Spec me a 18v Cordless drill

Sure, go De Walt or Makita if you want top notch quality. What is this top not quality going to do for you that others can't? Would you even notice the difference of the two for the work your doing and how you do it?

Also, big pain is having to keep changing drill bits over, from drilling to screwing back and forth.

I'm sure you would be better off with a drill/driver kit over a single 18v combi De Walt, but each to their own!
 
Over the last 10 years we've used Bosch, DeWalt and most recently Makita drills and have to say that the Makitas are the best out of the 3. The Makitas have a better battery life/charge (can only vouch for the Li-ion batteries) and have yet to let us down. DeWalt were always good quality and reliable but come second to the Makita. The Bosch drills were pretty bad; they failed to hold a charge probably, burnt out with medium use and seemed underpowered.
Heard good things about the Ebaurer range but have no experience using them so can't comment on them.
 
You wont go far wrong with Bosch, Hitachi, Dewalt, Makita or even Ryobi. Although bear in mind that for £100 you are looking at their DIY/light trade models. They will be fine for what you need it for though.

What you get with decent brands like this is the drill not burning out halfway through drilling a hole, or if you drop the drill from a ladder onto concrete it wont snap in half. Both of which have happened to me when I went through a phase of buying cheap gear. You get what you pay for!
 
winter said:
Do you have one? Heard they are good. Are they the same as Milwaukee but cheaper pricing? Someone told me they were. Thought they were still over 100 quid though.
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I believe their site gear is made by milwaukee not to sure about their cheaper stuff though. The model I've got is a bsb18g for about £80 can't really fault it for general use.
 
Yes only light trade but bare this in mine i live in a 300 year old house that has needed EVERYTHING re done ripped out re-installed frame work walls ceilings floorboards replacing new door liners like everything then plaster board everything so its still quite heavy although its not always going to be heavy work.

I think im going to go for the dewalt http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dc...ll/22854?cm_sp=Tools-_-CordlessDrills-_-22854

The only thing that worries me is the fact that it only has 1 power pack and i live out in the sticks and the power pack fails its a 80 miles round trip to screwfix. Also whats the difference between the 1.5Ah and 3.0AH packs ? the makita i have been loaning has a 3.0AH

Will this de walt be ok with 1 power pack? baring in mind i dont need to be FLAT out using the drill all day long.

Thanks for all your help ladies and gents :P
 
Mark A said:
You wont go far wrong with Bosch, Hitachi, Dewalt, Makita or even Ryobi. Although bear in mind that for £100 you are looking at their DIY/light trade models. They will be fine for what you need it for though.

What you get with decent brands like this is the drill not burning out halfway through drilling a hole, or if you drop the drill from a ladder onto concrete it wont snap in half. Both of which have happened to me when I went through a phase of buying cheap gear. You get what you pay for!
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Listen to this man. If you are serious about needing a drill and it will get lots of use spend the money and get something decent like the brands suggested above, although I would lean towards Makita, Bosch and Hitachi.

I use A Makita 18v 3ah Li and a Bosch 36V 3.2ah Li hammer drill almost every day and have had the makita for 3 years, the batterys are still perfect and the drill has survived many drops/general site abuse.

What do you actually want the drill for? An 18v drill is going to be **** for hammering holes into anything other than plasterboard and if you just want to tighten screws a 14v impact driver would be much better, where something like an 18v comes into use is for making holes in stuff like metal and joists I.e auger or hole saws.
If you want to drill into walls for fixings the just buy a dirt cheap corded hammer drill as it will **** from a great height on to anything battery <£200.
 
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Will this de walt be ok with 1 power pack? baring in mind i dont need to be FLAT out using the drill all day long.
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I'd say so. I have the 2.0ah nano packs with my 18v Dewalt drill and it lasts a decent amount of time before needing to be charged. Its also got a 30 min charger so wont take long to fully charge the battery again.

Li-on batteries don't suffer from the memory effects of Ni-cad batteries, so you could pop the battery on for 10 mins to give it some charge, without damaging the battery.
 
Makita or Bosch would be my choice, ideally a 18v model.
I have a Bosch GSB18 VE-2, had it quite a few years, been brilliant, has hammer action, seldom needed though, great for driving in screws, & still on the original batteries.
 
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