Drills

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Buy good quality drill bits as well, as they do most of the work.

SavingStudent1

CoastingHatbox said:

SavingStudent1 said:

I'll never use for those jobs as I don't intend on doing them.

I think this is a shame.

In your situation, I would buy a good second hand corded drill. Corded drills are cheap on the used market and there are plenty about that have hardly been used.

I've found cheaper drills more inclined to mess up a job when I've used them with chucks that come undone, or a poorly centred or even just the drill being less refined and harder to handle.

Same can be said of cheap drill bits and screwdrivers. They don't last long and some of them a done the first time you use them.
Some of the quality ones will last your lifetime.

In terms of bits and accessories, save for buying a small set with commonly sized wood and masonary bits, I would look at buying them as you need them. It's hard to anticipate what you will need your tool kit for.

Thank you, what I meant was some expensive drills can be used to perform advanced tasks that can't be done with ordinary drills, and I don't intend to do the 'advanced' tasks as I am just doing basic ones around the home.

Cool, I was also looking at that but most screws and driill bits come in packs of 20+ on Screwfix and so I tend to think, I will probably need like a few of each, not packs of 20 - hence I thought of buying the small sets with a few of each type.

GDB2222

The Bosch multi construction drill bits are very good. You only need one,  the 6mm one. 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-hex-shank-multi-construction-drill-bit-6-x-100mm/6793v

Buy these wall plugs to go with it.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-duopower-wall-plugs-6-x-30mm-100-pack/1030p

SavingStudent1

GDB2222 said:

The Bosch multi construction drill bits are very good. You only need one,  the 6mm one. 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-hex-shank-multi-construction-drill-bit-6-x-100mm/6793v

Buy these wall plugs to go with it.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-duopower-wall-plugs-6-x-30mm-100-pack/1030p

Thanks, this is perfect. If I want to have a 4mm hole, I need to buy a separate one of 4 mm right? These are sort of the drill bits that I am looking for, sold in single units.

GDB2222

SavingStudent1 said:

GDB2222 said:

The Bosch multi construction drill bits are very good. You only need one,  the 6mm one. 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-hex-shank-multi-construction-drill-bit-6-x-100mm/6793v

Buy these wall plugs to go with it.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-duopower-wall-plugs-6-x-30mm-100-pack/1030p

Thanks, this is perfect. If I want to have a 4mm hole, I need to buy a separate one of 4 mm right? These are sort of the drill bits that I am looking for, sold in single units.

If you drill a 4mm hole you would need different plugs. 

GDB2222

I’ve got one of the £15 corded drills from Argos. It’s amazingly good for the money.

Bendy_House

For a newbie to DIY and tools, I'd recommend buying new over 2nd-hand every time. Unless, perhaps, it happened to be from someone you knew and trusted.

Buying 2nd-hand introduces a whole range of potential issues, and if you aren't familiar with these tools, you won't know what to look out for.

Too many good value tools available these days to worry yourself about this   'Parkside' by Lidl also seem decent, from what I can see.

SavingStudent1

Bendy_House said:

For a newbie to DIY and tools, I'd recommend buying new over 2nd-hand every time. Unless, perhaps, it happened to be from someone you knew and trusted.

Buying 2nd-hand introduces a whole range of potential issues, and if you aren't familiar with these tools, you won't know what to look out for.

Too many good value tools available these days to worry yourself about this   'Parkside' by Lidl also seem decent, from what I can see.

Yeah, this is my only concern - I generally don't tend to buy anything second handed anyway as I don't prefer it. But, with machinery that I'm not familiar with, I only buy new products and hence was trying to get opinions based on the website products.

danrv

Bendy_House said:

Treat yourself to a cordless too - it is soooo much easier and nicer to use  

Yes. I’d say just get a decent cordless drill. I used a Bosch corded drill for decades, putting off getting a cordless one.
Bought a DeWalt DCD 776 with 2x 2Ah batteries and it does everything.
More versatile than corded.

Some of the cheap drills have NiCad batteries but best go with Lithium. Larger the capacity the better but a bit more expensive.
For basic DIY tasks around the home, I don’t think 
you can go far wrong with either one of these:

https://www.diy.com/departments/dewalt-xr-18v-1-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-dcd776s2t-gb-2-batteries-included/1609192_BQ.prd?ds_rl=1272379&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhf2MBhDNARIsAKXU5GQl_SvUGlHFLR2csj0H4sDjvxnQ7aHk1q7Zlb7JV0AWnTqhLvPqQE0aAn1MEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&storeId=1239

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-mscd18-li-2-18v-1-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill/317FX?tc=ET6&ds_kid=92700055256569560&ds_rl=1244066&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhf2MBhDNARIsAKXU5GQX1aaruuAhb4bDZyd3Ptr3ampKanLXJsiDxVgucvPxnVkyB9NNPZcaAhs_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

SavingStudent1

danrv said:

Bendy_House said:

Treat yourself to a cordless too - it is soooo much easier and nicer to use  

Yes. I’d say just get a decent cordless drill. I used a Bosch corded drill for decades, putting off getting a cordless one.
Bought a DeWalt DCD 776 with 2x 2Ah batteries and it does everything.
More versatile than corded.

Some of the cheap drills have NiCad batteries but best go with Lithium. Larger the capacity the better but a bit more expensive.
For basic DIY tasks around the home, I don’t think 
you can go far wrong with either one of these:

https://www.diy.com/departments/dewalt-xr-18v-1-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-dcd776s2t-gb-2-batteries-included/1609192_BQ.prd?ds_rl=1272379&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhf2MBhDNARIsAKXU5GQl_SvUGlHFLR2csj0H4sDjvxnQ7aHk1q7Zlb7JV0AWnTqhLvPqQE0aAn1MEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&storeId=1239

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-mscd18-li-2-18v-1-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill/317FX?tc=ET6&ds_kid=92700055256569560&ds_rl=1244066&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhf2MBhDNARIsAKXU5GQX1aaruuAhb4bDZyd3Ptr3ampKanLXJsiDxVgucvPxnVkyB9NNPZcaAhs_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thanks for your suggestions, I will take a look at these - seems really good! I really like the cordless ones now