Cordless Drill recommendation?

[willk]

Any good buys going that you know about?

I need something with two batteries, Li-ion I guess, for general DIY (I drill a lot of holes ) - max budget is £150 incl. UK shipping (did I mention I was mean?). I'd go for new refurb but not used.

Any pointers much appreciated

[whisper]

Years ago I went to a show and everyone said that Panasonic was the best?

But I always use Mikita or Hitachi.

[Ian M]

Not sure how good they are, but Amazon are doing a deal on Draper 18V cordless hammer drills c/w spare battery and carry case for £63.

[Nauti Buoy]

B & Q are doing De-Walt 18v Drill with two batteries for £99 at the moment.

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[chewy]

Used a few different brands and if it was my money I'd go for Dewalt.

[Courageous]

DeWalt every time Willk. Picked mine up from ebay with 2 batteries for less than ninety quid:

dewalt cordless drill | eBay

[Anchorhandler]

I used to use Makita in the workshop but got fed up the gearbox's failing.... 80% of my portable stuff now is Milwaukee 18v..... Really pleased with them and will not be using anything else now.

If you shop around, you might fund one on sale somewhere fir £150 but failing that do as others have said and get a Dewalt.

Simon

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[Mollers]

Milwaukee cordless power tools are the best by a country mile.

We sell power tools.

I personally have some Dewalt XRP gear, unfortunately it has been down spec'd over recent years (nylon g/box componants ) .

Hitachi is pretty good,

Makita OK.

Bosch blue (pro range) is now made in China and should be avoided. Ruined.

[Mollers]

18v Milwaukee is perfect for heavy DIY work, 28v for trade users.

Go for at least 2.4Ah batts or more , not the cheaper 1.4Ah.

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Nauti Buoy

B & Q are doing De-Walt 18v Drill with two batteries for £99 at the moment.

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Avoid. Down spec'd, small Ah batteris.

[Mollers]

BTW, we use a company to re-cell knackered batteries. Send them off and they re-pack the cases.

I can give details to anyone interested.

[Courageous]

Yes please Mollers!

[GaryC]

My understanding is that De Walt was taken over by Black and Decker and sort of lost its way. I bought a De Walt Cordless in the 80's and it has just about finished but has provided years of work horse Service.

I have been looking at Makita as a replacement. I have 2 other makita tools and they are robust and very good.

Screwfix periodically do offers and they do a Makita LXT that comes with a Lithium Ion 3Ah battery.

Although I am not sure its a hammer drill?

[Bigmuz7]

Have tried most inc dewalt and not blown away by any yet, have two makitas ex B&Q for £90 ea doing fine, and at that money if I get five years before the batteries jack in I'll be happy enough

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by Mollers

BTW, we use a company to re-cell knackered batteries. Send them off and they re-pack the cases.

I can give details to anyone interested.

Ahh .. about 8 months ago would have been good I was heading for the codprawn route of a cigarette lighter and cord

[slate1234]

just go for refurb 14.4v hilti I'm a joiner and I have had 3 of them for 4 years and no problems belive me buy cheap pay twice, you will find good ones on cheapbay

[BogMonster]

I've got one of these -

Hitachi DV18DCL2 18V 1.5Ah Li-Ion Cordless Combi Drill | Screwfix.com

It's excellent, got it recently to replace another 18V Hitachi on which the NiCd batteries were getting tired after a few years and building my mega garage finally killed them off. Got to have two batteries (my old Hitachi was bought because it came with three!), a big battery is still no use when it's flat ... and 22 minutes is a long time to stomp around in a bad mood waiting.

I wouldn't buy a mega expensive one, they all go much the same way when you drop them off a roof or ten feet onto a concrete floor, and you can buy two of these and get two drills and four batteries for the price of a Makita 18V with one 3.0Ah battery

[bedajim]

We've started replacing our kit with these, but not cheap

18V Lithium Hammer Drill

Or R.S. end of line stock is a good place to look

[willk]

That's great stuff - the motherlode

I'm replacing a 24v NiCad Worx as the battery is effed - Mollers, that recell outfit might be handy - then I'd have a backup drill (for lending to my brothers-in-law).

The failed Nicad is why I'm going to go Li-ion this time and as I want many years from the kit (I'm nice to kit) I wanted a decent unit to start with. However, I'm going to be strict about the budget. I guess one decent large battery might suffice, I'm most often doing small jobs rather than say, roofing

Oh yeah, I VERY nearly pressed the GO button on a Bosch Blue last night and then thought - ask RIBnet first - *phew!*

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by willk

I'm replacing a 24v NiCad Worx

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