think non-driver is the non hammer version- which with your super hard would a little hammer action may help get the job done
Ah, sorry, I was confused. Mine is a drill/driver, it just isn't a hammer drill.
After finding the Ozito pretty poor I bought a Bosch blue which was closer to $300. Thus, the gap was pretty obvious at that may well have coloured my view of the Ozito.
Ultimately, I would still say that it is probably fine for drilling and screwing softwoods with standard bits but nothing more serious than that.
You were certainly right to correct me, though.
Don't worry too much, they actually used to be a real thing…I had a very old Ryobi cordless drill that wasn't meant to be used as a cordless screwdriver, rotational speed was too fast & not adjustable via gearbox or proportional trigger control.
I was surprised, I genuinely thought that they may have been bringing that sort of thing back into vogue…not sure why they might, but stranger things have happened…so it's all good! :)
Glad I got the $99 Makita deal a while back.
It couldn't get baton screws into hardwood at all.
You had it on low gear and torque-limiter off?
They're pretty good for what they are, but I'll have to neg this as the other package in the link is better value.
Plus I got the drill, an impact driver, a torch and a jig saw with two batteries for $99 at bunnings. So I'd have to say this isn't really a bargain of a deal.
Was that all in one bundle? Do you have a link?
Just to be fair, those particular ones are a vastly different grade of tools; I bought the identical 909 version of them from Masters on sale & they are literally like kids toys in comparison…I just gave them to the wife! ;)
and how is ozito stuff? good? reliable?
IMO it's very hit and miss - some very good - some not so good.
I've bought $30 impact drill which had done 1000hrs still going, and I've had a 18v cordless driver that did 10mins before I got so annoyed with it I threw it out.
With cordless tools, quality is usually proportional to price paid.
There exists a loose correlation. Here on OzB we look for the outliers, but this drill is not one of those.
I got this one but the intermediary bit which fits in the drill (the long one which then houses the different screwhead bits) seemed to wobble. Took it back to Bunnings as I thought its faulty. But the good geltlemen was adament "there is nothing wrong with it, this is how it is; they all wobble a bit, you cant get perfectly straight ones" Go figure!
I told him to keep it and have a wobbly ride.. ;)
As long as it wasn't the actual driver bit that was not straight. If the chuck is causing every bit that you put in to wobble noticeably, then yes, that is a problem. My Makita drill/driver has virtually no "wobble" at all. Sounds like you did the right thing and didn't believe the porkies that guy was telling you.
Be skeptical with advice you get from Bunnies team members. Most of the time it is fair and good advice, but I've seen and heard plenty of poor advice being given, especially by the younger kids working there. The best one I heard was a lad telling a customer that a brad nailer (fires thin wire-type nails) was perfect to errecting a large wooden fence! I couldn;t help myself when I overheard that and when the lad walked away, I quickly advised the customer that this was certainly not a good idea. I found him a coil nailer with ring-shank galvanised nails to use instead :)
Been a Ryobi/Makita/Hitachi user for years but after having the batteries flog out just outside of warranty on several occasions and stupid money needed for replacements I am now giving these a run.
3 YEARS warranty is hard to beat
This punches 100mm batten screws into treated pine with ease which is my main usage.
Haven't used the twin cutter yet.
and just a tip to make life easy when you take stuff back
i always buy on a separate receipt.
then i photo copy receipt, you could also take digital photo or scan to pdf.
put receipt in envelope and label it with the product i bought.. e.g. Drill, and date i bought it
stick in filing cabinet\safe place
when they break its just a 5 min job to find and then make a trip to swap it over..
In fact i pretty much do this for every big ticket item i buy
I just photograph mine and save them in a DropBox folder especially for receipts
Just make sure they're not nudes for cloud storage…just puttin' it out there… ;)
Ditto - one Dropbox folder for original receipts, and a second Dropbox folder for screenshots of the retailer website if it drops in price by more than $10 so I can claim my money back via 2-year price protection.
Better off to buy this twin pack for $99 IMHO: http://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-18v-li-ion-hammer-drill-twi…
…extra $20 gets you the hammer version of the drill plus the twin-cutter saw! FWIW, the drill included in the twin pack sells for $129. Bunnings pricing, LOL…go figure! :)