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Doing a toilet and basin swap today and my Dewalt drill driver died (stripped its gearbox) - luckily towards the end of the job so my backup corded came out for the last couple of hours. So I need to spend a good chunk of today's profit on a new drill :(

Anyone recommend any decent drill / drivers for up to £100 or so?

thanks
 
Hundred quid? Forget it! Milwaukee all the way


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Got mine about three years ago on a deal 99 + vat with a 12v driver thrown in.
 
MattWeth said:
Anyone recommend any decent drill / drivers for up to £100 or so?

thanks
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There are no decent drills for £100 unless it is a Friday night pub special

You could buy 5 of these
Direct Power DPD144DDH 14.4V 1.5Ah Ni-Cd Cordless Drill Driver | NoLinkingToThis

or if you save up another ton, one of these
Toolstation > Power Tools > 18v Drills > Milwaukee C18PD32 Combi Drill

If all you can afford is £100 shop around. Usually someone is selling a low ah end of range gun at discounted prices. Higher amp/hr batteries = more power and longer battery life. More expensive drills have metal gearboxes that don't strip.

If you can scrape another 40 quid something like this may be useful for a while
Bosch GSR 14.4VLI-3 14.4V Drill Driver with 3 Li-Ion Batteries | NoLinkingToThis.
 
I have just bought a DeWalt 18v from B&Q for £99. It seems like a decent bit of kit for the price.
 
Trade point actually had a decent Bosch in their clearance sale, but I reckon they'll all be gone now.

What's it gonna be used for?


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Thanks Roger.
I've not had a great experience of old fashioned NiCads (although the actual Makita drills I've owned have been good). I think as others have said, i'll have to up my budget - there goes all of yesterday's profit.
 
MattWeth said:
Thanks Roger.
I've not had a great experience of old fashioned NiCads (although the actual Makita drills I've owned have been good). I think as others have said, i'll have to up my budget - there goes all of yesterday's profit.
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There's some Milwaukee combi drills on eBay with the red lithium batteries for £259. You wouldn't regret it, the quality of the tools is far beyond the norm. Dewalt and Makita feel like toys in comparison.


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[DLMURL="http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/free-bosch-battery-offer/bosch-gsb18v-li-1-x-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-18v-li-ion.html"]Bosch GSB18V-Li 1 x 3Ah Li-ion Cordless Combi Drill 18V Li-ion[/DLMURL]

this bosch drill is good, it quite cheap cus it only has 1 battery but if you buy it before then end of june bosch will give you another 3ah battery for free. 3 year warranty sorted :)
 
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[DLMURL="http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/free-bosch-battery-offer/bosch-gsb18v-li-1-x-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-18v-li-ion.html"]Bosch GSB18V-Li 1 x 3Ah Li-ion Cordless Combi Drill 18V Li-ion[/DLMURL]

this bosch drill is good, it quite cheap cus it only has 1 battery but if you buy it before then end of june bosch will give you another 3ah battery for free. 3 year warranty sorted :)
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Thanks AW - that looks a good deal.

I think I'll be having one of them :)
 
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Just bought the [DLMURL="http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/free-bosch-battery-offer/bosch-gsb18v-li-1-x-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-18v-li-ion.html"]Bosch GSB18V-Li[/DLMURL] as posted by AWheating :)

Thanks for the advice.
 
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looks like a good deal to me, bosch reliability, 18v, 2x 3ah batteries & 3 year warranty, i recently bought the 14.4v version for £100, but this 18v is a better deal.
 
MattWeth said:
Just bought the [DLMURL="http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/free-bosch-battery-offer/bosch-gsb18v-li-1-x-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill-18v-li-ion.html"]Bosch GSB18V-Li[/DLMURL] as posted by AWheating :)

Thanks for the advice.
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im only jealous i cant afford/justify getting myself one. maybe ill have to lean abit harder on my drill tomorrow :)
 
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Lean a bit harder on the wife and tell her you are on the lidls pot noodles for a week because you need it. Good bit of kit at a good price. May just get myself one too. Thanks for the link
 
don't get a drill driver:

- get a cordless screwdriver

- get a good (makita/bosch/millwaukee) cordless combi drill

+ a nice 2kg sds for almost everything else . . .

I dont bother with 12v drill drivers as they are too heavy to use properly. My millwaukee 12 screwdriver can fit in my back pocket however and I use it all day long!
 
It arrived yesterday - (excellent next day service from powertool world).

Very impressed so far - very compact and excellent weight and balance. The quality definitely seems a cut above my old Dewalt and it comes in one of the new Bosch 'L-Box' cases (matches my big sds :) ). I'm sending off for my free second battery today. Good also to have the peace of mind of a three year warranty.

It's my first Li-Ion tool - looking forward to seeing how it performs.
 
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don't get a drill driver:

- get a cordless screwdriver

- get a good (makita/bosch/millwaukee) cordless combi drill

+ a nice 2kg sds for almost everything else . . .

I dont bother with 12v drill drivers as they are too heavy to use properly. My millwaukee 12 screwdriver can fit in my back pocket however and I use it all day long!
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never understood the need for a combi drill myself. What can you actually hammer drill better than an sds? maybe a soft breeze block will drill ok but everything else get the sds out.
I have had plenty of powerful combi drills like the dewalt 24v and currently have 3 x milwaukee 28v's but i can honestly say i have never used hammer mode.
 
I use the hammer mode on my combi drill occasionally when it's just a couple of 6mm holes and I can't be bothered to drag the 36v in.
 
I have always been a Dewalt man, but recently brought me a Bosch 36v compact sds drill and its awesome, and then I retired my dewalt 18v for a set of Bosch 10.8v drill and impact driver set, this is the best tool I have owned, so small goies in pocket and does everything my old big 18v does.
 
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