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| davew Member Since: 02 Jan 2012 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 888   
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I bought a Bosch GSB1800 a few months ago when I found my old cordless drill was leaving me sat waiting for it to charge if I wanted to drill more than a few holes in a day.
It's a very good piece of kit, it's been a while since I bought my last cordless drill and this one is amazing by comparison. The battery lasts for ages (put up some decking over 2 days on a single battery). It drills holes in walls in hammer mode quicker and easier than my old trusty mains powered pro drill. I can honestly say I have yet to find a single thing about it that I'm not happy with. http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/ |
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21st Nov 2016 12:17am |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006 
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I use makita tools and have done for many years and not once had any problems with any of them. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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21st Nov 2016 7:18am |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 1031  
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If your previous drill was old, biggest change you're going to notice is the improvement with Lithium batteries. No more finding all the batteries are flat when you've not used for a month!
Another vote for Bosch, though I went for smaller batteries as I have problems with my hands so wanted something a little lighter. Screwfix have constant special offers, so sign up for their newsletter and wait until something suitable comes along. I still find it amazing to be able to drill into brick with a battery drill. My 'big' drill stays in its box most of the time. My builder says you can even get SDS drills with batteries these days, but ££££. Just remember - whichever you buy, you'll wish you'd gone for one model better in 12 months! |
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21st Nov 2016 8:43am |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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I've got on well with Bosch. At work the spend on cordless drills and batteries has dropped massively since I persuaded them that it would be better buying Bosch Blue than Ryobis every year.
The caveat is that Makita (which I'd also happily own) seem to have cheaper things like angle grinders if you're ever likely to want to have a cordless not-drill. |
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21st Nov 2016 4:56pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Missus Ecstatic bought me a new cordless Makita a year or two back and I can find little to complain about it, it has survived a couple of drops onto hard surfaces from a fair height and battery life is better than the wampant wabbit I bought her around the same time
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21st Nov 2016 5:35pm |
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| jrule Member Since: 10 Aug 2015 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 302 
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I have a Hitachi combi drill which has 5ah ion batteries. It has a huge amount of torque and very powerful. I had a dewalt before but the Hitachi has been brilliant and will buy another in the future. Have a look on FFX or Tool Britannia as I've found them to be the cheapest and delivered quickly.
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21st Nov 2016 5:44pm |
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| Romadog Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Powys Posts: 1749 |
Makita
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21st Nov 2016 5:59pm |
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| JAY BOY Member Since: 04 May 2010 Location: Not here Posts: 1706 
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You won't go wrong with any of the suggestions TBH if its for DIY use.
We use Dewalt and use them to destruction as they are on sites constantly, we have tried them all over the years and find the batteries are better with Dewalt than any of the others. |
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21st Nov 2016 7:52pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3498
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That is a good point Jay Boy. Battery life is almost everything. A decent drill and a flat battery or dead battery will only ever be good as a make shift hammer or door stop.
Now, I like Makita, but I acquired a small drill / driver combo (which wasn't cheap) with three other Guys at work. Both batteries failed after about 16 months which I was bitterly disappointed about (it was a really good combo set), but three years latter, the other three sets were still going strong. No battery failures. These were Li-Ion as well. I suppose sometimes you get lucky and then other times.... I was desperate for a replacement and couldn't get another from work so I went to Screwfix and got a £100 Ebauer. Half the price and not quite as refined as the Makita, but surprisingly good. Saying this, I still rate Makita power tools. |
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21st Nov 2016 8:32pm |
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| Mountain_man Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Right side of Offas Dyke Posts: 756
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Used Makita for years without any real problems other than the batteries seem to deteriorate relatively quickly (plus my first grinder didn't last that long either). Fancied a change so have now switched to Metabo (drill, impact driver and grinder so far). There is a noticeable difference in the "quality" feel between them. Time will tell if the Metabo also lasts longer too.
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21st Nov 2016 9:40pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971
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On batteries, please bear in mind that none of the tool manufacturers actually make the cells that store the pixies. They all buy in from the cell manufacturers, Sanyo et al.
They're not consistent with where they buy their cells from either, so take any marketing with a pinch of salt. AvE on YouTube has a lot of teardowns of tools and batteries. |
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21st Nov 2016 10:15pm |
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| mick Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2109 
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Same here nice bit of kit and enough torque to run a tap through as well |
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21st Nov 2016 10:48pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17378 
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^^ The 1/2" drive cordless impact wrench from Milwaukee in the M18 FUEL reange is awesome.
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22nd Nov 2016 10:22am |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1017 
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Piling onto this thread - can anyone recommend good quality drill bits (metal, wood or masonry) as well, being a subtle as a Silverback Gorilla, I am constantly breaking drill bits, granted these normally are purchase from DIY stores. Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
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22nd Nov 2016 11:18am |
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