Who knows their power tools?

edgedemon said:
Next up, will probably be a jigsaw, and I will go for a makita just to keep the old man happy :p
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At the £150 for the Dewalt with two batteries you just couldn't go wrong. £150 wouldn;t buy you two batteries on their own for the Makita! :eek:

However, I bet any money you'll do what I did. DeWalt drill bought, later need a cordless jigsaw, find a DeWalt one with the same batteries going cheap in a sale, think hmmm 4 batteries and two chargers which fit them all. Buy it. A year later add a circular saw with two batteries and charger from Ebay for £45, ad infitum.

In fact I only own two Makita cordless tools, all the rest are now DeWalt. The advantage of having all those chargers and the same battery for everything is too much of a pull. ;)
 
JBuk said:
The Dewalt in the link for £150 only comes with one battery
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Does it? Sorry your right. That's not as good then. Still another £65 will buy a 2nd and it's still cheaper than the Makita just not as good a deal as I first thought. :(
 
Greebo said:
Does it? Sorry your right. That's not as good then. Still another £65 will buy a 2nd and it's still cheaper than the Makita just not as good a deal as I first thought. :(
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I was tempted but for me it would have been an expensive luxury as I wouldn't really need something high end and when I noticed it only came with one battery it put me off

I need to find something to do to justify spending £200 on a drill :D
 
Actually bought a Bosch drill for work (can't remember exact specs, 18v I think), it works very well, surprisingly. a lot smoother than the DeWalt that is replaced, although that'd been used daily for ~4 years..
 
Greebo said:
At the £150 for the Dewalt with two batteries you just couldn't go wrong. £150 wouldn;t buy you two batteries on their own for the Makita! :eek:
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But it's also one of the nasty plasticy entry level drills from Dewalt.

My Makita was £149 from Screwfix (with one battery) when it was on offer. Worth keeping an eye on their offers because sometimes they are very good.

Extra batteries are much cheaper online once you've got a few the bare tools are much cheaper than the boxed sets. If you need batteries and a tool then you can think about a boxed set and sell the extra charger on. I did that with my jigsaw, so I got the jigsaw, case and an extra battery for about £15 less than it would have cost separately, which is usually the cheaper way to do it.
 
We've got a couple of AEG ones on offer at the moment. Both £99.98.

AEG 18V Li-ion combi with 100 pc accessory set

AEG 18v Ni-cad combi with 2 batteries and 100 pc accessory set

Otherwise I'd pay over the odds for a DeWalt/Makita or Bosch Professional from ScrewFix/B&Q NextDay. We did stock the Hitachi 18V combi sets which were on offer but they were a one off and aren't ranged all year round.

However we are having the biggest range review EVAR! (apparently) on tools nearer to Christmas, IIRC.
 
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Greebo said:
Is it? It's XRP so metal chuck, metal gears etc. I missed that it was one battery but it's pretty top of the range DeWalt wise.
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I need a cordless combi drill but this is really too high end for my needs but I'm actually tempted to splash out and buy it and I've seen spare batteries for £70, but I'm not sure if it's such a bargain as there may be a better drill with 2 batteries for a similar price?

I've tried finding it on the Dewalt website but no joy

also i'm not keen on buying it if it is a bit plasticy like Johnny69 says


decisions....
 
All the pictures of it show it's the plastic one. I'd go to Screwfix and have a look at it to be sure.

2AH is also less than their old NiMH batteries held, so all you're gaining is a bit of lightweighting, but it's still heavier than the Makita which has a 3AH battery.
 
I'd also like to throw another idea into the pot since it's a drill you're using in your house and not profession.
I don't think anybody will deny that a decent electric hammer drill will outperform its cordless counterpart so why not think about getting a decent electric drill and then buy a £35 Bosch cordless (or equivalent) for those small wood drilling jobs and screwing jobs.
You'll have the best of all worlds.
 
10 years ago I'd have recommended Makita. 5 Years ago I'd have suggested Erbhauer.
These days I'm using Hitachi.
 
dmpoole said:
I'd also like to throw another idea into the pot since it's a drill you're using in your house and not profession.
I don't think anybody will deny that a decent electric hammer drill will outperform its cordless counterpart so why not think about getting a decent electric drill and then buy a £35 Bosch cordless (or equivalent) for those small wood drilling jobs and screwing jobs.
You'll have the best of all worlds.
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Except that that is more expensive...

A decent cordless screwdriver (which can't really be used for any sort of drilling anyway) is nearer to £50-70, not £35 unless it's a B&Q own brand PerformancePower/Mac jobbie.

A decent SDS Hammer drill is around £100 plus the cost of drill bits.

A combi drill costing £150-200 (which usually comes with a small accessory set or 2 batteries) IS the best of both worlds.
 
Captain_Slick said:
IS the best of both worlds.
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No because 18V (24v) battery is never going to do the work of 240V.

OP - you also have to ask yourself what jobs may need doing.
For instance the other week I had to get some old house bricks and concrete up so I attached my chisel to my SDS and made small work of it which my cordless Bosch 18V wouldn't touch.
I then needed to bury a cable under the concrete so once again dug a channel with another SDS chisel.
I know for a fact that jobs I've done in my house over the last 2 months would not have been achieved with a Makita/De Walt cordless.
Just something to think about.

And don't go buying 10 drills for a fiver either.
All my drill bits cost around £20 each.
 
I (well, we, as in, the business) happen to have both of them, and both are great drills. At the moment we're using the Makita, but were using the Dewalt before hand and it's great as well.

I'm fairly confident in saying you'd be fairly happy with either of them. :)

EDIT: The Makita is better, apparently.
 
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Jonny69 said:
All the pictures of it show it's the plastic one. I'd go to Screwfix and have a look at it to be sure.

2AH is also less than their old NiMH batteries held, so all you're gaining is a bit of lightweighting, but it's still heavier than the Makita which has a 3AH battery.
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And as I have pointed out to you once already, the Makita drill with metal gears weighs the same. It's only the cheaper nastier Makita which weighs 400g lighter ;)

Powerful, excellent value tool with Dewalt XRP technology for hammer-drilling and screwdriving applications. Features all-metal gearing and mechanical safety clutch.

* 1 x 2.0Ah Li-lon Battery
* 40min Charger
* 3-Speed Variable
* 13mm Keyless Chuck
* 22 Torque Settings
* Electric Brake
* Replaceable Brushes
* Fan-Cooled Motor
* Rubber-Coated Grip

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/74113...-XRP-DC988L1-18V-Li-Ion-Cordless-Combi-Drill#

Looks like a metal chuck to me in the pic?

In fact every listing google has for it from every etailer says the same, for example:

http://www.manfords.com/DeWalt-XRP-DC988L1-18V-Li-Ion-Cordless-Combi-Drill.html

Also don't forget you don;t need to buy Li-ion batteries, all 18v batteries will work with it to save you money if you want a 2nd battery (of course comes with extra weight)
 
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