Cheapest cordless drill review | Thomas Nagy

In an attempt to find a reasonable cordless drill for a budget price, we purchased this Longyun drill to review for two weeks.
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[@TDG2654]

Split in the case: zip tie Wobble: don't chuck it down a ladder.

[@90msg90]

We have this German hardware store called OBI and they have a "Lux Tools" branded drills there - I bought one that looks virtually identical for similar kind of money. Can confirm - works like a charm.

[@petemulhearn7787]

I've got a Powerbase 14.4 volt "Made in China" drill I bought in 2001 for about £25 Has Hammer function, forward & reverse and 8 Torque settings and although I don't use it professionally its had a hard life. Came in a nice plastic storage case along with various drill bits. Battery is showing its age but other than that its fine.

[@frac]

I like the honesty of "just fine quality". Is it good? Meh. It's fine.

[@markanstey2654]

I bought one tom and it's the best £30 I've ever spent. It's perfect for screwing - never used it for drilling though. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@danielchurchill7928]

Now I dare you to buy a Bosch & Makita equivalent and "drop it" 8 times to compare

[@superpooper_2030]

They're bunch of racist contractors

[@gman8950]

open defecation why?

[@Sprengi86]

I would like to see a BOLTR of it once it finally gives up the ghost. Or an autopsy.

[@nanithefuck]

Would love to see it on the healing bench

[@davidarcher9371]

Thanks for a good chuck-le

[@chrisrix7645]

I have the same one ive used it for over a year every day the batteries last over a week. It replaced a £90 blue bosch which i left in a loft and decided to go cheap, very happy with mine, would never go cheap on side cutters though

[@keitho77]

Remember that video you made of the chinsey, extendable work light Tom? Well I bought one. It's still going and I love it. Skookum as frig! In fact, I bought 2 and sold the second one for more than I paid for it ; )

[@TheEulerID]

I always find it useful to have a second, smaller driver around for doing up screws. The small size lets you get into some places a bit easier than a full sized drill.

[@ben_the_cat_guy]

You should send it to bigclive to take it apart if and when it dies

[@county582]

I don’t know about cordless power tools anymore I’d love to have a full set of hilti stuff but all my tools are ryobi 18v except my 24v Bosch sds. I have them for years & no problems I’ve seen a couple of Dewalt lately going up in smoke drilling stud with a 20 mm spade bit

[@hawk_ness]

I got the 14V Aldi hammer drill a couple of months back and I have to say its ace! Drilled through brick like it wasn't there. Sometimes the cheap things are better than you expect.

[@jonnohanks]

Agree, the Aldi drills are superb, probably German made. Unbelievable value for money.

[@JayTheSparky]

Is that the Parkside stuff? I’ve heard lots of people say the same! I heard a rumour it’s basically made by Bosch under a different licence but don’t know how true that is...think I picked it up from the comments section somewhere to be fair 🤣

[@johnhollingsworth3264]

Aldi drills are the best low price drills out there 3 year warranty my drills trigger switch failed after 3 years and a month got onto customers service Walter something in Germany and they sent me a new one free of charge even out of warranty best customers service ever and the drill had hammer action all for £20 beat that naggy

[@kamuts7]

@@johnhollingsworth3264 its now £24 because people buy it lol.

[@leonblittle226]

I have a cheapo 720W hammer drill from B&Q which I bought in about 2004 for under £30 with an entire drill-bit set of 50bits and box. Used at work for about 5 years and since have used it at home to this very day. Nothing broken in all that time and it is still strong as a horse. Have to dial it back with almost all masonry bits because it will destroy them easily. I have abused it before taking out 4 and 6 inch screws because the amount of torque it proves will wrench them out or tear the head clean off. Sometimes you just stumble on a gem!

[@p166mx]

Most my tools are lower end to mid range Makita or Dewalt stuff but I did buy a Black and Decker 650w Hammer Drill for £25. Although it is only used for DIY I have fitted a kitchen with it, replaced a floor and it is used every couple of months for general DIY tasks when I need to drill into engineering bricks. It is still as good as new and even the chuck seems very good quality. On the other hand I have also bought cheap tools that have blown up after just a few minutes of use. It is the luck of the draw I guess.

[@davidtwist3659]

For the money it looks great and would do a turn for any DIYer and last a life time.

[@p166mx]

Sadly the battery won't though.

[@AraCarrano]

Great Video , Top end is a Bosch clone if I have ever seen one..

[@simonupton-millard]

Got its twin from Aldi for about 25 pounds don't use it much for drilling but a really good screwdriver

[@Xenon777_]

Is that a death adapter I see there?

[@acidhelm]

A good ol' Death-dapter.

