Can't decide which drill set to purchase

[Lee Davies]

Hey all, looking for a bit of advice from people who have these brands or these particular sets.

I am torn between either the ;

MAKITA DLX2145TJ 18V 5.0AH LI-ION LXT CORDLESS COMBI DRILL & IMPACT DRIVER TWIN PACK

Priced at £299.99

Or

MILWAUKEE M18CBLPP2A-402C 18V 4.0AH LI-ION REDLITHIUM BRUSHLESS CORDLESS COMBI DRILL & IMPACT DRIVER TWIN PACK

Priced at £249.99


Now I know that each has pros and cons such as the 5.0mAh vs the 4.0mAh, but I am not too well up on power drills.

These will be used mainly for affixing radiators, boilers, timber works, programmers etc etc.

Anything such as drilling through an exterior wall for condensates etc I will use my Hilti SDS 110v or a WEKA diamond core drill.

TIA
Lee Davies
Pro-Gas

 

[SimonG]

Makita.

Had Bosch when I first started and stayed with Bosch when the first ones bit the dust.
When they went I moved onto Milwaukee, it was on par with the Bosch but endurance was pants.
The Makita I have now has already lasted twice as long as the Milwaukee.

 

[townfanjon]

Personally I am a Makita man, my battery’s are the old 3AH and are great.
However nothing wrong with Milwaukee

 

[Lee Davies]

Thanks for the messages so far

I think I will go with the Makita, okay they may be brushed but it's a brand I have heard of for many years, has a larger battery and faster charge time.

 

[gmartine]

I have a foot in both camps and I'd say those kits are much of a muchness. Although not FUEL the milwaukee does claim to be brushless which will probably negate the lesser run time of the 4A battery. The Makita combi is significantly more powerful which may come in handy, what colour do you prefer or maybe check the weight difference if you're not doing HD endurance work with them but the Makita kit by a knats c**k, both excellent platforms imo.

 

[Lee Davies]

I have a foot in both camps and I'd say those kits are much of a muchness. Although not FUEL the milwaukee does claim to be brushless which will probably negate the lesser run time of the 4A battery. The Makita combi is significantly more powerful which may come in handy, what colour do you prefer or maybe check the weight difference if you're not doing HD endurance work with them but the Makita kit by a knats c**k, both excellent platforms imo.

Cheers GMartine,

Will get the Makita set as I prefer the looks haha.

 

[townfanjon]

Cheers GMartine,

Will get the Makita set as I prefer the looks haha.

You wont be sorry

 

[Lee Davies]

You wont be sorry

You're right, just found the makita set cheaper online for £259.99 :O

 

[Best]

Advice I was given was buy the best value kit of your chosen brand that comes with a least 2 batteries (of decent ah) and then buy bare tools later.
If you work out the cost, you usually find it is cheaper to buy a brushed twin kit complete with it’s batteries and charger and then buy a brushless bare tool later.
As I said earlier, the Milwaukee from Screwfix offer was £169.99, and then a £10 discount voucher, but the pair of 4ah batteries are worth about £100, the charger I guess about £30, the case at least £20, so good deal even just if needing batteries and spare charger.

 

[Burger]

I had Makita and batteries have been garbage, luckily I didn’t purchase the tools my employer did. Dewalt have always been a lot of people’s favourite, I personally have Lidl’s own (parkside) as don’t do much drilling now and they have been very good.

 

[WC1]

May not be the precise model but this guy does for my money pretty much the only tool reviews on youtubes.


Forgive him, he's Canadian.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I’ve got the same drill it’s good

 

[Harvest Fields]

The carpenter that boarded my loft said that they are awesome. But he said to stick with Milwaukee.

 

[leadpig]

i was told that the new milwaukee is basically ryobi .
my makita lxt 6 piece kit is 11 years old and all still running fine

 

[Harvest Fields]

i was told that the new milwaukee is basically ryobi .
my makita lxt 6 piece kit is 11 years old and all still running fine

How is a Milwaukee a ryobi?

 

[leadpig]

internals are the same

 

[Harvest Fields]

internals are the same

Then ryobi have clearly gone up a few notches.

 

[leadpig]

if thats what you believe lol

 

[gmartine]

Then ryobi have clearly gone up a few notches.

Leadpig is just talking about this particular model (neither brushed nor top of the range FUEL ), could very well be with same parent company and explains price but not necessarily the strategy.

 

[Welder]

Many of these products have the same Chinese roots. Remember, not all components are made by the same companies. Take a drill. The plastic outer shell will be made by one company, the gearbox by another, then you'll have the motor, the electronics, the battery & the packaging all made by others. They will all, quite possibly, get assembled & tested by the 'manufacturer' who may have contracted that work too.

Each of those sub-contractors will be selling their components as far and as wide as possible. It's no different to car manus where many many components fit many many cars. It's the job of manus to keep costs down so they share endlessly.

Companies will only pay peanuts, so component manus need to sell much bigger qtys than reqd by one end user to make a profit via economies of scale in their factories. It's all pretty obvs when laid out.

Therefore, it is quite possible these share many components... Proof however is more difficult to obtain.

 

[WC1]

There are 2 tool family corporations -

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation - Wikipedia

Stanley Black & Decker - Wikipedia

Hilti and Makita are outside of these.

I use Makite

 

[Best]

There are 2 tool family corporations -

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation - Wikipedia

Stanley Black & Decker - Wikipedia

Hilti and Makita are outside of these.

I use Makite

What about Panasonic?
I guess they are an individual company.

Metabo also probably not a “family” link to other brands

 

[WC1]

I think you're right, I'm just aware of the 2 corps and 2 indy's mentioned

 

[gmartine]

Metabo are owned by Hitachi, albeit they're a much smaller player ...

 

[WC1]

RIP Metabo?
Looking for a small bench grinder, choices = £120 Metabo or £20 screwfix - I went metabo, I've had metabo in the past, generally very good.
Arrived today, it is NASTY JUNK.
Dirty from the factory, massive swarf, patchy paint, faulty casting, rust (yes, rust!).
Looks like Hitachi have hollowed the company out.
Wipes away single tear...