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Like Mickey says the 2.5ah is very torqey, easily enough to break a wrist if not concentrating, if its just for use on the van the lighter duty should be fine, saw circular saws in B&Q that were cheaper than the replacement blade !!! crazy world

Regards  S

Hubbys got 18  and 24 volt, but uses the 18 one to take legs up and down with.

I have two cheapy Red Devil 12v ones.

However, on one of the battery packs I took it apart and soldered two wires onto the contacts and led the wires out through the bottowm of the battery pack.

There is about 20 foot of wiring going to a plug that goes into a 12 amp socket in the van. This gives me the equivillent of a 110Ah battery pack, more than enough to see to all the pegs in the awning!!!!

I have been using this system now for two seasons and it is brill.

I too hava cordless drill that has been converted to run from a cigar lighter socket.  It is brilliant.

If you need a 12volt device with loads of torque try this

From Macine mart

Although most caravan parks have an adiquate EHU set up, mains electrics is by no means a guaranteed service.

If you are going to use your drill to put in, and at the end of your stay, remove your tent/awning pegs, you will want either some way of extending your 12v drill capacity or recharging your other voltage drill.

We use 12v drill because we have tried to have everything in our caravan as 12v, only using mains to recharge our battery and occasionally power some luxury mains items that we have for special treats.

12v is the one power source you can depend on in a campsite. The rest is pot luck and the busier the site the more likelyhood of a mains failure.