Recommend a cordless drill driver

[Tuna]

Somewhere in the 40-80 quid range. To build a house with - mainly drilling and screwing into timber. I have a mains hammer drill for heavy duty work.

Should I go for one with 2 ni-cd batteries, or one of the newer lithium ion ones?

18v seems necessary.

The Bosch PSR18-Li-2 is a shade under 80 quid on Amazon, which seems good value. Anyone used it?

[Tuna]

Is today the day for Christmas shopping? How many recommendation threads?!

[Mc Lovin]

i've never come across a cordless drill capable of building a house i'm afraid, therefore i have no suggestions

[randomman]

I got a Bosch 18v with 2 Ni-cads. Cant Fault it at the price.

Nikita is meant to be good too.

[miniman]

B&Q have Makita twin-packs (1 drill, 1 drill/driver, 2 batteries, 1 charger) for £99 at the moment.

[chedder]

Dewalt.....but you wont get one for that sort of money.

[shirt]

try screwfix. they occasionally have some crazy deals. saw a makita cordless for £80-90 a few weeks back, including 2 spare battery packs.

[Plotloss]

Blue Bosch/Makita

Worth spending the extra on a Li-Ion version if you're going to be using it a lot.

[Gaspode]

chedder said:

Dewalt.....but you wont get one for that sort of money.

+1

After years dicking about with rubbish from DIY shops, I splashed out earlier this year on a DeWalt DC925 with 2 18V NiMh batteries. Awesome. I built a 10m x 5m log cabin using it, and it was quite capable of driving 3" screws straight into the wood with no pilot holes. A single charge lasted all day. Definitely the Alsatian's Accoutrements.

[JBL930]

If all you are doing is using it as a drill/driver then don't be tempted by one with a hammer action (not that you were but just avoid them). Get one that is 14 or 14.4 volt and with the highest amp hour rating. What you find with most "Deals" is that you seam to get a lot but they chuck in crap batteries. You want nothing less than 2Ah. Most of the professional drills are ok, Makita, Bosch, DeWalt etc they are all quite good. I buy DeWalt for my business simply because that is what i started with and the chargers are all the same for the 14.4's and the 18v's, and when you have over 25 battery chargers and maybe 40 batteries it just makes sense to stick with it if you know what i mean.

If you are only using it as a driver (fixing screws), then you should look at getting an impact driver, they make your life very easy especially when using big screws. They are very small and they out perform a normal drill by a mile for this task.
If you can get a drill and impact driver deal with good size amp hour batteries then that is the one to go for, you won't do it for £80 though. Like i said anything below 2.0ah is worthless

As my Dad always said "Buy cheap pay twice"

[Sixpackpert]

randomman said:

Nikita is meant to be good too.

Khrushchev?

[Ganglandboss]

chedder said:

Dewalt.....but you wont get one for that sort of money.

Three quid odd over budget but.......

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/81433/Power-Tools/Co...

[JBL930]

Ganglandboss said:

chedder said:

Dewalt.....but you wont get one for that sort of money.

Three quid odd over budget but.......

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/81433/Power-Tools/Co...

It's only got 1.3ah batteries though which are crap. This would be a great deal http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Makita-6281DP3-... If it had better batteries. If you aren't going to use it much after one development then it will no doubt do the job. If you are using it long term, say two years, it won't last

[anonymous-user]

Dewalt XRP (c£150)
Makita ideally Li (c£150), but you can get a standard for under £100 at screwfix http://www.screwfix.com/prods/68747/Power-Tools/Co...

[Davi]

Gaspode said:

chedder said:

Dewalt.....but you wont get one for that sort of money.

+1

After years dicking about with rubbish from DIY shops, I splashed out earlier this year on a DeWalt DC925 with 2 18V NiMh batteries. Awesome. I built a 10m x 5m log cabin using it, and it was quite capable of driving 3" screws straight into the wood with no pilot holes. A single charge lasted all day. Definitely the Alsatian's Accoutrements.

On the other hand, the old Black and Decker 14.4v one that I was given as a present 10+ years ago, and is on the second house build and has been used almost daily, would by most peoples opinion be considered one of the rubbish ones but I've only now started thinking about replacing it (ironically because the charger has packed up, batteries are still perfect!)

[miniman]

wsurfa said:

Makita ideally Li (c£150), but you can get a standard for under £100 at screwfix http://www.screwfix.com/prods/68747/Power-Tools/Co...

Or, as per my earlier post, 2 of them for £99 from B&Q.

[Gunny Sergeant D]

miniman said:

wsurfa said:

Makita ideally Li (c£150), but you can get a standard for under £100 at screwfix http://www.screwfix.com/prods/68747/Power-Tools/Co...

Or, as per my earlier post, 2 of them for £99 from B&Q.

Bought them this weekend. Batts are NiCads and only 1.3's but for 99 squids this is a great set for a DIY'er like me. Whilst you're there - they have a Makita jigsaw with a die cast base and blades for £49. I couldn't help myself.;)

[tank slapper]

I borrowed one of these to do some decking with, and it was superb. Unfortunately quite expensive though.

[anonymous-user]

miniman said:

wsurfa said:

Makita ideally Li (c£150), but you can get a standard for under £100 at screwfix http://www.screwfix.com/prods/68747/Power-Tools/Co...

Or, as per my earlier post, 2 of them for £99 from B&Q.

What he said for cheapo ones.

dewalt XRP's aren't the best choice if you like very lightweight kit - metal chucks and gears make them bombproff but a touch heavy

[Tuna]

Any comments on Ryobi? Any good?