In 2000 I bought a perles power drill 1050 watts, standard chuck. It cost me about £140 and the guy in the shop said they were really good and are made in Switzerland.
I broke it the same day and took it back and got it fixed, it's useless at hammer drilling and so I only use it as a mixer now or for core drilling, you can see a bit of it here-

Has anyone ever heard of Perles?
I have never heard of them since and the tool shop as now closed down. I got a nice dewalt 9 inch grinder and diamond tipped dewalt disk from there for £99.00, that is still going strong
