Kelly Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Do you shop at Aldi and/or lidle?What do you think of the quality of their tools/ battery chargers etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tim Mackey Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 ditto - same as the food stuff they stock...some is excellent some is horrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan B Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I tend to use them a lot for food/wine and tools (mainly Aldi) As far as hardware is concerned Aldi have a good no quibble returns and money back policy. Plus most of their stuff has a 3 year warranty. Ive hardly had anything go wrong other the years to be honest. The best bargain I ever had was from Lidl. It was a Bresser Nightlux night vision scope. It had been reduced from £99 to £59. When I checked on the Bresser web site they were still selling it for £350!!! I tend to look at it this way. The Germans like good quality and a bargain. So if its good enough for them it should be good enough for us!Just for useless information - both retailers are owned by two German brothers. Years ago they both owned one of the supermarket chains together (cant remember which). They then had a major bust up and split. The other brother then started the other chain as competition to his brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I've got an Aldi sourced pillar drill, beats using a hand held drill in every way. Ok, it's not toolroom quality, but it's variable speed, plenty powerfull for a hobby/diy drill, and cost under £40.And the structions were in english! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iawnski Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 lidl had a cracking pole for fishing for £3.00/ had that and used it as a flag pole for wind direction .cheap and cheerful do for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iawnski Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 carbon eric to good a deal to miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hailey Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Hi all.I shop at Aldi every week, and as long as you are not for all banded makes every thing is good, and dues what it said on the tin, and I have only had one tool fall and it was replaced with out question and if the big chains where to run as well as Aldi, we would see a lot lower price goods there lose leader tack ticks get people in to the shop and this leads to people buying there other more profitable good, and they run on a low staff count, this is where they score.cheap as chips Owen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony K Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Posted by Alan B on 16/06/2008 10:57:00: Just for useless information - both retailers are owned by two German brothers. Years ago they both owned one of the supermarket chains together (cant remember which). They then had a major bust up and split. The other brother then started the other chain as competition to his brother. Just stumbled upon this thread and for the sake of accuracy, although this is probably of no interest to anyone, the above statement is wrong. ALDi was owned by two brothers named Albrecht and they did have a bust up over the policy of selling tobacco at a discount. The busines was divided into two groups, ALDI NORD and ALDI SUD ( north and south). UK shops are under the control of Aldi Sud. Lidl (rhymes with needle) was started by a chap named Schwarz but as the name Schwarz Markt (black market) did not seem to be appropriate for a discount retailer, Schwarz bought the rights to use the name of a business partner named Lidl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldfella Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Polarised sunglasses for £3.50 a couple of years back.....better than some I've had costing much more Went back and bought another 6 pairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddock, VC Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Posted by Oldbaldfella on 13/08/2012 07:45:27: Polarised sunglasses for £3.50 a couple of years back.....better than some I've had costing much more Went back and bought another 6 pairs. God, how many eyes do you have . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 SOme stuff is brilliant, some is not. I have a power plane that cost £12, works a treat for what I need it for, Thei huge boxes of drills at about £14 is well worth buying. The little 10 X 20 Optus field glasses at about £7 were excellent, as good asmy big Jessops pair. The later silver coloured ones were useless and thei big zoom binoculars were a total disaster, they ended up in the bin. I could go on but you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essjay Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 A couple of years ago I bought a really nice portable gas soldering iron kit from Lidl Really good iron, worked a treat, but when I tried to get spare bits, nowhere to be found. Lidl don't stock spares, and I've never found anything compatible since. So what, at the time may seem to be a bargain, may become useless in a very short space of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Air nailer (not often much use for modelling, I know) - £12 from Aldi! Gives every impression of being good quality, came with a generous supply of nails and staples and is capable of driving a 2" staple into a fencepost with one squeeze of the trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldfella Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Posted by Oldbaldfella on 13/08/2012 07:45:27: Polarised sunglasses for £3.50 a couple of years back.....better than some I've had costing much more Went back and bought another 6 pairs. A pair for the piking box, a pair for the fly fishing box, a pair for the flight box....you get the picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Power craft mini drill- greeeaaattttt. From Aldi Soldering Gun for Deans, bullet and bowden cable type connectors - great for big heavy work. - Lidl Plastic multi- compartment storage boxes for all those bits and pieces we use- Lidl Universal thinners - for various jobs - works fine - Lidl Glue Gun - Aldi, does the job. Possibly more, seem fine to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Randall Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm a big fan of Aldi. I have had a bench saw, soldering iron, gas soldering iron, clamp set and perhaps best of all a set of electronic calipers. All do the job for hobby work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prop Nut Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 How many hours a week do you all spend combing the shelves at these places? I've tried twice to do a food shop at Aldi and Lidl (they are opposite each other where I live), but failed miserably. They only have a fraction of the choice of the bigger supermarkets, and what there is looks like the staff have been playing football with it. They have no concept of the plants they sell needing water. At the same time that the nearby Tesco was packed out, I could count Aldi's customers on two hands. The only hardware I've found was worse than the stuff I've seen on model show tool stalls. Where am I going wrong??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Perhaps you are forgetting to look at the price differential between Tesco ( I HATE that store ) and the cut price limited line discounters. TBH much of the stuff is as good or better than Tesco, and the satff in my local branches would leave the Tesco morons for dead when it comes to customer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwyn Gee Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I've had quite a few of the small hand tools etc. from both aldi & Lidl and we buy lots of food items in our local Lidl. My other significant half is forever reading items in the papers where both Lidl and Aldi food products are rated better than most of the other supermarkets including often above M&S, and I certainly wouldn't pay their prices. I always say I dont buy cheap I just go for less expensive. You have to ask the question, are goods that are twice the price twice as good. You pays your money and you takes your chance. Alwyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Pennington Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 We have Lidl and Aldi here in France. You do have to look around in the shops here but you can pick up some good tools and to keep the other half happy the foods OK as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radge Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 As an aside to a 'cheap tools' thread, looking for some tools to do the rest of MY life, I invested in some FERM kit a while ago, circular saw, sanders, multitool, heat gun etc. very reasonably priced gear with a three year warranty on everything. I love their stuff, it 'feels' good, does an excellent job and is very well made in Holland but don't expect any tutorials, it's obviously assumed that these are serious tools for the experienced so no 'baby sitting' required. I would place them above B & D and Bosch for quality but obviously not in the De Walter class. A good buy for me and any other cash strapped 'enthusiastic amateur' I might suggest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun Flyer Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I've got quite a few pieces from Lidl/Aldi over the years, Bench Drill, Scroll Saw, Heat Gun etc. You get the picture. All excellent value for money. However I found the Soldering Gun to be completely useless. Just not enough heat. Its gathering dust somewhere under the bench, I think, haven't seen it for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingCrust Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Bought some Tronic NiMh batteries (2500mAh AA's) from Lidl just to see if they were any good. The price was right at £2.99 (i think) for a pack of 4. Worth a punt. After 4 or 5 cycles they still only give me about 1000mAh. I intend to cycle them a few more times to see if they get better. We buy 'fresh' food from either store but we've noticed it doesn't last as long as the market leaders. But the price is good so we buy little and shop often (Lidl is very close by) Edited By Rentman on 14/08/2012 01:07:51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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