Thread: ozito 18v lithium cordless driver

I used an older model (CDL-018) for about 3 years around the house and it did the job...... if it hadnt I'd be back at Bunnie's for a replacement under Ozito's 3 year warranty ! Nothing Ozito has let me down yet.
The drill still works but tool snobbery got the better of me and after using a trade quality/brand 18V drill for 6 months I'm not sure I could go back as the difference in quality is huge, but so was the price.

Cant comment on Bosch, never owned any of it.

Sam

I've been burnt almost to death by Bunnings and their rubbish. I will now always buy from a business that sells predominantly to trades people.

My experience is that the quality, reliability and accuracy are always galacticly better....even the tools of the same brand sold by both places....I could be wrong, buts it's almost as if Bunnings gets the cheap/nasty or "consumerised" versions of the tools.

I've found a warranty is useless when I'm under the pump to finish something and a tool fails. That price difference looks mighty cheap when a client wants/needs/demands something tomorrow.....

Bunnings is more trouble than its worth. Yes, I understand it is really cheap and convenient, but the quality is usually not there. Warped and knotted wood, cheap sandpaper, softer screws and other sub quality goods.

Go to a locally owned hardware store and usually you get much better service and while the range isn't as big, what is there is usually much better quality.

Problem is ... Local hardware stores don't exist anymore. If not Bunnings, its Mitre 10 or Masters.

Long gone are our old hardware stores

They do, you just need to look a little harder.

My 2c: I have a Ryobi 18v drill driver. It has been a damned great unit and I have given it a couple of severe
workouts on a couple of projects. The only thing it lacks is a little grunt when the going gets tough on jobs I
should do with something else.

I am looking at a new 4Ah battery which, apart from the longer run time, claims to give more actual power.

This is very interesting thread espousing two POV. Thanks to all.
Having to move in Sydney again I gave my tools and machines to a son and a grand son.
We are in our daughter's flat now and she forbids woodwork!
We are hoping to move again in a couple of years, perhaps, and I am hoping to buy tools again.
My query is: should I save and buy Ozito or spend in order to pass on some quality to our sons and grandsons?

The 18 volt Bosch professional is a tool to last your life time and your grandsons. Thats what i think anyway. However,unlike my lovely wife. I don't know everything.

Thanks for that, Charlee43. I shall remember.
i must warn you of the danger you are inviting in teasing your 'lovely wife', publicly!

Invest in quality if you want to pass it on.
Batteries do not last forever.
The manufactures are likely, at some stage in the future, redesign their range with a different battery. The risk is you invest X dollars now, but in Y years you can not replace the battery and for the cost of repacking you can buy a whole new tool. This is where a corded tool has an advantage. Read the threads where 20, 30 and older tools are still being used because they are mains powered.

Many thanks, Handyjack. I have wondered about battery life and have a preference for corded tools, as a result.
Thank you for your confirmation.

You raise a very good point Handyjack, but there is no escaping the convenience of cordless tools.

I do own Makita LXT 18v cordless drill and driver. Recently I purchased a line trimmer that also uses the same battery to replace a twenty year old corded line trimmer.
I regularly use a hammer drill and wonder if it is cost effective to go cordless. My first hammer drill (SDS) was a Hilti TE22, now about 30 years old. It still works, and I bought it third hand, originally it was a hire tool. Very basic, very easy to cause damage but it does the job. I have since bought a Protool, has three functions, reversing and variable speed; but I am still dragging a cord around. I could spend $200+ for a Makita LXT tool and perhaps another $100 for a battery but doubt if the tool will still be use able in twenty years time due to the battery factor. Maybe I will if I have a job that requires it - eg long distance from GPO and will pay well enough to cover cost of tool.

Yep Bunnings mainly sell cheaper/nastier versions of power tools you buy from a reputable store. They get them made with a lower operating rpm or cheaper grade components or dumbed down in some way and therefor with a different part number. So when that advertise they'll beat any other price by 10% you won't actually be able to find that part anywhere else because its exclusively sold at Bunnings.

They sucked me in with the Makita cordless drill i bought there a few years back. It only operates at 3/4 the rpm with less torque. No wonder it was so cheap compared to other places, on closer inspection the part number was slightly different.

Just giving you the heads up into there ways.