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#50 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 02:02:48 pm
Another option to consider - 18v DeWalt cordless at a penny under £100. Batteries are a bit smaller than the Erbauer one - 1.3Ah vs 2Ah - but it has a light built in. Sounds a small thing and something I had never thought of but my Impact driver has it and it really does come in useful at times. Whether that justifies the £20 price difference (it's going to be a better quality piece of kit as well) is up to you.

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#51 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 02:08:26 pm
Cheers, I had spotted that, plumped for the Erbauer in the end based on battery size.

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#52 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 02:30:49 pm
The 1.3Ah are doing me fine and I've been doing far too much DIY recently!

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#53 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 03:20:30 pm
An 18v cordless drill/driver with hammer action will do 70% of home jobs. You'll need two batteries unless you like taking a lot of 45min tea breaks. The issue is at some point even the best cordless drills will run out of grunt so there's not such thing as one drill that does everything, 18v will only do small masonry holes, and will struggle with large diameter wood bits or core/hole bits. This is where a corded SDS comes in. If you need to drill large or deep holes in brick or stone only SDS + 240v will do (unless your a pro and spend serious wedge on a cordless...or are called Jim).

Sounds like you have chosen one already, but also found this which would be fine (3 year warranty, 2 x 2.0Ah Lithium batteries).

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3338762.htm

If you end up deciding you need a SDS drill as well at some point, cheap non-brand ones are fine for occasional use. I've had a B&D one like this for about 15 years and it's been amazing, put one on your Xmas list or keep you eye out for deals...
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3258646.htm

There's a DeWalt one for not much more but I don't think there would be much between them. Some people slag off B&D, but it's been far better than some Green Bosch tools I've had.

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#54 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 08:38:33 pm
I was just about to link this one: http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-dhp453rfw-18v-3-0ah-li-ion-cordless-lxt-combi-drill/7186f

When I saw you'd already got an Erbauer. My dad got an Erbauer RA Sander and it's a sturdy bit of kit. Much better than the ryobi one I bought later. I'm sure your Erbauer will do you fine. 

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#55 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 08:42:04 pm
Just don't link the Cyber Monday Makita 18v for £79.99 with two batteries now will you?

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#56 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 09:18:30 pm
If your over 65 yrs you can join the diamond club at B&Q and get 10% every Wednesday. I took me mam!

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#57 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 09:28:17 pm
If your over 65 yrs you can join the diamond club at B&Q and get 10% every Wednesday. I took me mam!
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#58 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 10:21:00 pm
Just don't link the Cyber Monday Makita 18v for £79.99 with two batteries now will you?
Where? This one?
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Makita-18V-Ni-Cad-Hammer-Drill-8391DWPE/p/122711

I've got a set of these, they have been fine but if I was buying now I'd get Lithium batts not Ni-Cads.

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#59 Re: Drills
November 30, 2015, 10:53:26 pm
The 1.3Ah are doing me fine and I've been doing attempting far too much DIY recently!

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#60 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 08:41:37 am
The Erbauer allowed to to successfully screw in the six screws I required it to. At only £13.33 a screw, I'd say that was good value. The saw also worked perfectly, and, despite some shoddy workmanship and the necessity to bodge a solution to some carriage bolts with too short a thread, I finally got my fingerboard up. Thanks for all your help!

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#61 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 08:57:10 am
Photos please.

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#62 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 11:35:05 am

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#63 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 11:37:31 am
I still want an impact driver, even just a little 10.8 version for using inside tight space (ooh er).
Don't do it, you will definitely regret it.
Definately get a impact driver but min 14v, probably best getting the body only version of the bosch blue and use the batteries off the drill

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#64 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 11:41:23 am
I had a wee peek to see how much a second battery for my Makita 18v would be (it has 1 x 3ah). £69!!  The drill with 101 bits was only £100...

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#65 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 11:43:05 am
the green hitatchi impact driver and combi drill are for sale with 2x 1.5ah batteries and charger £80. well used but still going strong. Its a 13mm chuck in the drill which is why I originally bought it but its the old style double twist chuck lock rather than the new single twist but doesn't effect its performance. Will throw in some screwdriver head bits as well and maybe some spare drill bits.

Still got corded SDS going for free. again well used but fully functioning, If I've got any spare SDS bits you can have those as well.

Also circular saw for free

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#66 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 11:50:51 am
4.0aH £62
yes the batteries are the expensive things, the bare tools themsleves (depending on what you're buying) are relatively cheap

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#67 Re: Drills
December 01, 2015, 04:36:26 pm
I had a wee peek to see how much a second battery for my Makita 18v would be (it has 1 x 3ah). £69!!  The drill with 101 bits was only £100...

Definitely available cheaper than that - from memory the 4Ah ones are cheaper than the 3Ah. Just found this one at £56.99 on Ebay and it is genuine - don't buy the copies as they tend to be pretty poor from what I have read.

Just did a quick search for the 3Ah ones and nothing of notes shows up.

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#68 Re: Drills
March 28, 2016, 12:44:38 am
Anyone care to comment on the quality and price of this Makita Twin Pack? The extra 15% off tomorrow making it 40 fuck alls is tempting me.

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#69 Re: Drills
March 28, 2016, 01:20:42 am
Depends on the application? Those little and light impact drivers with the hex fittings are really nice for fine and lighter work.  A 10.8v drill will be lacking in guts for any medium to heavier applications, and no hammer action.  So the drill driver in that pack seems pretty pointless to me. Assuming you don't already have one, something like this represents much better versatility and value for money: http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gsb-18v-lids-professional-18v-2-0ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill/17024
 
 

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#70 Re: Drills
March 28, 2016, 08:57:15 am
It would be used predominantly for household stuff like putting screws in walls, but might end up being needed for building a cellar/garage board.

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#71 Re: Drills
March 28, 2016, 11:08:12 am
I'd definitely recommend an 18v combi drill in that case.  Loads of choice for around the 100quid mark - all the good brands are competing really hard around that price so represent pretty good value I reckon. 

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#72 Re: Drills
March 28, 2016, 02:59:13 pm
Combi drill meaning an electric screwdriver with a hammer function? Better than an impact driver? I like torque  :2thumbsup:

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#73 Re: Drills
March 28, 2016, 03:06:53 pm
I have a Bosch 18v combi drill/driver which when I tried to take down my board failed to take out the screws put in by my brother in law using his Ryhobi Impact driver.
I now have an impact driver as well.

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#74 Re: Drills
March 28, 2016, 07:39:54 pm
I have a Bosch 18v combi drill/driver which when I tried to take down my board failed to take out the screws put in by my brother in law using his Ryhobi Impact driver.
I now have an impact driver as well.

Blue bosch or green bosch? Li-ion or ni-cad batteries? 
I've got one of these http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd776c2-gb-18v-1-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-xr/17648 (except with 3.0Ah batteries) which is fairly equivalent to the blue bosch one I linked above.  Use it most days for full range of work including heavy duty screw driving and never found it wanting for torque. eg. will drive long, really beefy screws deep into hardwood without pre-drilling, no problem.

 

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