I think it's a case of horses for courses. I have a crappy battery drill, but the whole damned thing cost a score (£20) off ebay. The batteries self-discharge, and there is only enough grunt to wind the legs of the caravan up and down a couple of times (what I bought it for) but each battery lasts long enough to get the backs off two Marshall stacks and then there is another to put it back on and I suppose I only use it every couple of weeks.

If I was earning my living with it then I could justify paying ten times the price for a much better tool, but for a hobby jobby it doesn't make sense.

Now hedgetrimmer or chainsaw I would not have anything but petrol. The power is essential.