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Old 14th January 2019, 09:33   #11
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I agree you can't beat a professional quality drill (e.g. DeWalt, Makita, Hitachi etc.). However, you do have to pay handsomely for the privilege.

Last year I needed a new cordless drill, and after a little research settled upon a Worx 20V drill driver, 13mm braked chuck, hammer action, hi-low gearbox with variable speed and (I think 18 but not sure without looking) torque settings, 2 x 4Ah Li-Ion batteries and charger. It came in at a shade over £100 but has proved itself to be very rugged and reliable. The batteries seem to last for ages, I laid an entire 12ft x 8ft deck and the battery in use still showed full!

My main reason for buying a Worx was that I already have one of their corded drills, owned for the last 16 years and is still going strong despite every job I have thrown at it. Plus the batteries it uses can also be used with their other cordless tools, especially their clever little pressure washer that I have my eye on, its my birthday next month so been dropping hints to SWMBO!!!
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Old 14th January 2019, 10:46   #12
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I have a brushless 18v, 2.2ah, 2 batteries (lithium ion) for sale Brand new and boxed £70 inc postage if you're interested. I bought 2 from Screwfix and have never used this one, the other one is identical and is easily the best drill I have ever had.
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Old 14th January 2019, 15:17   #13
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I have a brushless 18v, 2.2ah, 2 batteries (lithium ion) for sale Brand new and boxed £70 inc postage if you're interested. I bought 2 from Screwfix and have never used this one, the other one is identical and is easily the best drill I have ever had.
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Old 14th January 2019, 20:41   #14
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I always choose the type that do not have sealed batteries. when the battery packs in, it is often just one of the small batteries inside the case, replace it for a few pence, and voila, new battery. I have done it several times, a few times I just replaced all 10 for about £6, just need some bridging tabs to solder on.


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Old 14th January 2019, 22:07   #15
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I've repaired far too many other contractors' DeWalt drills to consider one of my own... premature brush wear, broken motor cooling fans, smashed gearboxes. Also find a lot of axial slop, making it hard to use very thin drill bits.

The Makita ones have an issue - google it - whereby the Lithium batteries are programmed to commit suicide after a set number of charges, regardless of condition. No thanks..


I use a Bosch Blue (avoid the green diy stuff) for my daily driver. The only let down is the chuck, which doesn't have enough bite for me, replaced for one with carbide jaw inserts. Drilled thirty 25mm holes in 4" pitch pine beans with a forstner today, and that just about flattened a 2Ah battery.
I'm on only my third Bosch machine since 1989 when I started in the trade. The first one still works, but doesn't hold much charge. The second one still works, but the NiCad batteries are failing and so it's relegated to the holiday place. When I've needed parts, they're cheap and readily available from the likes of MTMC.
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Old 14th January 2019, 23:16   #16
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Ryobi one+ system for me.


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Old 15th January 2019, 09:55   #17
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Strange that no one has mentioned the absolute king of cordless drills - Metabo. They are expensive, but great for the heavy duty jobs and last.
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Old 15th January 2019, 18:02   #18
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Any recommendations for a brushless Cordless 18v Combi drill under £100.

Would prefer hammer action but not the end of the world if not.
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Strange that no one has mentioned the absolute king of cordless drills - Metabo. They are expensive, but great for the heavy duty jobs and last.
Metabo are good I have their excellent 1100watt diamond core drill. Probably not mentioned because of the £100 budget above
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The Makita ones have an issue - google it - whereby the Lithium batteries are programmed to commit suicide after a set number of charges, regardless of condition. No thanks..


I use a Bosch Blue (avoid the green diy stuff) for my daily driver. The only let down is the chuck, which doesn't have enough bite for me, replaced for one with carbide jaw inserts. Drilled thirty 25mm holes in 4" pitch pine beans with a forstner today, and that just about flattened a 2Ah battery.
I'm on only my third Bosch machine since 1989 when I started in the trade. The first one still works, but doesn't hold much charge. The second one still works, but the NiCad batteries are failing and so it's relegated to the holiday place. When I've needed parts, they're cheap and readily available from the likes of MTMC.

I've got 3 seven year old 3Ah Makita lithium batteries, 1 still work fine and 2 don't. One of those gave up when my drill jammed drilling a large hole in a timber joist, I believe it over loaded and that was it, it wouldn't charge again, apparently it is set forever in the microchip that controls charging. I have 6 others all working that are between 5 and 2 years old.

I personally would have preferred Bosch but they didn't make an 18v sds drill with chisel function back in 2012 so I went for Makita. About 9 years ago bought a 240volt Bosch sds which came with a free Bosch 12v cordless, both are still going strong. I did mange to find a new NiCad battery a couple years back for it. other than a change of brushes and a new trigger it is still chasing out walls. Amazing really the work it does.

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I'm a tradesman and have used Ryobi for years. It takes a fair bit of punishment and is very good value for money. It's not as good as DeWalt or Metabo etc etc, but sometimes you just don't need to spend that much.
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Well I've had a DeWalt for 15 years, top product, although I've just replaced the batteries as the originals stopped holding charge
Makita also do a good range

Second vote for Dewalt. Great drill and battery lasts for ages.

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