I've just bought one of these. All my tools were stolen a few months ago, and I had been struggling with crap cordless drills for years in any case. Some boys gloat over new tools, and I am afraid that I am one of them.
The design of these things has a lot to do with fashion, with a bit of ergonomics thrown in. In five years, I bet this tool will look really dated, even if it does still work like new.
For someone of my generation, this drill will remind them of Dan Dare's ray gun. For everyone else, it will be one shoe of a pair of trainers. Maybe a bit of sci-fi as well.
All the shops reopen today to a certain extent. Fashion retail has been thrown by the lockdown because it is so seasonal. Soon it will be time for the advanced Autumn collection and Summer will be over. I once had a friend who was a shoemaker/designer, and I sat-in on one of his staff meetings. He began by telling the group what the next season's colour was going to be.
As far as I can make out, the royalty of the fashion industry decide what the buying public will most likely want to be seen in, then that crucial information is filtered down to the foot soldiers in the high streets, who then hype it up until everyone believes that they will be one of the first to wear the stuff, with everyone else following their example, slightly behind the imaginary vanguard. Next thing you know, every woman and girl between the ages of 14 and 35 is walking around in blue jeans with the knees pre-ripped out. It has nothing to do with catwalks.
Years ago when the kids were about 14, try as I might I could not tell what made one pair of trainers cool and another so un-cool that they would rather never leave the house until they could afford the others.
Poor old Marks and Spencer. Even men don't wear non-designer underwear these days. Their food hall is supposed to be good though.
When I was a kid the only clothes labels I owned were my Ladybird vests and Clarks sandals. In my twenties and thirties I exchanged those for St. Michael. Quality counted for more than label in those days. Consequently I have no desire for designer clothes at all. (Except for a few Harley-Davidson t-shirts.)
ReplyDeleteYou should read the labels in H.I.'s wardrobe.
DeleteWe have a cordless drill and a smaller drill driver..makes for a good combination and easier on aging wrists!
ReplyDeleteIt is worth finding out who makes what in the drill world, and what the quality of construction is.
Enjoy using your new drill!
I have been doing the research for some years now, and opted for a compromise between functionality and price. My only rule is that - being a real professional - I avoid anything with the word 'professional' in the title.
DeleteOh, and all good drills switch between screwdrivers and things for drilling. They have torque settings.
DeleteI think gz may mean an impact drill/driver, if you are driving alot of screws its the Dogs doodahs :)
DeleteYes, but good drills have a variety of functions and you can turn the hammer off and put it into screw or drill mode.
DeleteNo, I meant the small one! We use the large one for heavy duty screws, but for small stuff the small drill driver is a blessing, as the ordinary size drill can be unwieldy
DeleteALL the shops do not open today. We in Wales have to wait till goodnesss knows when. People are climbing the walls here, as we also still have a five mile travel restriction!
ReplyDeleteSo we can visit you but you can't visit us? That must be so annoying.
DeleteI mean, it doesn't even cost us anything to cross the bridge now - either way.
DeleteNo, you can't visit us. 'Visitors' to Wales are turned away. People have driven hundreds of miles to our beaches only to be stopped by police and sent home, after being fined. Wales has been closed for months.
DeleteOh ok. I'll cancel my booking on the Gower then.
DeleteWell I don't like drills that need recharging just when you need them but I do have miniature tools for making furniture and they were much easier on the wrist.
ReplyDeleteYou have to have a drill with 2 batteries, and those batteries must be Lithium-Ion ones.
DeleteSadly Tom it is a long time since I had much experience of mens' underwear so I can;t pass an opinion. But M and S do have good food.
ReplyDeleteIt's been quite a while since I have had any experience of mens' underwear too, Weave. I have to rely on the name on the elasticated band when others bend over, or ask John for advice,
DeleteI want one. I like how it looks. Yet I suspect I'd be back to my corded Black and Decker from the 1960s whenever possible. As regards underpants, well I just bought some high rise ones from Chums. I was fed up of things that finish just above the bum and since I got them my back has stopped aching. I can put up with the kids' jokes about nappies when my lower back doesn't ache. And please don't ask me to do a pictorial blog post.
ReplyDeleteYou need a corded drill and a cordless. I need both too. The good thing about modern cordless drills like this is that the battery acts as a counterbalance, whereas I am constantly struggling with a bloody flex with the others. I love a good cordless, so long as they come with two powerful batteries. They shouldn't joke about nappies. They my have to change yours soon. You need to scare them with that thought.
DeleteSorry to hear your tools were stolen :0( However, this means you get to replace perhaps with a few that are a bit better. That said, i have some old tools that i would dearly miss if they went missing.
ReplyDeleteHimself got me a nice cordless drill. He had one, too (needed to use it away from home so got me one when I was working on the boat), and we have found having them both charged up works a treat because when one gets tired we can let it recharge while we get the other. We ended up with a corded one as well, that i think may have belonged to FIL. There are times where that fits the bill perfectly.
Regarding under things, I was set to replace some of mine when all the C19 madness struck. The store where I typically get mine still hasn't opened up, so for now i make do and mend.
You don't need to buy two drills, you just need to buy one with two batteries. I'm glad (in one way) to hear that you are darning your own knickers.
DeleteEvery time my brother in law got a new cordless, interchangeable battery tool, he would do the new tool dance around the house, showing anyone who quit moving how it worked and for what.
ReplyDeleteI bought a new mattress yesterday. The discount was mind boggling. I know the shop owner and quizzed him until we were chatting about a shop being shut out of business for three months, and the merchandise slated to be moved by June still sitting on the floor. I hope he could meet rent and overheads on the pittance he was making from the sale to me.
I don't go as far as dancing but I do have to stop myself from drilling holes in everything. I wonder about the future of retail.
DeleteI have a sort of blindness towards things I don't use and find it baffling that an expert eye can look and say something outside of my orbit has lost its looks. Your new drill - congrats on getting what you want! - looks like a new drill to me, and in five years time it will still look like a new drill to me, yet you'll probably be thumbing catalogues looking for something more modern-looking! Same goes for cars, and trainers since you mentioned them. They all look the same to me (ridiculous and ugly) and I can't for the life of me see what's different, let alone desirable, between the expensive and the cheap.
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