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Drill Recommendation.
Can anyone recommend a cordless drill suitable for mainly drilling into wood, putting screws into wood, plasterboard and occasionally concrete and brickwork.
Im looking at the £80-100 range
Many thanks.
Im looking at the £80-100 range
Many thanks.
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Assuming this is intended for occasional non-work use: I find no comfort in choosing expensive over cheaper so I have a variable speed adjustable torque screwdriver/drill/hammer action from Aldi at around £30+ (if I remember correctly) bought a few years ago. No regrets. Like everything there, drills are an occasional item at Aldi.
Thank you for all the answers, i eventually found one.
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Was just about to say DeWalt are not what they used to be .. but each to their own. You do realise that this one only has one low powered 1.3A battery. This will restrict what you can do with it. The one big downfall is waiting for a battery to charge.
It really is down to what you have to spend and will it warrant paying the extra to get something that does everything. I am afraid a drill that does everything will be heavy and expensive and you will need more than one battery.
If you are thinking about drilling concrete with any of the lightweight drills commonly available forget it.
Yes most of them will drill into masonry with the correct drill bit and only if they have a hammer action, but not concrete. I often drill concrete and the only cordless drill that will easily do it is an SDS drill, mine cost £400 ..
Best drill for general purpose use is probably an 18v drill with a li-ion type battery. These batteries are faster charging and much lighter than the older ni-cad batteries.
The thing with drills is the manufacturers change and the thing that people had come to rely on .. a specific name or quality.. changes as well. So what was a great name years ago, has often gone off a little today.
If I had to point anyone in the direction of one that will do everything you want around the house I would suggest this .. (not for concrete).
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It will last you for years on end and you will never run out of power as it has two batteries. If you were thinking of spending £100, then I would advise you to go that extra £20 and you will get something that will do all you want. A bit of salesman waffle here .. but I have three of them and wouldn't be without them.
When I think about it I actually have 7 Blue Bosch drills and 2 Hitachi's .. how sad is that ?
Look after it and you will more or less get your money back on it in 5 years time.
It really is down to what you have to spend and will it warrant paying the extra to get something that does everything. I am afraid a drill that does everything will be heavy and expensive and you will need more than one battery.
If you are thinking about drilling concrete with any of the lightweight drills commonly available forget it.
Yes most of them will drill into masonry with the correct drill bit and only if they have a hammer action, but not concrete. I often drill concrete and the only cordless drill that will easily do it is an SDS drill, mine cost £400 ..
Best drill for general purpose use is probably an 18v drill with a li-ion type battery. These batteries are faster charging and much lighter than the older ni-cad batteries.
The thing with drills is the manufacturers change and the thing that people had come to rely on .. a specific name or quality.. changes as well. So what was a great name years ago, has often gone off a little today.
If I had to point anyone in the direction of one that will do everything you want around the house I would suggest this .. (not for concrete).
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It will last you for years on end and you will never run out of power as it has two batteries. If you were thinking of spending £100, then I would advise you to go that extra £20 and you will get something that will do all you want. A bit of salesman waffle here .. but I have three of them and wouldn't be without them.
When I think about it I actually have 7 Blue Bosch drills and 2 Hitachi's .. how sad is that ?
Look after it and you will more or less get your money back on it in 5 years time.
Just to add: I bought a mains SDS drill (bigger than what you normally see), variable/reversible speed and hammer action, out of Lidl more than a decade ago - £60 if I remember correctly. I have had an enormous amount of use out of it drilling into/through wood, concrete and stone and used it yet again today. The switch went early on and quite recently the chuck catch also (adding £20+ to the total cost), but otherwise it has been a great workhorse and a phenomenally worthwhile buy.
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