Best beginners drill set

meropenem

Which drill would be recommended for DIY at home - making furniture and drilling into brick wall sometimes.

neilmcl

I'd recommend a decent all round cordless 18V combi drill. I'm a Makita man myself. Depends how much you want to spend but you can a decent drill set for around the £100 mark.

This Bosch one looks ok for the money - https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gsb-18-v-55-18v-2-0ah-li-ion-coolpack-brushless-cordless-combi-drill/964kp

nofoollikeold

1. If its for occasional use, I'd suggest a mains powered drill.  Not only are they generally cheaper, and usually more powerful, but the batteries of cordless drills deteriorate over time.  In my view, worth putting up with having to have a cable.
2. An SDS drill has many advantages in that it will drill hard substances such as concrete with the appropriate drill bit, but with an adapter (make sure it comes with one) can also drill normally.  Get one with a rotation stop and you can also use it for masonry chiselling.  
3. For bits I would get 5 mm, 6 mm. 7 mm, 8 mm and 10 mm masonry SDS bits, and a small set of twist drills such as Screwfix 9419V.  
4. SDS drill bits will only fit into an SDS drill, so if you don't get SDS drill, get ordinary masonry bits as noted above.

TELLIT01

 I agree with the advice about a corded drill if it's only going to use occasionally.  Batteries need to be charged regularly to maintain their charging ability.

Norman_Castle

Does making furniture mean putting together flat pack furniture? If so a cordless screwdriver is perfect. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/fixa-screwdriver-li-ion-90203258/

donemedosh

I use a corded for walls or heavyish work as I find battery drills die quickly if used on hammer. Mid range drills come in at about £70 but diy stores are always putting on offers. If you can get mains & a combi drill set (drill & impact driver) I got a wickes set for about £50 on a offer last year & it works fine. Best thing about battery units no cable to trip over. Hope this helps

twopenny

I bought a mains drill for around £30 from a hardware store and started with a couple of bits. It's worked hard for me from going through brick walls to pass tv cables through to drilling tiny holes in old pennies.

I've just added or borrowed bits to suit a job.

Have a small battery screwdriver for simple jobs though the battery sometimes lasts a job and sometimes doesn't. Convenient and treasured I'm shortly going to get a more convenient and stronger mains one so I'm not pfaffing around when I want to do a job.

tacpot12

Whether a battery combi drill will be suitable will depend on what sort of brick walls you have. If you live in a new'ish property (anything built from the 1980's onwards) a battery combi drill will be fine. If you live in something old, I would get a corded SDS drill as your hammer drill, and a battery drill without the hammer function. The Mac Allister brand from Screwfix will be ok for DIY use.

Billy_B_North

The drill itself won’t come with bits, so you’ll need to buy some. Different materials require different bits, so you should get one for each type of drilling.

You don’t need anything special, but equally don’t buy just the very cheapest that you can find.

The thinner bits, 3&4mm are easy to break, and very cheap, so get a few extra of each, as it’s a real pain to be halfway through a job and to get stuck.

FaceHead

I'd recommend second hand. I got a cordless Bosch GSB drill, similar to the one linked to above, but second hand was half the new price. It's going great, and came with a 5Ah battery that seems to last forever. I also got a cheap-o set of drill bits and driver attachments. They have been good but been utterly destroyed, so I also agree with the above - don't buy the cheapest drill bits you can find.  

Cornucopia

I got this kit last year, and the drill itself is excellent.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8086545

There are a lot of bits with it, too.   The drill bits are reasonable quality, but the screwdriver bits are poor, especially when abused.