Cordless drill recommendations

[boyse7en]

The batteries for my Erbauer drill seem to have died a death, each will now only power the drill for about 1 minute even when fully charged

Doesn't look like I can get hold of replacement batteries, so I'm in the market for a new drill.

DIY duties, not everyday use.
Two batteries preferable
A 13mm chuck or bigger.

What recommendations?

[skilly1]

This topic has been done recently but you can’t go wrong with this. I have had mine for 3 years.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hitachi-dv18dgl-jc-18v-1...

[hornetrider]

skilly1 said:

This topic has been done recently but you can’t go wrong with this. I have had mine for 3 years.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hitachi-dv18dgl-jc-18v-1...

That's my drill too. Nice bit of kit and feels good in the hand with a nice balance. Mine did die on about the 18 month mark but was repaired no quibble despite me not taking out the (free) extended warranty online.

[oilydan]

I ended up with the 19v Lithium powered DeWalt drill/driver.

I'm sure someone will come along and say there is better out there, for the money, but they must be fantastic bits of kit as the DeWalt is IMHO, brilliant.

But then my last drill was a rubbish, heavy NiCad powered piece of Chinese rubbish so anything was going to be an improvement.

[captainzep]

hornetrider said:

skilly1 said:

This topic has been done recently but you can’t go wrong with this. I have had mine for 3 years.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hitachi-dv18dgl-jc-18v-1...

That's my drill too. Nice bit of kit and feels good in the hand with a nice balance. Mine did die on about the 18 month mark but was repaired no quibble despite me not taking out the (free) extended warranty online.

I picked up a cheap Hitachi 18v twin-pack (drill & drill/driver) from Screwfix -and have been very happy with them.

[Road2Ruin]

B&q are doing a bosch one at the meeting moment for £82 18v li ion with 2 batteries and charger! The beauty of this is the batteries are the same ones in all of the range so can be used on many other devices. ..

[Drumroll]

got an 18V DeWalt earlier this year and I am impressed with it so far. Battery life seems good

[blindswelledrat]

I also bought a dewalt 18v with 2 batteries about 3 years ago and it is perfect and cooler than the hitachi so it wins regardless of what hitachi owners say.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dc100ka-gb-18v-1-...

[hornetrider]

Pffft, green >>> yellow

[smn159]

hornetrider said:

skilly1 said:

This topic has been done recently but you can’t go wrong with this. I have had mine for 3 years.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hitachi-dv18dgl-jc-18v-1...

That's my drill too. Nice bit of kit and feels good in the hand with a nice balance. Mine did die on about the 18 month mark but was repaired no quibble despite me not taking out the (free) extended warranty online.

Yep, I've got one of those too and it's been pretty good to be honest. Am in the middle of some major house refurb work at the moment so it's had some stick and has stood up well. Having said that though I've recently bought some Makita 18v kit in the form of an impact driver and a circular saw and they're brilliant. I suspect that my next drill will be an 18v Makita - they all use the same batteries, so once you have a couple of batteries and a charger the 'bare' tools can be added relatively cheaply.

[blindswelledrat]

hornetrider said:

Pffft, green >>> yellow

Green is the colour of envy, my Welsh friend. Cordless Drill envy!

[stuart313]

Cant go wrong with this set.

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Power+Tools/d40/Ki...

[brickwall]

Makita.

I've been using a few of them, ranging from boggo 14.4v to 18v hammer drills.

Great things. Indestructible, reliable.

[Busa mav]

captainzep said:

I picked up a cheap Hitachi 18v twin-pack (drill & drill/driver) from Screwfix -and have been very happy with them.

Same here , the chuck on one of them is just showing some slack , but both have been great to use for near on 3 years now.

[Nickbrapp]

I have the makita with 101 peice accessory kit from screwfix. It was £150. Had it a year with daily trade abuse and it's still fine. Drill bits make butter of metal too

[ladderino]

I'd recommend going for Li-Ion over Ni-Cd as the battery is much smaller and lighter.

I have this and it's fantastic - http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd776c2-gb-18v-1... The Hitachi looks much the same, so either one of these would be a safe bet.

I never get my full sized hammer drill out any more, and my old 14v Black & Decker NiCd cordless hasn't been used since either.

[SVS]

From what I've read before, the usual consensus seems to go something like this ...

Money no object: Festool, Hilti
High quality: Makita, Bosch (blue), Milwaukee, Metabo
Decent Quality: DeWalt, Hitachi and one or two others
OK: Bosch (green) and various others

However, there's plenty of PHers in the trade, who will be far more knowledgeable than me.

For DIY, I'd consider an 18v combi drill or, if you can afford it, a Makita 4-function combi drill / impact driver.

[roofer]

Topic done to death. Is search fubar ?

[conanius]

I've got a Makita Li-ion 4Amp blah blah thing.

Rarely have to charge it, always brilliant. Cost about £100 at Screwfix.

[Craikeybaby]

roofer said:

Topic done to death. Is search fubar ?

Did search ever actually work?