Bodsy wrote:

Well, some varied and interesting views on here.
Nonetheless I bought one of the dewalt ones on offer at B&Q this weekend.
The case clips are like tin so I don't expect it to last long, but the drill itself seems pretty good tbh.
I have another li-on battery which will work just as well if the nicad ones do fail.
The last nicad battery drill I had lasted me 12 years, so my view is if these only last a couple I can get another battery without too much hassle as its thier std fit battery.

All good in my eyes.

Well, the dewalt was taken back the other day as it just failed to easily stay in gear. Spoke to one of their experienced ex trade guys who said they had loads of them back, but hardly any Bosch ones back. Yes the chuck is a compromise at 10mm, but I still have a black & decker firestorm 18v that has one of its batteries left that works to 13mm if needed.
The Makita one at the same price also had loads of returns.....

Bosch one so far seems to engage gears properly and the torque adjustment actually works.

Time will tell..... Over on D3