36v drill

[Taffman]

Hello all,
Please can anyone recommend a 36v drill?
thanks in advance.

 

[kris]

Hi Taff, I have the makita trde36v drill and it's really good,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-BHR261RDE-li-ion-Rotary-Batteries/dp/B002QB1ADM

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Hi Taff, I have the makita trde36v drill and it's really good,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-BHR261RDE-li-ion-Rotary-Batteries/dp/B002QB1ADM

£700?!? you must be doing well kris

 

[kris]

That's just a link chappers, you can get it way cheaper than that,

 

[kris]

I'm sure I was £400. There's loads of different 36v models and a huge variation of price lists

 

[bigads28]

Second vote for that Makita, hard as nails and worth the cash. It will last for years.

BHR262TRDE 36v LXT SDS+ Rotary Hammer Drill Makita

 

[AWheating]

Assuming the question is about sds drills?

The larger Bosch is prob the best value for money. You can get one with 2 4ah batts and the quick chuck for just over 500 squids. 3x batts for around 580.

If your only going to drill small to med holes the small Bosch is really good and runs for ages on one batt.

If you have 1200 squids then get the hilti with the 6ah batts

or if you want to try one get the milwaukee m18 fuel so you can tell us what it's like

The he makita is a good drill but has only 2.6 ah batts and not many other 36v tools to keep it warm.

 

[sheff paul]

Hi Taff, I have the makita trde36v drill and it's really good,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-BHR261RDE-li-ion-Rotary-Batteries/dp/B002QB1ADM

I do contract heatings in council kennels with one of thease,it will wack a 25mm drill bit through a cavity wall with engineers bricks.

 

[Ermintrude]

My 18mm will blast 25mm through engineers and conc blocks

 

[Alpha man]

Just bought a Bosch compact SDS 36v one from screwfix,

 

[sheff paul]

My 18mm will blast 25mm through engineers and conc blocks

on a night out I wouldn't stand next to you when I am taking a ****

 

[Ermintrude]

The 18v milwaukiee packs 4.2j the old one was 3.8 I think.

 

[AWheating]

the old one is around 2.5j i think.

 

[Ermintrude]

No way, the new one isn't that much stronger !

 

[hammers4spanner]

get the milwaukee fuel 3 batts nothing compares imho

 

[newcastle phill]

If it was any good you wouldnt need 3 batts lol

 

[antdad]

No way, the new one isn't that much stronger !

It seems to be true, I didn't believe it either as it's so much more powerful than anything else around unless Milwaukee have decided to use a
different method/criteria for measuring impact energy, even the 28V (non FUEL) SDS only puts out 2.8J or the Bosch 36v (3J) by comparison.

IF it's a fiddle it wouldn't be the first time they've not been absolutely truthful about specs...notice their M12 (12v) drill range. When every other small cordless drill manufacturer
uses 10.8v lithium ion cells and labels their products accordingly Milwaukee chose to label theirs after what they can over charge the cells to rather than what they are rated at,
they still use 3 x 3.6v lithium cells like everybody else.

 

[AWheating]

It seems to be true, I didn't believe it either as it's so much more powerful than anything else around unless Milwaukee have decided to use a
different method/criteria for measuring impact energy, even the 28V (non FUEL) SDS only puts out 2.8J or the Bosch 36v (3J) by comparison.

IF it's a fiddle it wouldn't be the first time they've not been absolutely truthful about specs...notice their M12 (12v) drill range. When every other small cordless drill manufacturer
uses 10.8v lithium ion cells and labels their products accordingly Milwaukee chose to label theirs after what they can over charge the cells to rather than what they are rated at,
they still use 3 x 3.6v lithium cells like everybody else.

thats an american sales thing tho mate as most batts peak above the rated output. Dewalt as well as others use the same selling tack. Milwaukee just never changed m12 to m10.8 for the eu which is understandable. They call the 10.8 12v because the cells give a peak voltage around 12v. Dewalt call there 18vXR range 20vmax in the USA because it has a peak voltage of20v.

As as for the joules for a hammer drill most use ETPA measuring scale from memory but they use imperial in the USA so it depends if they bothered to retest for the eu to ETPA or just convert the figure.

 

[Nostrum]

I prefer to just drill holes.

i find to much hammerage can be a bad thing, just end up smashing thing to bits and making a mess for the sake of drilling the hole 0.78th of a second quicker.

 

[Matt06]

I have the large bosch 36v i think its a bit too aggressive for most jobs ( smashing bricks etc ) Brother has the bosch compact 36v which is much easier to hold doesnt smash bricks and quite a bit cheaper i think

 

[Nostrum]

I'm the same, don't tend to use my bosch 36v much now although not installing as much as I've done before. It's too heavy and clumsy for a lot of stuff like clips, rads etc so prefer using an 18v hammer drill with those bosch blue bits. Big holes I'll grab the corded drill purely because the box is designed to take the 600mm bits!