New Aldi "Ferrex" cordless tool range

[8ob]

Anyone used ferrex or parkside on a professional day in day out full on to comment?

Early days but so far so good, the 20/40v 5ah batteries when used in the drills and grinder last for an eternity, I have only charged them to date to top them up, not had one actually go flat and need a battery change. Bought the landscape lads a ferrex chainsaw to keep them out of the chainsaw shed, even that seems to be a match for the leccy stihls we keep in the machines.

Bob

 

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Early days but so far so good, the 20/40v 5ah batteries when used in the drills and grinder last for an eternity, I have only charged them to date to top them up, not had one actually go flat and need a battery change. Bought the landscape lads a ferrex chainsaw to keep them out of the chainsaw shed, even that seems to be a match for the leccy stihls we keep in the machines.

Bob

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That’s a good sign that the chainsaw so far is on par with a Stihl. It will probably get the big branded makes to rethink how professional craftsmen are starting to think when there’s really good currently ‘unknowns’ out there.

 

[rtbcomp]

like to see this Tesla battery gear when its fitted mate and there's me thinking a plain old dunny

Me too - in separate thread please

 

[ukracer]

Early days but so far so good, the 20/40v 5ah batteries when used in the drills and grinder last for an eternity, I have only charged them to date to top them up, not had one actually go flat and need a battery change. Bought the landscape lads a ferrex chainsaw to keep them out of the chainsaw shed, even that seems to be a match for the leccy stihls we keep in the machines.

Bob

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That chain saw looks extremely small in that shot...how long do they last?

 

[8ob]

That chain saw looks extremely small in that shot...how long do they last?

About the same size, comes with an Oregon bar and chain.

Bob

 

[Pete.]

The guys at work also bought a impact driver with one of those 20/40 batteries from Aldi. Went 3 weeks without needing a charge. One of the guys dropped it off a 3m tower on the first day too with no sign of damage. Very impressed tbh.

 

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The guys at work also bought a impact driver with one of those 20/40 batteries from Aldi. Went 3 weeks without needing a charge. One of the guys dropped it off a 3m tower on the first day too with no sign of damage. Very impressed tbh.

That’s an impressive report Pete. I had a look at a Ferrex drill out of a box today in the shop and was surprised by its feel and build quality but they were out of the bigger batteries so I left it for now.

 

[fizzy]

A cordless grinder so cheap from aldi? Not good news in certain areas

 

[Bullet2012]

A cordless grinder so cheap from aldi? Not good news in certain areas

Have to agree.

 

[Kayos]

A cordless grinder so cheap from aldi? Not good news in certain areas

Have you ever used one? If someone fired one up at 1am it would wake the whole street up.

Do you get upset at shops selling crow bars? On Amazon you can buy skeleton keys for transit Van's! They are much more destructive to tradesmen and silent compared to a grinder

 

[fizzy]

Have you ever used one? If someone fired one up at 1am it would wake the whole street up.

Do you get upset at shops selling crow bars? On Amazon you can buy skeleton keys for transit Van's! They are much more destructive to tradesmen and silent compared to a grinder

Used plenty of angle grinders yes!
I have yet to see Aldi shoppers using skeleton keys - angle grinders are right up their street

 

[Kayos]

Used plenty of angle grinders yes!
I have yet to see Aldi shoppers using skeleton keys - angle grinders are right up their street

So do you think, realistically, just because they are cheap they will be used by criminals? In my experience if someone want in they will get in.
My van is parked under CCTV, I've upgraded the alarm and I take the power tools out every night. I know if someone wants it all I can do is slow them down and hope I get to them before they drive off

 

[Kayos]

Bit late to the party but I bought a drill today, seemed to be much better quality than the new Erbauer stuff.

Will give it a thorough test this week

Cant find an impact driver in any of the stores near me and all sold out online

 

[Craig-SM]

Unfortunately the days of s rotes waiting until the early hours of the morning before breaking to steal your hard earned belongings are long gone. They’re now brazen enough to do it in daylight, wearing hoodies and balaclavas to avoid detection on CCTV. As you said you can only delay them and hope they bugger off elsewhere

 

[AndySV1K]

Thieves don't buy cheap angle grinders to nick things. They nick expensive angle grinders to nick things

 

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About the same size, comes with an Oregon bar and chain.

Bob

Just bought the same chainsaw as you this morning, in fact I had a similar shopping trolley ‘accident’ as you had with plenty new toys and so far I’m impressed as there is such a nice robust feel to them. I noticed you’ve also got the stihl MSA120 which I looked up on ‘Which’ magazine reviews coming in at 68% (above average) but they’ve done some latest ALDI ferrex reviews of the other garden gear using those 20-40v batteries but no ferrex chainsaw as yet which would have been interesting as there’s around 15 other battery chainsaws rated currently by them.

 

[Burdekin]

Just make sure you get the right battery. The chainsaw and grinder only work on the 20/40v battery and not the 20v battery I read on the reviews.

 

[mpats]

Well, I've just ordered a couple of bits to have a play with. They didn't have the chainsaw in stock on the web annoyingly, think it would be handy for using in the workshop so I'll have to keep an eye in the local stores, see if I can find one.

 

[8ob]

Chainsaw is like the grinder, if you lean on it too hard there is a thermal trip that will kick in. Treat it with a bit of respect and it wont happen

Bob

 

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Chainsaw is like the grinder, if you lean on it too hard there is a thermal trip that will kick in. Treat it with a bit of respect and it wont happen

Bob

Didn’t know but good comment