Thread: Anyone used the Aldi cordless drills ?

Well I needed a new drill.......

but rather than something decent ... I ended up with this kit cheap as **** Ozito kit





$249 ... I only wanted the drill/driver combo which was $150 but I noticed this one had larger batteries (the batteries in it are $150 alone). Its absolutely brilliant. I can't believe how good it is given the price. The drill would be as powerful as my 18volt makita. I always thought impact drivers were a bit of **** .... but wow ... bloody brilliant. I didn't realise it doesn't readily strip the head out of the screw and try to break your wrists like using the drill on low speed with a driver bit. Its applies no load to your wrists but will drive enormous coach screws into wood. I tried to stall the grinder... but no, its very grunty. I'm not sure how long the batteries would last in a grinder. But it certainly negates the point of ever putting a padlock on anything again. There isn't a padlock made it would cut through in seconds with a 1mm blade in it.


I was so impressed, I went back and grabbed this (just to use in normal use around the shed, not as an actual rattle gun).





it looks like a dinky little childs toy. So imagine my suprise when I tried it on the 27mm wheel nuts on my range rover (that were torqued down with a breaker bar) and found it unscrewed them


I have no qualms about buying any of this cheap ozito **** .... 'cos it seems to be quite good ... and has a 5year waranty.


seeya,
Shane L

Well 5 years down the track the Aldi brushless drill is going strong and so is the battery.....the problem is the charger !

First failed after a couple of years, nothing in Aldi so I had to wait until a drill came up on special. Now two drills & two batteries one charger.
Decided to buy another charger when they came on special as a backup.

I don't use it much (I prefer a corded drill) and therefore the charger is only used every few months.

The charger with the second drill has now karked it. A Google search throws up lots of charger failures.

It looks like Ozito when the last charger fails and I'll be throwing away a pair of perfectly usable drills & batteries !!

Colin

I have various drills and garden tools. For each I've gutted the chargers and hooked the terminals directly to a pair of 4mm banana plugs. Those plug into one of these : iMAX B6 V2 Charger - SkyRC



NiCD, NiMH, LiPO, Li-ion. Doesn't matter. It charges them all. Better still, a Ciggy to 2.1mm barrel connector lead ensure it charges them all from wherever I may be in the car.

A bit of judicious poking with an additional 1K resistor and it'll charge Ryobi One+ batteries as well.

I gave up on having a box full of chargers years ago and moved onto a bench power supply. For charging this is just another level up, and because I'm not balance charging fragile LiPOs a cheap clone from Aliexpress does the job just fine.

The only battery tools I have are the Aldi drill and an old B&D drill.
I've been onto Aldi but of course they offer only 1 year warranty on the battery & charger.
Interestingly the chargers are on Ebay at over $100. I guess people taking advantage of the fact that the charger will fail !

A search throws up that it may just be a failed diode so that's an option, just replace the diode for a few dollars.

BradC thanks for the heads-up about the charger. I'll make a decision when (not if) the last charger fails.


Colin

Remember the old Makita 7.2 volt drills where the battery slides into the handle? You can get them for about $2 from op shops, unscrew and separate the handle and cut the terminals so they take blade connectors and fit a length of dual core reasonably heavy cable, fit either an anderson plug or alligator clamps to the other end and run it off the 12 volt car battery. Heaps of grunt and does not hurt the drill.

Originally Posted by sharmy

Remember the old Makita 7.2 volt drills where the battery slides into the handle? You can get them for about $2 from op shops, unscrew and separate the handle and cut the terminals so they take blade connectors and fit a length of dual core reasonably heavy cable, fit either an anderson plug or alligator clamps to the other end and run it off the 12 volt car battery. Heaps of grunt and does not hurt the drill.

Yes I still have mine purchased in about 1992. Have replaced the battery along the way but kaput again.

Excellent tool well balanced I was hoping there’d be an aftermarket battery to replace with.

Still with original carry case and charger surely worth $10!

Am now in the Ryobi 18V club

2 bucks for the drill and 8 for the case. Get rid of the charger and the new length of cable may fit in the case with it

Originally Posted by sharmy

Remember the old Makita 7.2 volt drills where the battery slides into the handle? You can get them for about $2 from op shops, unscrew and separate the handle and cut the terminals so they take blade connectors and fit a length of dual core reasonably heavy cable, fit either an anderson plug or alligator clamps to the other end and run it off the 12 volt car battery. Heaps of grunt and does not hurt the drill.

Problem is I want a cordless drill rather than dragging around a corded drill & a 12V car battery
I frequent Op Shops regularly and have never seen a cordless drill. For years I looked at the local Trash & Treasure for an old 12V cordless to do exactly what you suggested with no luck.

I've provided Aldi with some negative feedback, it won't change anything but made me feel better.

I'm not expecting a refund just letting you know that a product you regularly sell isn't reliable.
As soon as this charger fails (it will be the third) I'll be forced to buy a replacement drill, battery & charger from Bunnings and throw away two perfectly good drills and batteries which isn't good for the environment.
I'd suggest your buying team get onto the supplier and get the problem resolved. It seems that the circuit boards have been modified several times and it's a diode that regularly fails.
Lesson learned, don't expect too much from a tool purchased from Aldi !

Thank you for your suggestion.
Your feedback has been documented and forwarded to the relevant team.
We appreciate you for bringing this to our attention.
Once again, I sincerely apologise for your experience.
Thanks again for contacting us, and I hope you continue to enjoy shopping at ALDI.



Looks like I'm taking the charger apart and seeing if it's the diode failed, cheap fix if it is.
Xfinity plus 20v charger failures - Gardening discussion


Colin