[@thomasnagy]

Bigclive will be smiling im sure :-)

[@liamguy2820]

It's amazing how "deathdapter" is actually a household name for those things now

[@n4thb4dc0]

@@liamguy2820 first thing i spotted in the video, as a PAT tester, i see a lot of them, i bin them as soon as i see them,

[@agmills86]

looks like a great little drill that, saw it in one of your later videos so found this one, i do have a dewalt driĺl, 120 quid thing paid by my work but after a little impactor i can buy myself, any suggestions? the one you have lòoks portable , something small but works weĺll

[@06durkins]

Would love you to try the ParkSide 20v set from Lidl and places, I use them for hobby stuff and my tradie mate is very impressed with them. Bare unit impact driver was only £20

[@machinesandagri160]

Great vid

[@lelandclayton5462]

I'm going to buy one and see how it fairs for Security, TV and Audio work.

[@Sauteus]

please don't blur the swearing

[@Jako1987]

Blurring is ok because of the strict ad rules

[@TheDaf95xf]

Great review Tom ✅ You couldn’t get any fairer with what you’ve done with that poor Chinese drill......🙈 Glad your keeping the review up. You both look good in matching T shirts 👍🏻 Keep your videos coming I love them cheers Stevie 😄

[@maxb6364]

What Milwaukee bag is that you are using?

[@jaydunners0805]

U should do more like this good vid

[@tyler4164]

Ive got tools that ive had for 15yrs that were dead cheap. Like a £19 jigsaw. All been used & abused but still working.

[@lunes-1]

Please tell me the exact model and brand of your Red drill.i want to buy it.thanks😺

[@Jako1987]

You use a DRILL for the SCREWS. 😬 You need to test an impact srewdriver. I personally love those.

[@shitwardfuckcunt9342]

Awesome video! I wish I could be an electrician, it's almost impossible for me in my country though

[@bennyboi0115]

and impossible with that name mate

[@AK90]

My dad and I each have a Makita DF030D 10.8v compact driver drill. They last for fucking YEARS and are fairly cheap as well. I dropped mine from our roof (10m) straight onto the marble stairs, it bounced a few times and finally ended up in a pool of water. IT STILL WORKS! Our version doesnt have a chuck but they also come in a version that has one so :P

[@kilt0x]

Bought one of these for a laugh based on this video - same listing. They actually sent me one branded “LOMVUM” with only one battery and in a fetching orange colour. Seems alright, though!

[@michaelanderson9043]

Do you always throw your gear around if so why, if I was caught doing that to even a screwdriver there would have been hell to pay.

[@steveurbach3093]

The Spark I work with, lent me his Milwaukee M18 hammer drill when my non-hammer Makita had issues drilling concrete. I went out the next day and added one to my kit. No way would I go back .

[@willford8475]

When you listed the criteria, I thought Miss Whiplash had entered the room!

[@snowy1998]

@ThomasNagy - No mention on the listing of 2 batteries, was this the case when you originally ordered yours? Or maybe it has been changed since then?

[@WestwardJudo]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Li-Ion-2-5-12V-Cordless-Electric-LED-Hammer-Drill-Driver-Hand-W-2-Batteries/163334779352?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3De23c79287233477e9cfe903827c2cb62%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D142751064398%26itm%3D163334779352&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

[@LunaticCharade]

I think the real interesting question is not if the cheapest is Good, obviously they have made some compromises for a lower Price. But IF you double the Price, that should be amazing quality? At a 100 quid it must be Indestructible?? But it's not. Where does the money go?

[@cumberland1234]

Is that an unfused uk plug adaptor for the charger?

[@frac]

Fuses! What am I? Made of f'ing money?!

[@joshuajames36]

Looks like one of those "for export only travel adaptor". I doubt the pin spacing is correct either. This can be checked with one of these electricalsafetyfirst.instantcart.com/p/Plug-Checker_7

[@jasonodonnell5216]

@@joshuajames36 Yep thats a 'deathdapter' kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHOUdZ94pd6Gb9k

[@cjmillsnun]

@@jasonodonnell5216 It seems weird seeing Big Clive's bench without the burns, stains and water damage.

[@markbloxham4797]

Makita 10.8v hammer drill and impact driver twin pack for 120 quid with 2 batteries is all I need and there lightweight drill for light stuff impact for power screwing

[@baileydoggett8436]

When you blur your swearing and still don’t get ads 😂

[@Vintagesoundz14]

When are you going to do the underwater test, that would be fun to see.

[@banjobolt1]

Tom who is the cameraman, do u have a new employee ?

[@JC-XL]

The cameraman is a Chinese guy with a gun 😂 😂

[@Electrician_In_Moscow]

If you test it in water, add some salt to it, slowly and gradually. Acid could be useful too.

