Power Tools & General Tools Recommendations & Advice

Any jigsaw would do the job. My dad is a bit oldschool with plinths and uses a cheap handsaw perfectly effectively, so you don't have to spend more than a tenner - it's just personal preference.
 
So the time has come to replace the drill & I'm considering quite a few.

The first bus the Ryobi One + System which is a Drill Driver kit with 2 x 4ah Batteries. It's £158 & also going to get an impact driver which is £60 and can use the same battery system

The second option is a Dewalt Drill & Impact Driver set, coming with 2 x 1.5ah Batteries at £149.99

Makita is unfortunately out of my price range. Anyone got experience with these? Not really had Ryobi tools before.
 
99% of my tools are Makita 12v (old I know but they just keep going.Not the batteries they seem to die after a year or so.only replacement batts though)

Also got a 18v Ryobi one drill and 2 batts and charger,good bit of kit

So my vote is makita first then Ryobi :)
 
Rexxar said:
The second option is a Dewalt Drill & Impact Driver set, coming with 2 x 1.5ah Batteries at £149.99
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A friend of mine just bought this for moving house, sheds to dismantle, shelves to put up etc, fantastic bit of kit and you can't go wrong with it really.

I have a Bosch drill myself which I cannot fault at all.
 
Rexxar said:
So the time has come to replace the drill & I'm considering quite a few.

The first bus the Ryobi One + System which is a Drill Driver kit with 2 x 4ah Batteries. It's £158 & also going to get an impact driver which is £60 and can use the same battery system

The second option is a Dewalt Drill & Impact Driver set, coming with 2 x 1.5ah Batteries at £149.99

Makita is unfortunately out of my price range. Anyone got experience with these? Not really had Ryobi tools before.
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Just bought the DEWALT kit.

Did think maybe brushless was worth paying more for, and that for my occasional DIY usage, separate drill and driver might be a waste, but the consensus seemed to be that brushless wasny worth it for non-profession use, and an extra driver seemed like a handy ikea flat pack assembly companion.

Battery-wise,again,the consensus seems to be a couple of 1.5As is ideal to keep weight down, but still offer enough juice for all requirements.

Hope that's of help.
 
garnett said:
Just bought the DEWALT kit.

Did think maybe brushless was worth paying more for, and that for my occasional DIY usage, separate drill and driver might be a waste, but the consensus seemed to be that brushless wasny worth it for non-profession use, and an extra driver seemed like a handy ikea flat pack assembly companion.

Battery-wise,again,the consensus seems to be a couple of 1.5As is ideal to keep weight down, but still offer enough juice for all requirements.

Hope that's of help.
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Thanks, I did look at the Brushless set here : http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dc...-xr-brushless-combi-drill-impact-driver/2952r , But it's another £100 and not sure it's really worth it.
 
Rexxar said:
Thanks, I did look at the Brushless set here : http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dc...-xr-brushless-combi-drill-impact-driver/2952r , But it's another £100 and not sure it's really worth it.
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Yes, I did too, and reached exactly the same conclusion. The Brushless DCD795 is available on Amazon for £73 -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEWALT-DCD...=sr_1_12?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1491380901&sr=1-12

(The one in the £150 set is available for £42 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/DeWALT-DCD...ie=UTF8&qid=1491382735&sr=1-1&keywords=dcd776)

That said, all the extras - the batteries, the charger, and the driver - made the set much more appealing. I've subsequently read a review of the driver that commented that using it was much more pleasant than using the combi-drill as a driver.

I've just ordered another 1.5Ah battery from Amazon - £25. That should mean one can always be on the charger, if needed.
 
Rexxar said:
So the time has come to replace the drill & I'm considering quite a few.

The first bus the Ryobi One + System which is a Drill Driver kit with 2 x 4ah Batteries. It's £158 & also going to get an impact driver which is £60 and can use the same battery system

The second option is a Dewalt Drill & Impact Driver set, coming with 2 x 1.5ah Batteries at £149.99

Makita is unfortunately out of my price range. Anyone got experience with these? Not really had Ryobi tools before.
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http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-cl...ion-combi-drill-impact-driver-twin-pack/9372p This isn't too much more expensive, and whilst admittedly its the lower end of the Makita range its still Makita.
 
10.8v is a bit lighter i guess but not massively so. I bought a 10.8v Stanley impact driver before i got my 18v Dewalt one just because it was cheap and it's fairly decent. Think its rated at 107nm compared to 150 of the 18v Dewalt.

For general walls and plasterboard/wood then 10.8v should be fine but given you can get the dewalt one for cheaper it'd be my preference.
 
I would have thought if you're doing light DIY it doesn't matter. That said, I'd probably opt for the 18v as well.

I'd just fork out the extra for Makita :p. I was lucky in that I got the Makita 18v set thats £250 now for £160.
 
Makita isn't a better make than DeWalt in my experience. I use both and they are both as good as each other in terms of reliability, but Dewalt is generally better spec'd for the price.
 
Random question. Been flooring the rest of the loft (some was done already). Will a 130w Dremel multitool be able to cut through 18mm loft boards with a reasonable sized cutting disc, is it powerful enough?

There are a couple of boards that have been laid previously and need trimmed, and taking them up would be a struggle.
 
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