i am looking to purchase a decent cordless drill with hammer etc, seen a 14.4v ryobi on screwfix for £99 but wondered if anyone knows anywhere else? any preferences on brand? a couple of mates swear by makita and bosch...
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 02:58 PM
Security Technician, on Oct 1 2006, 03:51 PM, said:
i am looking to purchase a decent cordless drill with hammer etc, seen a 14.4v ryobi on screwfix for £99 but wondered if anyone knows anywhere else? any preferences on brand? a couple of mates swear by makita and bosch...
I am very anti Dewault, expensive rubbish if you ask me.
I have used Bosch since we started. We still have all our original drills plus quite a few more. I have had one problem with one of the 24v SDS, Bosch collected it at their cost, fixed it and returned the drill 3 days later at their cost. You will find that the power tool shops are anti-bosch, this is because Bosch won't them do the repairs. With service like Bosch's I don't care too much.
Bosch also give you a 3 year warranty on the proffesional blue range. You register the tool on the internet and print your certificate out there and then.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 03:07 PM
guys, i have the bosch 24v sds, bought second hand £75 as no charger, mate aquired me a charger 
think i might pay that bit extra and get the bosch cordless
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 03:20 PM
Screwfix have a special on the Makita 18V Combi drill at the moment. Haven't used it, but Makita is usually top stuff. £99, and you get a drill bit set too.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 03:24 PM
rjbsec, on Oct 1 2006, 04:14 PM, said:
I have the Bosch 36v but have not really noticed a great difference over the older 24v - it comes with 2 x 2ah batteries, not a 3ah like the 24v.
Unless the price is keen I couldn't really recommend paying the extra.
Unless the price is keen I couldn't really recommend paying the extra.
Hi Roger
I am glad you posted that, was just about to order one!!!
See what an excellent forum this is, Roger has just saved me £300+.
Dave
Deltaseven, on Oct 1 2006, 04:20 PM, said:
Screwfix have a special on the Makita 18V Combi drill at the moment. Haven't used it, but Makita is usually top stuff. £99, and you get a drill bit set too.
Agreed Makita is good. I got a 110v Makita which has been a good work horse.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 04:17 PM
Im anti dewalt as well. got a Ryobi trimsaw 18v, crap but 18v combi drill good but to heavy for a small drill. Got a 24v makita sds plus other makita kit, cant fault it.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 04:22 PM
Adi, on Oct 1 2006, 05:17 PM, said:
Im anti dewalt as well. got a Ryobi trimsaw 18v, crap but 18v combi drill good but to heavy for a small drill. Got a 24v makita sds plus other makita kit, cant fault it.
I'm glad I am not alone, I thought I was going to get some hostility over that statement. Proof is in the pudding, I had a Dewalt 14v combi and 18v XRP Dewalt both have perished afer a years of hard work.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 04:52 PM
Makita 24v SDS the bogs dollocks has hammer stop and rotary stop so can use for chiselling.
Makita 18v combi - pricey but the best you can buy mine has 2.6Ah Nimh batts (don't know how good the ni-cads are).
We buy Ryobi 18v for the lads - make sure you get the most expensive of the 3 combi drills that they offer, the quality is pretty good, heavy tho.
Makita 18v combi - pricey but the best you can buy mine has 2.6Ah Nimh batts (don't know how good the ni-cads are).
We buy Ryobi 18v for the lads - make sure you get the most expensive of the 3 combi drills that they offer, the quality is pretty good, heavy tho.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 07:07 PM
I've had the 24V DeWalt for nearly 2 years and can't fault it. Recently used both batteries on site with no mains and had to use the equivalent Bosch 24V. The 5.5m holes seemed to take twice as long to drill, it just didn't have the power that the DeWalt did. I've never had a problem with it...it rips through everything I've thrown at it.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 07:08 PM
24 volt Dewalt here too, the only thing is the batts dont last anywhere near that of the bosch's (Charge wise) - But then again the capacity of the dewalt batts are lower.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 07:15 PM
I've stripped the gear teeth a couple of times on my 24v bosch sds (If the drill bit jams put it in reverse quickly), other than that its superb.
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(Except when I'm wrong)(which I'm not)
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 07:20 PM
Brian c, on Oct 1 2006, 08:07 PM, said:
I've had the 24V DeWalt for nearly 2 years and can't fault it. Recently used both batteries on site with no mains and had to use the equivalent Bosch 24V. The 5.5m holes seemed to take twice as long to drill, it just didn't have the power that the DeWalt did. I've never had a problem with it...it rips through everything I've thrown at it.
never owned a 24v Dewalt so can't comment. The Bosch 24v take a few seconds to make a 5.5 hole for a PIR. The 24v Bosch doesn't have chisel action though.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 08:58 PM
Ive had a Makita 24v for the last 3 years but its seen a bit too much action and now needs servicing. Cracking piece of kit though.
Ive now bought a 24v Dewalt DC223KA from a friend of a Dewalt rep for under £300, batteries charged and im looking forward to using it tomorrow. (priced at over £400 at screwfix btw)
Ive now bought a 24v Dewalt DC223KA from a friend of a Dewalt rep for under £300, batteries charged and im looking forward to using it tomorrow. (priced at over £400 at screwfix btw)
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Posted 24 October 2006 - 11:47 PM
i use 36v Hilti and 24v Bosch,bosch batteries seem to last me 6months if im lucky and i do condition them,the hilti on other hand will drill all day long but at nearly £700 it would need to!
Also have a 14.4v Dewalt which i bought in america on hols in 1996 and it's still going strong with one of the 2 battery packs
Also have a 14.4v Dewalt which i bought in america on hols in 1996 and it's still going strong with one of the 2 battery packs
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Posted 28 October 2006 - 05:17 PM
Where are you buying your Hilti's at £700? you can normally get a deal on Hilti drills you should not pay any more than £450 for the 36v. We have tried all the rest, Bosch, Panasonic, Makita and Dewalt but none of them can match Hilti. They may be a little more expensive but they last longer and perform better.
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Posted 31 October 2006 - 11:37 PM
Halfords own brand for me
Solid enough - and cheap enough to replace if it goes wrong... (Which it hasn't)
Solid enough - and cheap enough to replace if it goes wrong... (Which it hasn't)
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Posted 04 October 2007 - 05:36 PM
Security Technician, on Oct 1 2006, 03:51 PM, said:
i am looking to purchase a decent cordless drill with hammer etc, seen a 14.4v ryobi on screwfix for £99 but wondered if anyone knows anywhere else? any preferences on brand? a couple of mates swear by makita and bosch...
I personally use a Panasonic 24v
it has a smaller footprint than any other SDS drill so you can get into tighter places.
I've had mine 4 years, but when it comes to 25mm hole thru brick wall it'll do the job but it'll kill the drill.
(mines being repaired at the moment.)
Also it has the added advantage over Makita, Dewalt and Bosch that there aren't many out there so it's less likely to be stolen
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Posted 04 October 2007 - 07:12 PM
Hilti 110V
Bosch 24V 3.0AH
Panasonic 18V 3.5AH Batteries EXCELLENT
Hitachi 18V 2.0AH
Hitachi 12V
Horses for courses if you need a 25 mm hole in an 18" block wall use the 110 it will kill ANY BATTERY brill
Bosch 24V 3.0AH
Panasonic 18V 3.5AH Batteries EXCELLENT
Hitachi 18V 2.0AH
Hitachi 12V
Horses for courses if you need a 25 mm hole in an 18" block wall use the 110 it will kill ANY BATTERY brill
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