[@rickybeans8504]

I love Nagy. What a cool cat. I hope he raffles his pants off

[@saltys5528]

Working on site, i dropped my uncles makita impact down 2 flights of stairs. Not a scratch. Still haven't told him. 😂

[@andidrew]

Jay Seal well let’s hope he doesn’t read this comment then 😁

[@asef698]

I have to say my drill hardly gets used, compared to the 12v and 18v impact, i use them on pretty much every job

[@paul-xciv]

Chinese state subsidise the postage, which is how you get stuff from China for 99p delivered. There's postal system which I can't remember the name of that lots of countries are part of.

[@rkan2]

They get “developing country” rates from the Universal Postal Union (UPU)

[@Sierraomega1991]

universal postal union

[@nigelmchugh5541]

When you can fit 25,000 of them in a shipping container, and it costs less than 4000 pounds to ship the container, thats only 16 pence per drill. Thats why Scottish salmon are frozen and shipped to China for filliting, then shipped back to the UK. Cheaper than paying UK workers to do the cutting.

[@harveysmith100]

interesting

[@rohanieat]

I bought even cheaper from Aldi for £18. 18v two speed impact drill and work great

[@YCbCr]

Pudding, eating, something something. Did it stand the test of time eventually? (Oké hogy syar, de mennyire? :D ) Lidl/Parkside X12V: same category, same treats, price even, plus some warranty and a horrible wobble in the removable chuck. But I love it.

[@malcolmjames7388]

It would have been nice just to tell us where to buy it , Rather we have to look for the link

[@domacios]

did you manage to kill it??😂

[@ruglund]

a pure copy of a makita - we had the makita one at work, it got the wobble too after a couple of weeks.

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Thought I was watching AvE's channel for a min there..... (He does a ton of tool reviews).

[@soundmangaz6833]

To be fair you probably wouldn’t throw your good drill around deliberately, I’m sure a professional grade tool would suffer sooner or later.

[@II_4_R_Z_II]

Soundman Gaz it will they all do people go on and on saying this so and so tool brand won’t break but it will

[@f0rumrr]

Well everything will break its just a matter of how long it takes.

[@christiansandoval8139]

I throw my Milwaukee m18 around all the time if it’s in the way

[@Podelect]

Try Hilti 12 volt

[@KnugenMooMoo]

How long did it last ?

[@thomasnagy]

it's still running ;-)

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

You need to do some more simulated real world usage tests such as: running drop kick booting it into a concrete wall, throwing it out of the van at motorway speeds, putting it in the microwave, connecting the trigger to a wireless doorbell etc...

[@connect4king]

Ferrex 20v cordell drill/driver £20 from Aldi. Good drill for the money

[@kurieren]

imo, it's a power screwdriver, not a drill. but for what it is - it seems to work fine.

[@agmills86]

yea doubt it would get through masonary but for the price it seems alright

[@notchipotle]

@@agmills86 well that's not an impact drill, so...

[@robintrigoso3710]

Can you do videos on how to get into the trade after leaving school?

[@DEADB33F]

The trouble with a lot of these sorts of battery powered Chinese tools is that after 6/9-months the battery longevity tanks. As I believe you found out with your cheap Chinese rechargeable batteries. ...Then good luck finding replacement batteries (it'll probably work out cheaper to buy a whole new tool).

[@thomasnagy]

this is the pinch... I had exactly that problem with those cheap AA rechargeable batteries except they were just crap straight out the packet. didn't even put up an effort, so its a valid point, but i'm not entirely sure the drill will last 6 months so maybe not a problem ;-) lol

[@hughtattersall7583]

Hope its OK, someone's geting for Christmas!

[@BillyNoMates1974]

any drill a builder uses will be the bst drill you can buy

[@davidmaxwaterman]

So, what happened to it?

[@paulschmidt7473]

It least if you drop it in a septic tank, you aren't going to be sending an apprentice in after it, like you would for a £200 Makita...

[@zrellll]

You probably won't do that on a BOSCH drill right? ;)

[@chaddanylak8706]

all my tools is workzone brand

[@nicpye248]

By the way, these are now sold out😊.

[@chilledoutpaul]

talking about apprentice; when i did my apprenticeship i use to have a moaney governor always moaning that i never had good tools so i brought a pair of drummond test lamps cost me £80 back in the early 1980s and i use to take home £24 pw after tax,,,,back in the day

[@wizard3z868]

if the smoke dont come out you should send it to ave and let hime do it lol dosent look to sholcum tho for the price $29.99 and yes he will get his stick in a vise over the build quality. cheers from states wannabe sparky

[@P5ykoOHD]

The design of it looks so much like Makita ... which might also be why it's a good lil cheap piece of kit.

