Cordless drills, opinions?

[harvey b davison]

Makita all the way, much better than the rest, for a full all round package. But incidently i have 2 drivers made by a german firm called fein, these are also well made, altho a tad heavey.

[ScotClayShooter]

I have Hitachi 18V and its great have 5 batteries all 3AH bought a used SDS on ebay for £29 another drill for £20 a circular saw for £49 a torch and a 4 1/2" grinder (new). and an impact wrench...... looking for a recip saw now lol

 

I have a 150watt 12V DC-240V AC inverter i use in the van to keep them all charged

 

If you get the Makita you could get the cordless chainsaw for those small quiet jobs:001_tt2:

[doobin]

i borrowed a 15.6v hilti drill driver of a mate and that was the only drill that has eva had enough power to twist it out of my hands

 

 

You've obviously never tried a Makita LTX 3-speed on first gear, 19mm auger bit and an oak gatepost... this put an old workmate into A & E Came round and clonked him on the head!

[Notmegov]

You've obviously never tried a Makita LTX 3-speed on first gear, 19mm auger bit and an oak gatepost... this put an old workmate into A & E Came round and clonked him on the head!

 

I was just thinking the very same thing!!

[WoodED]

You've obviously never tried a Makita LTX 3-speed on first gear, 19mm auger bit and an oak gatepost... this put an old workmate into A & E Came round and clonked him on the head!

 

ouch,,, yh this was a few years ago tho mate befor the lithium ion stuff was even herd of, mayb 3-4 years ago, hilti have gone down the lithium ion route now,,, but i agree the makita tools are the best for money,, i bought one today in fact

[dumper]

I have makita 18v volt battery drills, i am currently on my 4th battery they do not last. the drill is made well although some of the cheaper drills from screw fix are made with plastic not metal personally i am now buying milwalkee metal casting no plastic very good quality fair price

[Hodge]

I have a 18v DeWalt hammer drill for sale, 2 battery's and charger pm for info!!

[Ian Leach]

Had dewalt but kept getting knicked as reconisable colour at moment got ryobi 18v got hammer/drill had it for at least 5years and still going strong even better now with lithion batteries. Just got a roybi impact driver and that kicks arse, makitia is very good and thats what i'm starting to replace my old kit with so got a router so far (very good too).

[Ben]

B&Q had a good offer on recently, Hitachi Li-ion with two batteries for £100. Hitachi rep told me the rrp on the batteries is £60 each......

 

I've got myself one of these, best cordless I've ever had

Edited April 4, 2011 by Ben
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[big fell!]

Father in law owns his own joinery firm and he has loads of Dewalt drills, sanders, planers etc and swears by them. Ive got a 18v Dewalt and it is bob on...