PiperCub Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=24110 Anyone got or used one of these inspection cameras? Quite fancy owning one but not sure if these cheapo ones are actually any good & worth £40 or not. (I don't specifically need one but I think one would be handy - being a tool anorak). Skizzer 1
Junkman Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I remember when stuff like this cost £3,999.00 Banger Kenny, dave21478 and Vince70 3
STUNO Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 3 year warranty, what could go wrong ! Looks worth a try. brickwall 1
Uncle Jimmy Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=24110 Anyone got or used one of these inspection cameras? Quite fancy owning one but not sure if these cheapo ones are actually any good & worth £40 or not. (I don't specifically need one but I think one would be handy - being a tool anorak).NHS cuts biting? UltraWomble, Vince70, Junkman and 1 other 4
PiperCub Posted June 12, 2015 Author Posted June 12, 2015 Roll up, roll up, DIY operations here! No, better not say that, it'll give the idiots in charge ideas. Vince70 1
dave21478 Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Parkside tools seem to be re-branded stuff from various other makes, usually pretty well known stuff. My local DIY shop is selling a camera that looks exactly like that one branded "Einhell". It looks ok - You wouldnt want to drop it, but seems fine for general use.
PiperCub Posted June 12, 2015 Author Posted June 12, 2015 I've got various Parkside (& Aldi's equivilent - Workzone) stuff down the years and while it wouldn't stand up to professional/daily usage for too long, for normal DIY use, it's all been fine so far and personally I've no complaints.
garbaldy Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 I had an old parkside cordless drill from 2005 which started to need charging more often, I bought a new 18v one two years ago and now I think the charger has decided to lay down, I've hunted high and low but can I hell find the receipt to take it back for repair, The annoying thing is that's its a bloody good drill just can't charge it anymore.
steve_earwig Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Don't put it up your butt.Awww, spoilsport There've been countless times when I've thought "what I need is an endoscope" so I evntually I bought one off ebay, it's a USB one so I need the laptop to use it. ANd how many times have I used it in the 4 years since I got it? Umm, none
cort16 Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 This cheap aldi stuff is great for me as I keep driving over it and breaking it. I must have driven over at least 5 Aldi inspection lamps. CGSB and Banger Kenny 2
MikeKnight Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 In all seriousness though, the Lidl/Aldi own brand tool stuff is pretty hit and miss. Sometimes you get something amazing, like when my dad needed a power screwdriver and they only had bright pink ones left. He got one anyway and uses it proudly. On the flip side, got a beard trimmer from there once and it's crap.
steve_earwig Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Was that the Wahl ones? That's what Lidl were selling here, I've had some Wahl clippers for, ooh, 18 years and they've been fine (combs are crap but that seems to be general) so I thought the clippers would be a safe bet. I bought a bagless vacuum cleaner from Lidl, I don't think it was Parkside but one of the brands they usually have. Brilliant* it was, the crap whizzed round and around inside gradually turning into a fine powder, whereupon it went through the mesh and blocked the filter. You gets what you pay for... face 1
Richard Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 I wouldn't buy a second hand one, for reasons that have been hinted at already. Sloth in a bowl, TagoraSX and HillmanImp 3
steve_earwig Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 As long as it's clean does it matter? It's not like you'll be eating with it or anything... Richard 1
Christine Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 But if a really fit bird lives in the upstairs flat and has bare floorboards ,and you live underneath ,a simple 1/4" hole in your platerboard ceiling...and just you inspect gaps between her floorboards... brickwall, Banger Kenny, warren t claim and 1 other 4
Cavcraft Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Don't put it up your butt.Surely he'd be able to see how much rainwater he'd gathered without needing a camera? vulgalour, brickwall, cros and 3 others 6
Station Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Great for looking in cylinder bores for evidence of HGF and also for contemplating for two weeks before finally putting it up your anus. The Moog, sierraman, Conrad D. Conelrad and 1 other 4
Andrew353w Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Seriously impressed with Lidl customer service! I've just called therm on 0370 444 1234 and have been told these items will hit the stores on Monday 15th June. The call was easy-no pushing of button 1 or 2, just a human being (clearly in the UK!) and very friendly at that! Advised me further that if my local store (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire) is sold out they can check other stores in my area. Guess where I'm off to after work on Monday? Will report back when I've bought it! brickwall 1
Richard Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 You can tell the Lidl application to remind you on the morning offers go live, handy if you are as scatter brained as I am.
face Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 gaps between her floorboards... Never heard it called that before. Banger Kenny and brickwall 2
Christine Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 No good going in Lodls after work for one , you have to get there at 8 am or the good stuff is all gone by dinnertime . Their padded overalls for 20 quid were a fantastic buy, but all sold out by 10am . Cheap welding rods were shit.. more so if you bought 3 boxes . Thing for turning angle grinder to cut off saw was crap Angle vice thing was crap. Variable speed 5" angle grinder was good , 9" grinder was awful , gave it away.. Sabre saw great weller type solder gun crap, way too hot , i use it as a fag lighter in the shedhotglue gun greatAngle finder spirit level greatvernier calipers , great.. bought 5 !diamond warding files great cooked ham slices , can't find better ! SambaS and brickwall 2
Station Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Ratchet spanners - all broken! They should rebrand all the hand tools 'Snap Off' Banger Kenny, CGSB, brickwall and 1 other 4
Christine Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Ratchet spanners - all broken! They should rebrand all the hand tools 'Snap Off' Parkside dremmel thing , i've got 2 of those broken too
Inspector Morose Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 My ratchet scanners are still good! Including the 10mm that broke then magically repaired itself and continued like nothing happened. We're yours the flexi head ones?
Sigmund Fraud Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Ratchet spanners - all broken! They should rebrand all the hand tools 'Snap Off' I was expecting mine to fall apart, but they're still going despite plenty of abuse !
PiperCub Posted June 14, 2015 Author Posted June 14, 2015 Think I'll have a punt on one. Thanks for all your input (amusing and otherwise!) To add to Lidl's customer services credit: About 10years back I had one of their starter/power packs, it was fine for about 2.5 years (I charged it as rec'd in the instructions) then it crapped out. Being a bit OCD for receipts - I keep them for about five years before dumping them, I dug out the receipt after a mate told me there ought to be a 3 year guarantee. I presented to my then local Lidl branch, they looked at it and said,"Sorry, we don't have any replacements now nor do we have any coming in, all we can do is refund your money" Which they did.Well, you can't really say fairer than that can you. I was impressed after that amount of time. steve_earwig and Lacquer Peel 2
Christine Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Yeah i forgot those !Zipgun good ,but air hungry...air Ratshit , great .. air snips good Big pots of Pineapple yougurt ,very nice .
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