Which are the best quality/most durable/Toughest 'Bits' for my new cordless drill?

Frank_Sebem

Hi all

Before I start, when I refer to 'Bits' I mean the small screwdriver bit that fits in the end of the Drill (Phillips/Posi/Straight) etc. I am not referring to actual drill bits for Wood/Metal etc.



OK, After months of screaming at my Black & Decker cordless drill for being too ineffective, slow, not good enough etc, the Missus has finally had enough! Today I have received a magnificent Makita 18V Cordless Hamer Driver Drill. It looks beautifull and is obviously just the tool I need to repair the back gate hinges, the Bike shed door and a number of other Jobs er indoors has lined up for me. Now previously, I bought my 'Bits' from Poundland/Poundstretcher/Quality Save etc, only to find that when you put them anywhere near a screw the end of the bits chew up whilst the screw happily stays in place. Of course, I realise you get what you pay for, but never had the desire to spend any money on new drill Bits because my Black & Decker was too ineffective anyway! But now I got my new drill I want some QUALITY, HARD WEARING, TOUGH end bits.

So, peeps, please advise me of a quality brand of drill end bit. I'm guessing they're made of a totally different metal than the ones from poundland where you get 60 (yes 60) drill bits for a Quid.

Any advice guys/Gals

Well, now

ic

Sounds to me like you're over-tightening your screws or not drilling a pilot hole first. Screwfix sells Dewalt bits in packs, so I guess if you're screwing in enough screws, you'll work your way through the bits - regardless of who makes them. Personally I'm on my third in six years of ownership - the one that comes attached to the drill generally lives the same life as the drill itself.

aboard_epsilon

In most builders merchants is are box's or jars of a top manufactorors bits on the sales counters...Makita/Bosch/Dewalt etc ..20 -30 bits in each..and they are usually on special offer

they are the ones to go for .

all the best.markj

latecomer

I would buy a couple of individual bits rather than the bulk packs as they still tend to be lower quality even when branded. I paid abuot £3-3.50 at screwfix for some single bits which lasted for the entire job - the cheap ones were disintegrating within 5-10 screws.

sophsnan

Hello, try the diamond bits from screwfix, not cheap but unbustable i'm a builder and use nothing else.

mchale

Draper 40128

Norman_Castle

Anything will be better than 60 bits for a pound!. Make sure you use pozi bits for pozi screws and phillips for phillips screws.

capeverde

Theres only one option here, the makita torsion bit. We use them around 5 hours a day in my factory and the usually last around 3 months!! Nothing else comes close, can be used in impacts and regular drivers.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/makita-torsion-screwdriver-bits-pz2-prod833387/

aboard_epsilon

yup, makita torsion bits is what i had off the counter of my local builders merchants £7 for 25

all the best.markj

capeverde

aboard_epsilon wrote: »

yup, makita torsion bits is what i had off the counter of my local builders merchants £7 for 25

all the best.markj

7 quid for 25 !! give me the builders merchant number, I usually pay just under £4 each. They are great though, indestructable in normal use and as I say ours are used almost non stop 6 days a week in impacts.

aboard_epsilon

capeverde wrote: »

7 quid for 25 !! give me the builders merchant number, I usually pay just under £4 each. They are great though, indestructable in normal use and as I say ours are used almost non stop 6 days a week in impacts.

got them here ..been hunting around for the recite ..it was over a month ago ..cant find it ..

ive just phoned up the builders merchant ..Roger w Jones Rhyl ..they don't have them anymore ...

buit i do remember i paid less than a tenner for them ..it was probably something like £7 plus vat .

anyway ..think you're paying too much if they are the same ones ..that is ..described on the box as P-74893 25 X Pozi 2 torsion bits

FROM AMAZON £12.92.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004A5OJRQ/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=103612307&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=9792247386&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0T1X9TR11Q7MA2BX2GV7


from farnell £7.98

http://onecall.farnell.com/makita/p-74893/bit-set-pz2-25-pieces/dp/TL14121

EBAY

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAKITA-P-74893-POZI-TORSION-SCREWDRIVER-BITS-25PC-/380349234390?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item588e94bcd6

that's why i say up above, grab the special offers while you can..

all the best.markj