Which cordless combi drill?

VoucherMan

My old one has finally died on me so I've decided to get something a bit better which will hopefully last a few years. Mostly for occasional DIY projects, it's unlikely to get any heavy use.

Hoping that a Li-Ion battery will out last a Ni-Cad I've narrowed it down to

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hitachi-dv18dgl-jc-18v-1-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill/8652f

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hitachi-dv18dsfl-jc-18v-1-5ah-li-lon-cordless-combi-drill/43195

http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd776c2-gb-18v-1-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-xr/17648

All have good reviews. I've often thought about getting a DeWalt, but only because of others' recommendations. Not sure if there'd be any benefit for a light user, so possibly not worth the extra £20.

The ideal selling point for me would be if I was likely to be able to get a replacement battery, for a reasonable price, in the future when the existing ones failed, but that seems unlikely.


Any recommendations on which of the 3 is likely to be best, or any other suggestions?

lee111s

B and Q have a dewalt one as their door buster this weekend for £82, DeWalt XR 18volt li-ion combi, think I'm gonna pick one up myself.

Procrastinator333

18v dewalt li ion drill. I think the same as that screw fix one. Is £82 this weekend only in b&q in store only. They sent it on a promo email to me today....

Ebe_Scrooge

I bought one of these about 18 months ago :

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/power-tools/drills-drivers/hammer_drills/JCB-20V-Lithium-Combi-Drill-12157537?utm_campaign=bazaarvoice&utm_medium=SearchVoice&utm_source=RatingsAndReviews&utm_content=Default&noCookies=false

Can't fault it so far, and having the two batteries is great when you're doing a big project ( like spending the whole weekend assembling a kid's play centre ! ), one is charging whilst the other is in use, means you never run out of juice.

Solsol

Definitely go for the De Walt one if it's on offer - brilliant drill and ours came with a spare battery which you can charge while you're using the other one which is brilliant if you don't want to stop working to charge the battery

VoucherMan

Thanks to those who pointed out the B&Q offer. I picked one up yesterday.

It's the DQD776C1 model which only comes with a single battery, but for the amount I'll be using it this shouldn't be a problem.

If I make it onto the next series of DIY Disasters thanks to my increased destructive power I'll be sure to give you some credit.:D

cyclonebri1

I used to manage a team of fitters and sparkies, I ended up supplying nothing other than Dewalt as they were pretty much indestructable and stood the abuse that they get in industry.

I personally dropped 1 from the top of a 25ft tower, in bounced about on the way down and broke into all it's composite pieces. Just snapped it together and no damage at all.

There probably are better drills, I don't disagree, but for the best compromise between quality of build/features and cost, it's Dewalt for me, I have 3 battery drills and a mains at home.