GMC MAGNESIUM Cordless 3 Gear Hammer Drill

[WoodJunky]

Need a bit of advice and opinions on the purchase of a GMC MAGNESIUM Cordless 3 Gear Hammer Drill.
Here is a link to the GMC website
http://www.gmcompany.com.au/index.cf...oducts&pid=612

My son is after a new drill and has heard about this one, but I have gone to a couple of local hardware's around Adelaide and I have not come across one as yet.

Did a bit of a search to find out about this drill, but did not find much so i was just wondering about GMC products and what they are like.
If anybody could gives us a bit of feedback on this it would be greatly appreciated.

Brendan

[malb]

Haven't looked for a while as I bought myself a load of seperate 18V Makita Lithium bits, but there are a couple of places in Melb that repair/rework GMC and Ryobi warranty returns and sell them at about half retail. They seemed to have plenty of stock of them last year soon after the came on market.

[WoodJunky]

thanks for the reply, looks like that may be worth a look.
You don't happen to know the name of the repair centre?

[malb]

The one near me is Lifestyle Innovations in Croydon.

Incidently, the comment that the rebuilders seemed to have plenty of stock was intended to imply that they seemed to generate a lot of returns, i.e. a warning

[WoodJunky]

Incidently, the comment that the rebuilders seemed to have plenty of stock was intended to imply that they seemed to generate a lot of returns, i.e. a warning

Thanks I will heed that warning, had that in the back of my mind when my son had talked to me about the GMC but the way I look at it if the price is right and he gets some good use out of it then it has paid for itself.