cordless drill?

goldeneye243

I now need a new drill, as I dropped my cordless on the floor today, smashing it to pieces.....

So far it is between a Hitachi 18V at £89.99

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp;jsessionid=K0Z5KWD1LA224CSTHZOSFFQ?id=23716&slotName=null&homeRef=null&cm_re=null-_-null-_-23716&catId=null&ts=89809&destination=/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp%3Fid%3D23716%26slotName%3Dnull%26homeRef%3Dnull#

and a Makita 14.4V at £90.91 delivered

http://www.powertoolsuk.co.uk/webcat/details.asp?ProductCode=8280DWPE&ID=2116

Anyone recommend one, or have any other options?

Thanks!

vaio

We only use dewalt (which we buy in from the states), excellent quality but expensive.

I’ve handled one of the blue ones from Screwfix (Eubra?) and it felt nicely made & solid. Don’t know if they last but they are quite cheap

thescouselander

goldeneye243 wrote: »

I now need a new drill, as I dropped my cordless on the floor today, smashing it to pieces.....

So far it is between a Hitachi 18V at £89.99

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp;jsessionid=K0Z5KWD1LA224CSTHZOSFFQ?id=23716&slotName=null&homeRef=null&cm_re=null-_-null-_-23716&catId=null&ts=89809&destination=/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp%3Fid%3D23716%26slotName%3Dnull%26homeRef%3Dnull#

and a Makita 14.4V at £90.91 delivered

http://www.powertoolsuk.co.uk/webcat/details.asp?ProductCode=8280DWPE&ID=2116

Anyone recommend one, or have any other options?

Thanks!

I've got one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=100372&ts=40989&id=41479

I've found it to be pretty good and I've been giving it a real hammering as I've recently moved house and I've had loads of DIY to do. If you look round you'll probably be able to get the same drill for under £100. I have found that the battery can run down quickly though so its probably worth having two batteries.

goldeneye243

In the end I decided to go for one of these...

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=49006

daleyd

I'm not a "professional" user of drills, but needed one for work to do the occasional bit of drilling.

Went to Argos and bought a JCB 18V one which came with a free corded drill, and when I paid at the touchscreen thingy, it asked whether I wanted the extra free offer which came with it, which was................El cheapo Challenge power tool kit containing ANOTHER cordless drill (Very cheap looking, gave it away to a mate) ,jigsaw, sander and cordless screwdriver!

Couldn't see over the top of the pile of boxes on the way back to the car! And all for £70!

In reply to your question, the JCB model is obviously not as good quality as something like a dewalt, but it has been fine for occasional use (Have just finished putting up a 25 square metre deck with it no probs) Agree with poster who said 2 batteries are theway to go.

vaio

vaio wrote: »

We only use dewalt (which we buy in from the states), excellent quality but expensive.

I’ve handled one of the blue ones from Screwfix (Eubra?) and it felt nicely made & solid. Don’t know if they last but they are quite cheap

These were the ones i was talking about...

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=100372&ts=87118&id=46526