Cordless Combi-drill recommendations

[sutoka]

The time has come to replace my decade old tools for screwing and light drilling projects which have stopped working. They served me well in my tinkering projects mainly consisting of a cheap Guild combi drill I think Homebase/Argos sold back in day and and a Worx screwdriver.

Mainly used for screwing bits of wood together, fixing fencing, light drilling into brick etc nothing major. Anyone got any experience of these. All suggestions appreciated.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394954370655

https://www.homebase.co.uk/stanley-fatmax-v20-18v-...

Edited by sutoka on Friday 10th May 05:07

[MDT]

No direct experience of the two drills you have popped up, but I would not for a second suggest that either of these would not be up to the tasks you are looking to perform.

Have a look and think if you are likely to need / want any other cordless tools as then it might be cheaper (man maths) to buy a brand like Makita, Dewalt, Bosch etc as then once you have their batteries the buying of the tool only option is quite a bit cheaper.

Happy shopping.

[Bill]

The batteries are a bit small but at least with the Einhell you get two. The eBay seller is a decent company too.

[un1eash]

I have a growing collection of Einhell 18v tools and can't fault them for DIY. There always on offer and that one you've posted has been as low as £43 recently. They often run promotions with free batteries also.

[Belle427]

The Einhell will be fine for your needs.

[Manners79]

I use Makita 18v for my main / semi-professional tools, and very good they are too.

But for my domestic / holiday home set (cos I can’t be arsed to lug the Makita kit everywhere) I just have the Parkside cordless stuff from Lidl. Often on offer, does the job fine and a wide range with interchangeable batteries

[pdstm]

I seem to have accidentally picked Ryobi as my brand of choice, but has done everything I want it to. Sure, they're not Dewalt, Makita or Milwaukee but from what I've read/experienced they're a step below those brands and a step above the likes of Einhell, Black and Decker, etc.

Amazon have the Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ 18 V ONE+ Cordless Combi Drill Starter Kit for £78 atm so a little more than your choices but worth it for picking an ecosystem.

[No ideas for a name]

pdstm said:

I seem to have accidentally picked Ryobi as my brand of choice, but has done everything I want it to. Sure, they're not Dewalt, Makita or Milwaukee but from what I've read/experienced they're a step below those brands and a step above the likes of Einhell, Black and Decker, etc.

TTI own both Ryobi and Milwaukee.
I guess they are run as separate businesses, and one is their more budget range, but I bet they share similar design/quality.
https://www.ttigroup.com/brands

For clarity - I mean Ryobi should be 'good' rather than questioning Milwaukee.

[Belle427]

Ive used Ryobi for years and have multiple stuff now and its all been very good.
Only thing ive not been impressed with is the 6 way multi charger i bought which will only charge 1 battery at a time but otherwise its all been good.

[Escort3500]

Can’t comment on the makes the OP refers to, but I’ve a lot of Ryobi stuff as I can’t justify the cost of Milwaukee, DeWalt etc for the domestic projects I do. It’s all been faultless so far

[JimM169]

Escort3500 said:

Can’t comment on the makes the OP refers to, but I’ve a lot of Ryobi stuff as I can’t justify the cost of Milwaukee, DeWalt etc for the domestic projects I do. It’s all been faultless so far

I've just bought into the Milwaukee system purely as I wanted a mini chainsaw and their's appeared to be the best suited to my needs. But once you've sprung for the initial outlay of batteries there doesn't seem to be much in it between the Ryobi bare tools prices and the Milwaukee equivalent

[gmaz]

I have the same Einhell as your ebay link and it is very poor at hammer action drilling through brick. Either that or *all* my masonry bits are blunt. I ended up using a tile drill which cut through the brick nicely.

[JJ55]

I have a makita. I use it a fair bit and it’s still going strong 12 years on. The only fault is the batteries run down a bit faster now. It’s been a solid reliable bit of kit & was well worth the money.