Drill recommendations

[ACS]

Hi Chaps

New on here, 1st post.

Ive got that dewalt drill, £98 from b and q, nice bit of kit for the money and if memory serves it also has a metal gearbox. Out of interest b and q's range of mculloch( spelling?) apparently comes out of the same manufacturer as the yellow and black variety, might be worth further investigation if you dont mind the colour of the drill.

Andy.

 

[doug boardley]

cheers Andy, my father in law got the same deal last weekend, how many batteries did you get? he was trying to get me to part with my spare!!:lol:

 

[ACS]

Two batteries with mine doug, only had light use so far but seem ok. Macallister are the other drills (dewalt allegedly) not mculloch as in my first post.

cheers.

 

[doug boardley]

Focus do a yellow an black power tool range called Mckeller (or something like that) I'd imagine they're probably built around De Walt spec but with inferior materials, abit like green bosch compared to blue bosch

 

[tfs]

Dewalt is made by black and decker! some of you guys may be aware of that, just wanted to let everyone elso know:lol:

 

[Prem Tiler]

Thanks for all the recomendations guys. I've basicly told my father in law to buy Makita so its in his hands.

As for your father in law after your spair doug, there murder for those kind of shanagins aint they!:incazzato:

 

[doug boardley]

well he knows I have a de walt as a spare (my bosch is my main drill) and my dewalt has two batteries, but Harrison, my 4 year old has laid claim to my de walt, so tough luck Pops!!

 

[Prem Tiler]

well he knows I have a de walt as a spare (my bosch is my main drill) and my dewalt has two batteries, but Harrison, my 4 year old has laid claim to my de walt, so tough luck Pops!!

Thats adorable!! I'd say bless his little cotton socks, but I've seen him and he looks like a tuff lad like his Daddy!

 

[doug boardley]

Thats adorable!! I'd say bless his little cotton socks, but I've seen him and he looks like a tuff lad like his Daddy!

he doesn't look so tough with a dress on at school last week!! :lol:

 

[Jason]

This post might be a little late but trust me there's no need to spend a fortune on a 18v Li-ion drill trust me.
I tend to buy the best most expensive tools money can buy and last year bought an 18v Li-ion makita combi drill and for 360 notes I'm not impressed one little bit, the chuck rusts, the torque settings don't go high enough, the chuck lossens off whilst drilling, the gears are sometimes very hard to change and for £360 it's not worth it.
I bought a Ryobi 18v Li-ion drill for £99 on offer down from £129 and it's far better than the makita particularly when considering the price difference, ok the batteries are only 1.3Ah but you get two, and larger ones can be bought from screwfix.

 

[lucius]

In the £100 price bracket the Makita is far superior than the DeWalt but what a lot of you guys dont realise is how cheap tools are in the U.K. that 14v Makita with 2 batteries is 240€ here in Spain and all Rubi stuff is far more expensive here than in the U.K.
Lucius.