B&Q search

[Gary L]

How do you search for anything on this site?

I get all the right things but no prices or pictures.

Can you find me a drill with pictures and prices? I doubt it.
http://search.diy.com/search#w=drill

[Kymmy]

That link gives me pictures and prices..

[Gary L]

I don't get any pictures in IE or firefox on all my PCs. must be my hosts file or something.

[Kymmy]

The screencap was FF5, IE9 though I had to turn on compatability mode before the pictures appeared

[Pauls9]

Probably totally irrelevant, but

These days many business web pages are made up of elements from a variety of sources. Each different source requires a DNS lookup to translate the text address to a numeric one that the machines understand. A failure of any of these lookups means that part of the page isn't displayed properly or is missing elements. Here at work, the internet connection goes through a filtering system which often results in pages missing parts. I often have to refresh the page several times before it all works.

As I say, probably nothing to do with your situation, but just in case...

[Gary L]

I just moved my hosts out of the folder and the pics load now.

thanks.

[pabscars]

On a seperate note Gary, if your looking for a cheap drill, don't buy one with the twist grip chuck's as they are utter horse pooh on the cheapo B+Q drills.

I bought one a while ago and the twist chuck has failed with a bit stuck in it, rendering the drill useless even though I've only used it half a dozen times.

I will be getting one of the old fasioned mechanical chuck's types that use chuck key's to tighten them up in future, as they are pretty bomb proof.

[Kymmy]

Personally we buy 2nd hand Makitas from ebay, they're bomb proof and even if they are a bit worse for wear parts are very easy to get for them.

In the end we end up paying half the price of cheaper drills and still have a drill that will outlast them by at least 100%

[Gary L]

I just used the drill because B&Q sell drills. I already have a Ryobi and the keyless chuck is ok on that one. should be, it cost enough

[pabscars]

The keyless chuck's on decent drills that have a brake on the motor seem pretty good but the ones I'm refering too are the one's that you need 2 hand's on the twist chuck and you turn away from each other.

I've got a cordless B+D profesional drill that Ive absolutely hammered for 10 odd years and only now has the battery given up the will to hold charge, but the mechanic's are still intact.

I know Makita make decent stuff but the two drills I've pulled apart in years gone by to try and repair seemed pretty flimsy inside, which put me off buying one.

I need to buy a powered hammer drill again so I'm just gonna go for one of these and in all fairness theyre pretty good, well you know what I mean value wise, if it's the same as the one we bought for jobbing in work, you even get a spare set of brushes

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10957605&fh_loca tion=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372015}/categories%3C{9372047}/categories%3C{9372203}/categories%3C{9392094}/specificationsProductType=corded/specificationsSpecificProductType=hammer_drills

---------- Post added at 11:58 ---------- Previous post was at 11:54 ----------

Originally Posted by Gary L

I just used the drill because B&Q sell drills. I already have a Ryobi and the keyless chuck is ok on that one. should be, it cost enough

My Bad

Ah well at least we kept the thread going, albeit a tad off topic

[Waldo Pepper]

I have a Bosch keyless chuck hammer drill. It's been abused for the last 10 years on a monthly basis without any problem.