121 volt Cordless Drill

121 volt drill will do more than get your nuts off quick I think. Yikes!!
Jack

I’d have to caution against that RG. Nice thought but the purpose of the “reamer” is actually only to part the belts, cords and wire on the tread section to facilitate entry of the plug. It also takes a bit of skill and feel to find and follow the path of the offending item that requires hands on. If you use a rotary, drilling action you risk creating your own path into the tyre missing the puncture all together and or even worse, getting the reamer wound up with internal wiring and cordage doing more damage to the tyre.

I hate those plastic handled reamers for the very issue that they break easily. There has been more than one post on this site over the injuries sustained in sliding the handle end of a reamer back into a wrist or arm when the plastic gives way. Get a solid handled unit like the ARB kit (I’m normally not a wrap for ARB but in the case of their tyre repair kit, they’ve hit the mark really well).


Cheers Mick

Good advice there Mick.... and answered my question about repair kits!! Many thanks.

Cheers

Brian

Thanks Mick I had not thought of the extra damage to the belt it would cause, and your right sometimes the reamer want's to go in side ways obviously to follow the penetration. Not much point making another path for the plug.

Cheers.

Ditto

Peter,
many power tools have power ratings of 1000 watts or more. You would need the mother of all inverters to run these. Considering cost and weight, the 12V tools without battery are very attractive for basic repair kit function.
Bob

Hi Guys

Actually Bob I have now a collection of tools that all use 500w or less and run from a cute little 600w inverter, very effective.

What made the difference for me was having an angle grinder - a very powerful and useful tool in the bush since they now have those 1mm thick cutting blades.

However I also have been doing the 12v thing for a long time, and there are cases when you need one and haven't a car nearby.

But amazingly supercheap are currently selling a complete 12v drill for $20, and it even works.
To make it cheap it only has one speed but unlike most other 1 speed drills this one doesn't rev high , only to 550rpm so it puts out some useful torque.

Its a crazy world now - you just couldn't buy the batteries for $20 so I went and got a second one just so I could get a second battery pack.

Yes there is, I use a DC to DC converter to run a 18V drill of a 12V battery.
Got the converter off the internet, its rated at 150W max and to run at that power for long its a good idea to fit larger heat sinks. The thing is an open construction PCB, about 4 x 6 cm, was not expensive either. The output voltage can be adjusted.