India's best electric hand tools for home

Electric hand tools have gained a lot of market share in India due to their portability and versatility when accomplishing numerous home improvement projects. Whether it is drilling a hole, sawing a piece of wood, sanding or even grinding, electric tools assist in completing the work way much easier than if one had to do it by hand.

Some of the important criteria that bear some importance when selecting electric hand tools for home use are power, adaptability, comfort, safeguard, and cost. Fortunately, the Indian market has a vast array of corded and cordless power tools vendors cutting across price categories. In this article, the author highlights some of the most effective types of best electric hand tools that are ideal for common household uses.

Drill Driver Combo Kit

The drill driver combo kit would probably rank as the most important power tool for any Indian home. These are tools designed as drillers to not only make holes but also used to tighten screws and other fastenings into different materials. Typically, a basic combo kit is a lightweight drill/driver, together with a range of handy accessories that include various drill and screwdriver bits, a small reciprocating saw and the lot, packed neatly in a carrying case.

Cordless drill drivers are particularly preferred to be used at home mainly because they do not require socket points and they are easily accessible wherever they are required. The best brushless motor drills that are equipped with lithium-ion batteries provide the greatest runtime, power, and durability. Features are different speeds, and a clutch for managing torque, light emitting diode, and reversible.

Jigsaw

Jigsaws are indeed very useful for intricate cutting operations – whether it is cutting curves, circles or any other geometrical shape on wood, metal sheets, plastics, ceramic tiles etc. Due to their thin and sharp blades, jigsaws are capable of cutting items up to 16mm thick.

Corded jigsaws offer greater blade speed and precision though cordless models may be used conveniently for daily tasks, if charged fully. It is also important to select a model that has orbital action so that it will cut faster and with less dust. Other convenient functions are Dust Blower function, Bevel Cutting, Blade Storage and Laser / LED Pointer.

Circular Saw

When it comes to straight and cross cuts with depth, there is hardly any tool as efficient as portable circular saw. Fast cutting in woods, plastics, metal sheets can be easily achieved and the cut line is clean and straight. They are also portable and relatively cheap, which makes circular saws common in most households in India.

When choosing a circular saw, it is important to consider the max cutting depth and the bevel angle settings. The blade size, rip fence provision, trigger switch and the safety features such as blade brakes and guards are some of the other features to consider. Similar to most power tools, corded and cordless circular saws come in various types depending on the area of use.

Oscillating Multi-Tool

There are oscillating multi-tools that rarely get the appreciation they deserve, but they are actually incredibly versatile and perfect for so many tasks. Attached to the motorized head that oscillates at a faster rate, they can perform the works of cutting, grinding, sanding, scraping, and polishing. What stands out for these tools is the very high accuracy that results from the as well as from the oscillating angle and the speed options.

They are indeed perfect for fine work such as cutting staking, drywall cutting, finishing touches on structures, and removing old sealants, grout and tiles with the use of tile cutter with diamond edge. Do consider the rated oscillation angle of the tool and the number of strokes per minute as well as the width of the attachments offered before making your decision.

Other Notable Mentions

Beyond the above tools, some other electric hand tools that are very popular for home use are:Beyond the above tools, some other electric hand tools that are very popular for home use are:

- Angle grinders: For grinding, sanding, cutting, deburring metals and masonry

- Rotary/Orbital sanders: For polishing wooden furniture & fixtures

- Biscuit joiner: In order to neatly connect wooden boards side by side

- Plate joiner: To shape and align butt joints in the wooden pieces,

- Palm sander: For fine sanding in the complicated corners

- Router: For the detail routing work in wood/plastic like edge profiling, grooving

- Hot glue gun: For average craft operations, touch-ups with hot melt adhesive

- Heat gun: The uses of paint stripping, pipe bending/shrinking and other heat applications