Amtech F0300 Hand Drill

A great little bit of kit, for the price you can’t go wrongReally impressed 🤙

In my quest for a reliable hand drill, I stumbled upon a product that left me more frustrated than satisfied. Here's the rundown on why the hand-cranked, hand drill failed to make the cut:Quality Quandaries:Clunky Crank Chaos: From the get-go, the crank mechanism proved to be the Achilles' heel. Its clunkiness and poor gear meshing made applying consistent power a herculean task. What should be a smooth operation turned into a struggle, leaving me questioning the overall quality of the drill.Handle Houdini Act: The handle's penchant for coming undone added insult to injury. It seemed like no matter how securely I fastened it, it had a mind of its own. This frequent detachment not only disrupted the workflow but also posed a safety concern.Functionality Fail:Consistency Conundrum: Designed for a specific purpose, this hand drill falls short of its intended functionality. The difficulty in maintaining consistent power makes it practically useless for the tasks it was supposedly crafted for.The Bottom Line:In a nutshell, this hand-cranked, hand drill is a regrettable purchase and a total waste of hard-earned money. The clunky crank, problematic gear meshing, and the handle's tendency to play hide-and-seek render it more of a frustration inducer than a reliable tool. Save yourself the headache and look elsewhere for a hand drill that lives up to its promises."

This is not a drill for heavy work and putting up shelves or building large projects. What it is ideal for is small work where you need to control the drill or avoid breaking the item you're working on. So far I've drilled a car number plate, and a small hole in wood to then screw into. Are there better ones out there? Possibly. But for the price I can chuck it into the toolbox for the odd job no worries.

Quite a nice little tool although the chuck jaws need a push to open up. I've sprayed with WD and hopefully should get better.

The design and general work/build quality of the hand-drill is great at this price point. However in this particular one that was delivered to me I found that the three jaws inside the chuck were slightly uneven in their shape (one was section was ever so slightly smaller that the other two) which means that the drill 'bit' does not fit exactly in the middle of the three jaws when they are tightened together. In other words, your drill bit is slightly off centre. I managed in the end to get the drill bit to sit properly but it was quite fiddly and rather disappointing that the build quality of the internal parts of the chuck were not up to the standards of the rest of the drill. This is why I have marked it down. I only use the drill for one particular job that does not require me to use different size drill bits, otherwise I would probably have sent the whole thing back.

I only want this for small jobs. It's well made and just what I needed to drill small holes to hand kitchen towel rail up and drill small holes in broom handles for screws to hold brush heads on.

For an easy mechanical product it's not made very well, chips and rust on the steel body, missing parts of the handles, obviously a used product. And drill chuck insides are skew when tightened, it cannot hold the drillbit straight.

If you know how to use a tool like this it will worl, obviously very slowly depending on material drilling. Some of the negative reviews must be from people who have never tried a hand drill before and are expecting a performance the same as an electric drill.This drills holes, put a drill bit in and turn the handle and let the bit do the work like any drill and it drills.