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[mikef]

I'm not an expert on tools, but my friend is fed up with me robbing his drill so I'm looking to get one my mate reckons I need either a 24v or 36v, I was looking at something like hitachi or bosch drill has anyone got any recomendations as there not cheap and I don't wont to waste my money

[Adi]

makita 24v

[Cubit]

mikef, on 11 April 2011 - 07:56 AM, said:

I'm not an expert on tools, but my friend is fed up with me robbing his drill so I'm looking to get one my mate reckons I need either a 24v or 36v, I was looking at something like hitachi or bosch drill has anyone got any recomendations as there not cheap and I don't wont to waste my money

Depends on several factors, not least of which.

How big is your budget?
How frequently are you going to use it?
Besides the obvious of 'drilling holes', what sort of usage will it get - piddly little holes or BIG ones in blue brick and concrete.

As adi above, i'm a fan of Makita, but i'd go for the 18V Li-on range

[sixwheeledbeast]

Cubit, on 11 April 2011 - 08:36 AM, said:

How big is your budget?
How frequently are you going to use it?
Besides the obvious of 'drilling holes', what sort of usage will it get - piddly little holes or BIG ones in blue brick and concrete.

This is a very important point.
A small hammer drill is okay for putting up sensors and panels but for drilling holes through walls pneumatic SDS is the way to go.

I have two drills for this reason:-
Dewalt DC925
Dewalt DC223KA
Never had a problem with either. Although I would consider paying a bit more for Li-ion batteries.

[jnealon]

Unlike the others I don't like Makita, bosch blue or hilti for me

[SPS]

The Dewalt range is great. I have the 28volt drills SDS and multi drill, but if I'm honest it's a bit too much. The 18volt version would have done every job I have used it for. They can take a lot of stick.

I like the fact one battery fits most dewalt stuff. I have two drills, torch, angle grinder and circular saw with 4 batteries all the same. Am tempted with am impact wrench in the next few weeks. Only use the drills on install. An angle grinder isn't a lot of good for putting up panels

[mikef]

Cubit, on 11 April 2011 - 08:36 AM, said:

Depends on several factors, not least of which.

How big is your budget?
How frequently are you going to use it?
Besides the obvious of 'drilling holes', what sort of usage will it get - piddly little holes or BIG ones in blue brick and concrete.

As adi above, i'm a fan of Makita, but i'd go for the 18V Li-on range

My mate reckons to get a decent 36V your looking at about 400-500 quid, but to be honest I was looking to spend about 250-350 and maybe go for a 24V drill instead of 36V, does the battery size make any differance

[reidy]

I've got a Panasonic 28.8v SDS, fantastic piece of kit and the batteries last forever.

Only issue is it tends to knacker smaller bits (5.5, 6 etc) quite quickly but to be fair its very powerful

[nickoxford]

mikef, on 11 April 2011 - 07:56 AM, said:

I'm not an expert on tools, but my friend is fed up with me robbing his drill so I'm looking to get one my mate reckons I need either a 24v or 36v, I was looking at something like hitachi or bosch drill has anyone got any recomendations as there not cheap and I don't wont to waste my money

Hi Mike,

I have the Bosch Professional 18v Li-Ion cordless which is great for most drill/driver uses. I use a 230v Bosch SDS unit for the more demanding applications.

Good Luck

[sixwheeledbeast]

nickoxford, on 19 April 2011 - 05:47 PM, said:

I use a 230v Bosch SDS unit for the more demanding applications.

I wouldn't waste my money on mains drills, especially a 230Vac!

Even if you get a 110Vac SDS there is always the problem of finding a socket, checking the sockets live, lugging the transformer about, tripping over the flex ... extension leads... the list goes on...

[Cubit]

sixwheeledbeast, on 19 April 2011 - 06:49 PM, said:

I wouldn't waste my money on mains drills, especially a 230Vac!

Even if you get a 110Vac SDS there is always the problem of finding a socket, checking the sockets live, lugging the transformer about, tripping over the flex ... extension leads... the list goes on...

And you won't be allowed on any site with it either.

110v SDS, fair enough - but only if you know you're gonna be doing lots of BIG holes in concrete/blue brick.

If not, put the money towards a good set of battery tools

[sixwheeledbeast]

Cubit, on 19 April 2011 - 07:03 PM, said:

110v SDS, fair enough - but only if you know you're gonna be doing lots of BIG holes in concrete/blue brick.

Couldn't agree with you more, not many security installers do that on a regular basis, is my point.

[miaren]

Me too. The only time the 110V SDS comes out is for its annual Pat test.

(but its there just in case)

[Rulland]

36v li-on Bosch here,had it about 6 years-not quite good as new-but original batteries still.
Nice bit of kit IMO.
You can get away with 230 stuff on site these days-as all sites should now be rcd protected!-but in practice! Hmm!.

[Cubit]

Rulland, on 20 April 2011 - 08:45 AM, said:

36v li-on Bosch here,had it about 6 years-not quite good as new-but original batteries still.
Nice bit of kit IMO.
You can get away with 230 stuff on site these days-as all sites should now be rcd protected!-but in practice! Hmm!.

Back of beyond in wesh wales maybe

Wilmot Dixon won't even allow 110V extension leads on drums. Must be loose coiled.
Seems someone converted one into a heater.

[sixwheeledbeast]

Cubit, on 20 April 2011 - 09:17 AM, said:

Seems someone converted one into a heater.

Yep, very easy to make a 16A Heater this way; if you don't know what you are doing.
Had transformers go bang on site in the past, someone lent it to charge 2 cherry pickers!

[progear]

If you’ve got the dough buy a SDS and combo drill. I have a DeWalt DC233 24V SDS for the heavy work it’s a good drill its only drawback is my model uses 2Ah NiCad batteries which are a lower capacity than other similarly priced drills. The combo drill is an Hitachi DV18DL which has two 18V 3Ah Li ion batteries. I use it a lot the big capacity batteries have no problems getting you through a day’s work.

[Cubit]

Care in the community?

Don't you just love it.

[MrHappy]

Cubit, on 21 May 2011 - 09:11 PM, said:

Care in the community?

most memebers are?

[Cyberprog]

I have a Bosch 36V Lithium SDS, and it's flipping incredible. Simple as