What kind of cordless drills can anyone recomend? Make,volt,price etc
I have had mine for years and it has finaly gave in!
Preferably one with two batterys, what do you guys use

 

dewalt snap on maketa all good i have an 18v dewalt one but worry more about the amp hours! mine hasent let me down yet and i only really use it for drilling metal so has to keep going for a long time

 

makita or dewalt

 

I use a £250 bosch one, comes with 2 batts, is well worth the money, depending on what you're doing with it, serious amount of kick, but so fkin heavy, man it really is, 19.2 volt.
Just watch the battery type, don't touch one with NI-CD, LI-PO is the best by a very long way, but NI-MH is more common, excellent performance battery wise, but they do tend to discharge quickly when not used/charged, ie if left for a week or so will have lost a bit, but they don't suffer memory effect like the NI-CD ones do, though it should be impossible to get NI-CD as mostly banned now.
I love makita myself, nice light and powerful.
tabetha

 

i had an 18v snap on drill with all singing all danceing batterys lol but they only had 1.5 amp hours and they were shit u could piss longer than it could last drilling lol a guy i work with has the new snap on knocker gun / drill set with the 2.5 amp hour batterys best drill i have seen lasts for ever before it needs re charging!

 

I use a Dewalt DC988 everyday and cant fault it for a hand drill, just got a Li-ion battery aswell and quite impressed with it. If you are wanting bigger drill SDS drill you are better off with a Bosch but I prefer Dewalt's for the smaller drill/drivers.

 

its a makita 18v cordless for me.
got a good deal on it at screwfix.

 

Some great info there guys I will prob look for something around the 2.5amp hour battery, I wont be using it everyday as its for around the house/garage, but if I buy a decent one I might keep it on my works van as sometimes need a drill at work.
So will I be looking at around £150 to £250 ish then?

 

take your pick, got makita and bosch.
both brilliant makes, although i prefer the bosch.
they vary from 9.6, 14.4 and 18volts.
the problem i found was that one of the bosch ones only gets occassional use and so the batteries turn to shit after a while and need fully charging, then flatten in seconds, then repeat a couple of times and all is back to normal.
doesn't happen with the makita, but it isn't as old and gets used a little more.

 

18v 3.0 ah makita 3 speed combi lithium ion`but get the impact driver dubble pack. well worth it.
u can get a 2 speed with 1 bat 4 about £140.
iv got the full range and had them for about 4 years and the bats are still bob on

 

This is so hard.. there is so much to choose from...
Spotted this on screwfix..http://www.screwfix.com/prods/96805/...on-Combi-Drill
Opinions please

Cilly-jey
Where did you buy that one from?

 

I have the Makita BHP451, great drill 18V, Li-on, 3.0Ah, 3 speed, light for size and plenty for most jobs, although the price seems to have went up, got it for £230 on screwfix 2 years ago, £370 now.

 

Snap on 18v for me. Nice heavy bit of kit and the batteries also can be used for my cordless windy gun

 

I work for a big plant hire company and the most common is the Makita bhp451, also Hilti cordless aswell but a little more ££££'s for them