[@CommanderMouse72]

When I saw it I was like that's a Makita clone

[@truthfilterforyoutube8218]

Week 1 - "bit of a wobble in the chuck"....I suppose chucking it to the floor might have something to do with that. I don't think the Milwaukee would fare much better ! It seems to me you were trying to break it....do that to the Milwaukeee !

[@generaldisarray]

Two words to fix the split in the handle... DUCK TAPE, it also adds a nice comfy grip and, depending on how much you use, it might fix the balance issue as well 😂😂😂

[@xbxb]

If you didn't throw is multiple times, the chuck will probably fine. Are you throwing your expensive drill as well?

[@Lee2k4]

Or spend the extra £6 and buy a Aldi Work zone 18v drill

[@alexcantley9137]

Do a paid Collab with longyun tool lease

[@jblyon2]

Can't complain about it for the price. If it'll take that level of use & abuse for 2 weeks and still work it should last a DIY person quite some time. My Dad balked at my Mom getting an entry-level DeWalt because it wasn't the same spec as the one he has. She told him 'I don't need to build a house with it!', and it was still 4x the cost of this one, which I suspect would have worked for her just fine.

[@andychumley9231]

The website WISH has a special price of $2.00 with a RRP of AU$665.00 so work that out.

[@Electrician_In_Moscow]

It needs a run-over test with a nice heavy caterpillar.

[@stevebrindley]

Think I would prefer to win the dewalt set that your now giving away 👍🏻

[@Podelect]

Hi

[@ashleyburton8605]

Seems better than the Silverline piece of shit I bought! Had to send it back twice due to poor quality batteries

[@davidviner4932]

I expect you damaged the chuck when you dropped it, look after your tools and they last forever

[@juncusbufonius]

Yeah only one place with this price and they have no more. By the way, never seen you chuck your Milwaukee around like that.

[@yorkiepudd7404]

Longyun drill - Naggggggyyyyyyyyyyyyy tested (duck) in a shop somewhere near you maybe, dont knock it just throw it Lolz

[@christinacobo2308]

the cheaper the price the more TLC you should do.. and dont compare those cheaps to the pricy one..

[@TDGalea]

Straight away I see arcing in the rear when you release the trigger. Eh...

[@cjmillsnun]

My Makita does that as well.

[@Electrician_In_Moscow]

Arching means working.

[@stevegross4065]

Well brand new Hitachi 18v brushless driver that cost a shit tin f*cked out on me after only 2 weeks, lucky I'm a loyal Hitachi man. Maybe next time I should get a Ling Long or Fong Dong.

[@stevehenke678]

I'm a recent convert from Makita to Milwaukee and I'm gonna hold my hand up here, I'm a snob! Obviously there's a difference in quality between these brands and the chinesium rubbish, but is the difference as big as the price gap? Possibly not, which is where the snobbery factor comes in.

[@shaniapearcey]

Is there much difference between Makita and milwaukee?

[@Nick75au1]

@@shaniapearcey Makita is still its own brand, Milwaukee has been brought by TTI (techtronic industries) who also owns AEG Ryobi Rigid, Black and Decker Homelite Vax and a few others

[@Equiluxe1]

Bet you don't bung the Milwaukee down the ladder like that.

[@nathanlucas6465]

It would only be fiat to chuck the Milwaukee down the ladder too. Fair comparison and all that 😁

[@Electrician_In_Moscow]

It may not survive a drop of this kind, unlike the Chinese one.

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

The price of these are going up....

[@notchipotle]

I have a $17 cordless with 2 batteries and bunch of accessories lol

[@Biela2008]

Isn't LONGyun a chinese metaphor for "SHORTrun" (pun intended)? BTW Why is it soooooo # cheap (incl. shipping)? Probably State subsidized export OR they're taking a loss on it to gain marketshare (and probably the makers live on a bowl of rice for a week).

[@YGELLYPIKER]

The chucks on milwalkies aren’t worth a fuck apart from that decent guns

[@KarlMcClelland]

For £20 you could even use it as a hammer

[@iammaobaoxian9308]

Dude if you find this brand in taobao which is a chinese shopping site, you will realise its only 6$ LoL. It only has one battery tho

[@BSOE3058]

*throws the drill*

[@mrmegson1]

is the drill still working lol

[@thomasnagy]

no. lol

[@xoio]

Fun video, but 'deliberately' throwing it about is a bit bollocks, and is just trying to 'force' an agenda of 'it's cheap so it must be shit', and mustn't show up my Makita, which it seems to refuse to do.