which brand of drill is actually worth it.

about this episode.

three sparkies, one carpenter, one civil engineer, twelve drills, and a budget. somebody at the end of this is going to be wrong, loudly. spark nz brought the cold ones.

we set up the workshop with a wall of drills covering every price band from $89 to $1,400. each tradie picked their first instinct, ran four standard tests (pilot hole into hardwood, masonry plug, deck screw, lithium battery cycle), and then we made them swap.

"if you've spent more than $600 on a drill, you've spent it on the colour."

by the end of the eight minutes, two of them had changed their mind, one had walked off camera, and the civil engineer ranked them by torque-per-dollar in a way that has been quoted on building sites since.

where the brand sits

spark nz appears as the connectivity sponsor and once at the end. no on-camera read, no product placement. the show is the show.