Any one recommends a good drill for an amateur DIYer?

happypoppy

Resist to do up the house after moved in two years ago. Now have to do some diy as the living room curtain fell off. I bought new curtain pole and curtains, thinking of putting up by myself. I would like to get a drill with hammer action, good quality but not too expensive. It will be used occasionally not often. Maybe 100 pounds mark, any recommendation?

ormus

wickes own brand for 25 quid ish for 240v and battery drills are very good value for money.
ps,
for drilling into a concrete lintel you will need a SDS drill. very big and heavy. from 40 quid. at screwfix.

vaio

screwfix are doing an 18V Dewalt with Lithium battery for £125 (74113), was previously £250 & comes with charger and case.

Only slight drawback is it only comes with one battery but for DIY that should be ok.

If not you can buy another battery (62512) for only £165 :rotfl:

ormus

the OP is a DIYer. they dont need a pro dewalt drill costing a small fortune.

spadoosh

ormus wrote: »

the OP is a DIYer. they dont need a pro dewalt drill costing a small fortune.

They also said good quality, which the wickes own brand drill will not be, value for money maybe, good quality not soo much.

another dewalt drill here not lithium ion but chepaer 2x batteries and take a pensioner in on wednesday and youll get 10%off

ormus

my two wickes drills have lasted aprox ten yrs now. with some occasional serious DIY in that time.

timbo58

I like my ikea £25 job, it's as good as any B&d or bosch ones I have had for general use.

spadoosh

how many times have you changed the bushes? Not saying there completely naff, not used one so honestly shouldnt have an opinion, just found DIY store own brand products (unless specificaly screwfix) tend to be easily outperformed by mid range tools (B&D, Bosch etc) with not much more in costs.

Just got an ex-display makita for £3, original price was £199, could be worth nipping into b&q and asking if they have any ex-display tools, theyve just revamped their tool ranges

vaio

spadoosh wrote: »

They also said good quality, which the wickes own brand drill will not be, value for money maybe, good quality not soo much.

another dewalt drill here not lithium ion but chepaer 2x batteries and take a pensioner in on wednesday and youll get 10%off

The b&q one is a different animal, it has the puny 1.2 Ahr nicad batteries (but does have two), apart from that it also has the plastic rather than metal chuck and is only two speed.

On the other hand is it cheaper, I suppose you pays your money etc

will-he-payitoff

With any battery drill if you are not using it often the batteries will be no good, for a bit of diy I would go for a mains drill

sunshinetours

I have ahad a Bosch mains drill with hammer action for about 4 years now. Two gears and variable speed and hammer action - has covered every job I'v ever needed as a DIYer. Cost less than £100 then but may have been on offer

If you buy a cheap rechargeable one with tiny batteries you will have the worst of all worlds if you use it ocassionally