SS1

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my old ones fucked ..basic DIY jobby with hammer option via brick work..got all the bits just need the drill

for a price range up to £120 ish

linkys please thank you

Dirty Harry

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I bought a Bocsh 18 v from B&Q which was on offer comes with 2 batteries I think is was £84

wirralphil

we use these in work, the battery life is very good, i'd say Dewalt is on par.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/drill-milwaukee

bit more than you want to spend but as with everything they are quality.

B16JUS

i would say dewalt too but they do cost money, have a look on screwfix and machinemart website as they have offers on

J

Christian and Beccy

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I have the Bosch 24v, which has been with me for 5 years now and taken abuse through the renovation of my Bungalow.

I think it's about £20 more than the 18v version.

Ridgey

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RYOBI...very very good and a reasonable price.
Screwfix, Machine Mart or B+Q.

richj

I buy all the drills for our company & we won't buy anything but Hilti. They are expensive but the are top of the range and their customer service is second to none.

PGT

the chuck on my 18v ryobi one is crap - they dont hold the bit tightly - should have a chuck key

Christian and Beccy

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Probably overkill for a DIY'er though.

foreigneRS

seconded. i have ryobi 18v stuff and the battery fits loads of stuff in the ONE range - may get a circular saw next

ballin

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Makita or Ryobi?

coswurv

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ive had a few dewalt's in my time but i use makita stuff now seems better.

Littlenewt2067

Bosch 24v for me too...had my first one nicked and bought another. The later one came with a single handed chuck lock and had gone up from 10mm to 13mm chuck

Argos were the best price back then

richj

Yeh, probabally but they do some smaller/cheaper drills & you still get the service

nuttynil

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I have a makita 18v i think this along with a dewalt maybe ryobi are the ones for that price you should be lookin at but the dewalt is a bit more £ try searchin net for cheaper prices .....

Marc LJX

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36v Hilti's (With interchangable SDS chuck) are the daddies

Tis a bit much to have hanging round the house just for hanging a picture once in a while

richj

Maybe just a touch

Speedy Gonzalez

i got an 18v Ryobi and its the best cordless drill ive ever had

BigChuck

i would get a Bosch one or Dewalt, I've used others but those two seemed to work the best and last the longest.

foreigneRS

just bought a circular saw and corner sander from ryobi to go with my cordless drill and hammer drill

gareth589

Iwould go with HILTI as they really are the best and what others try to base theres on, i have owned my 36 volt for nearly 6 years now and its been great.

smitsturbo

an 18v worx drill from argos, has never let me down in 4 years & has been dropped & all sorts

furqall

hitachi

C4llyT

Bosch 24v here, only use Bosch.
More than enough for diy, and no need to go mad.

As for the volts, these cheap high volt ones aren't always more powerful, the amps count too.
Bosch have decent amps, cheapies often don't.
Volts x Amps = Watts.

dojj

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bought 2 from homebase, one a 12V and one an 18V with hammer
batteries are interchangable and we've had them for years and still going strong

cost £10 and £20 respectivly

KSA-Cossie

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Bosch gbh series 24v .

fish99

Hilti are awsome but over the top for DIY IMO

wirralphil

also when you buy one of these you can buy other tools such as, saw's, routers, radio's all ran off the battery. proper bits of kit.

Moonstone Steve.

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Always had makita for the last 22yrs so have always used them.

Steve

Lee Reynolds

makita...

Madbradz

Bosch all the way....

Dewalt is a Black & decker in yellow....

Micky The Finn

just baught a makita box with drill,power hacksaw,circular saw,jigsaw,torch,three batteries and charger,all tools run off the same battery,all tools are fantastic,would recomend the box and was only £330.

BRIGSPORT

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I have an 18v AEG at work. Seems a good drill. But i don't use drills as much nowadays,but when i did,18v dewalt was spot on,just didn't realise i could get it serviced for free,so it went fucked! 24v bosch sds was always spot on as well,drilled some pretty big core holes with it,no problem.

daveugc

panasonic are very very good drills they make the batterys for alot of the other big names like dewalt bosch makita. I would never buy another cordless with a hammer drill on it as it just kill the drill much quicker, so all you need is a 14v or 16v cordless plus the small cordlees weighs alot less whats good if you use it all day hope that helps

PANASONIC ALL THE WAY

15D

Hire companies favour Makita so that says something
I have a DeWalt 36v but it was a freebie from a rep
The new Bosch ones with the light built in are cool as well.

danneth

use them day in day out, bosch are the best IMO have a 24v and 36v both awesome, had a few dewalt not a patch on the bosch