drill recomendations

[kilty55]

been reading up on drill recommends,my makita has died and after only living for 12 months i will not be buying another...anyways hitcahi 18v seems to get a good read up anyone use these?

 

[White Room]

Milwalki (spelling ?) bought recently, a good drill driver

 

[kilty55]

hi mark,is the impact drivers more suited for screwing lots of floors...higher speed

 

[doug boardley]

for heavy drilling I use a corded 110v bosch GBH, had it for quite a few years now and it's still showing no signs of tiring. For the lighter stuff I use my cordless bosch (not sure of the model) but I've had to replace the bushes twice in 3 years

 

[mikethetile]

hitachi are good for the money, but not a patch on the old hitachi

milwauki are excellant bits of kit

 

[White Room]

With mine I can remove the chuck which then looks like an impact driver

 

[DHTiling]

Dewalt for me.. cracking drills and last yrs.

 

[mikethetile]

im with Doug on the blue bosch

mine have never let me down and they have had a hard life

 

[kilty55]

Milwaukee C18PD 18V Combi Drill with FREE Impact Driver - NoLinksToThis, Where the Trade Buys
mark is this what you have? do you think this deal is good?./ you get a free impact driver

 

[DHTiling]

ITS power tools are better for milwaukee tools.

 

[Colour Republic]

Can I ask which Makita you had, how much you use it and what for?

 

[kilty55]

hiya colour,initially i admit i was using it for mixing small buckets of addy,,that stopped after a battery burnt out after a few months,,,then another battery died and this time the chuck/torque has failed and the drill just completely stopped yesterday....looked into new batteries but they are about 60 pounds each so i thought a new drill would be better,,its an 18v drill it was a deal for 99.99 with 3 batteries and charger i bought it about a year ago

 

[mikethetile]

ive found that makita are not the kit they used to be and wont buy it now

 

[Colour Republic]

I don't think makita are at fault here nearly all the major brands now make a drill in the £100 bracket and none of them stand up as a main drill, regardless of the fact most of them normally have hammer drill settings most are only good for cordless screw drivers on a day to day basis. I have a set of the 'cheaper' makita drills for kitchen fitting (they fit inside 300mm units) and whilst i do chuck them a bit of abuse now and again with mixing bits of addy and plaster they really aren't up to it day to day, so sort of expect a short life span. If I was you and wanted a genersal purpose drill them I would stick my hand in my pocket and go for something with a bit more guts, if not then I would stick to the £100 range and expect to change it every year or 2

I'm now due for some more drills and I think i'll get another set of £100 bracket Makita's and a Metabo for my main drill

 

[White Room]

Milwaukee C18PD 18V Combi Drill with FREE Impact Driver - NoLinksToThis, Where the Trade Buys
mark is this what you have? do you think this deal is good?./ you get a free impact driver

This is the one I purchased

Locksmith Toolsrill Machines - Drill Bits - Milwaukee LokTor 14.4 TX
£180 at an independant supplier

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