Favorite Cordless Drills ?

[mehera]

Mine is a Maikita LXT Litium 18v hammer drill (£299) - very nice !

 

[NickH]

Personnaly love Panasonic stuff.

 

[Swift]

The bosch 36v SDS with the new type batteries. Very light.

 

[Dave]

I have a dewalt one...but has anyone seen those makita ones in screewfix...2 batteries as well....£99...bargain..

 

[unguided1]

Rawlplugs Mason Master. We used to call it a rawlplug jumper. Its truly cordless and all apprentices should be forced to use them until there thumbs are a bloody pulpy mess!!!. Sorry bout that I hate the damn things but have secret pleasure of watching someone else in pain.

 

[Paultheplumber]

just bought the £99 Makita 18v from screwfix with 3 batteries as my five year old Dewalt called it a day on monday. It was a bargain

 

[uug197h]

just bought the £99 Makita 18v from screwfix with 3 batteries as my five year old Dewalt called it a day on monday. It was a bargain

you may need to keep the spare battery's on charge when your using the drill if there less than 2 amp hour as they go flat quick

 

[mehera]

I have a 1.3ah dewalt and the charge is crap. Try the 3ah makita lion batteries(£130 each) and you are in a different world.

 

[unguided1]

Rawlplugs Mason Master, no Baterries just bleeding love slaves and appretices.

 

[365drills]

Dewalt 14v

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[mehera]

If you want a cheap deal get this, not a run-down Dewalt or last years Makita rejects -

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Only 1 battery though . . .

Still not as good as mine!

 

[JT Plumbing]

Milwaukee V28 for me . I wanted to try something different and am glad I made the choice .

 

[Aqua Mechanica]

Bosch 36V Li Ion for me

 

[MarkB]

Rawlplugs Mason Master. We used to call it a rawlplug jumper. Its truly cordless and all apprentices should be forced to use them until there thumbs are a bloody pulpy mess!!!. Sorry bout that I hate the damn things but have secret pleasure of watching someone else in pain. [DLMURL="http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.co.uk%2Fimgres%3Fimgurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fprod_image%2F67128_m.jpg%26imgrefurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fchoiceful-id-100677-Rawlplug-Mason-Master-Hand-Tool-4-5mm-No-8-Size.html%26h%3D200%26w%3D200%26sz%3D5%26hl%3Den%26start%3D14%26um%3D1%26usg%3D__JUOkIFrHKpY_rmVIQkobAz3Z4ME%3D%26tbnid%3Dm9ChIB2xE2M1IM%3A%26tbnh%3D104%26tbnw%3D104%26prev%3D%2Fimages%253Fq%253Dold%252Brawlplug%252Btools%2526um%253D1%2526hl%253Den%2526sa%253DN"]

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Regardless of how unpleasant they are to use, they're still a very useful bit of kit. Perfect for starting awkward holes in very tough engineering bricks

I have an 18v Dewalt and find both the 2.6Ah NiMh batteries and the drill itself excellent. For anything that the cordless can't cope with I use a 4kg Makita SDS

Mark

 

[pauls]

my personal preferance for drills and most tools is makita i have the 14.4v driver drill nice and light and the 18v ion combi drill im not to keen on dewalt drills

 

[stevetheplumber]

Rawlplugs Mason Master. We used to call it a rawlplug jumper. Its truly cordless and all apprentices should be forced to use them until there thumbs are a bloody pulpy mess!!!. Sorry bout that I hate the damn things but have secret pleasure of watching someone else in pain. [DLMURL="http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.co.uk%2Fimgres%3Fimgurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fprod_image%2F67128_m.jpg%26imgrefurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fchoiceful-id-100677-Rawlplug-Mason-Master-Hand-Tool-4-5mm-No-8-Size.html%26h%3D200%26w%3D200%26sz%3D5%26hl%3Den%26start%3D14%26um%3D1%26usg%3D__JUOkIFrHKpY_rmVIQkobAz3Z4ME%3D%26tbnid%3Dm9ChIB2xE2M1IM%3A%26tbnh%3D104%26tbnw%3D104%26prev%3D%2Fimages%253Fq%253Dold%252Brawlplug%252Btools%2526um%253D1%2526hl%253Den%2526sa%253DN"]

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i recently took one of these in to show a couple of young lads and they still dont belive this was how we drilled holes
using one of these tought you two things 1 how not to hit your hand 2 never use more screws than is absolutly necessary(a customer taught me to spell "necessary" one collar two socks)

 

[copperspropper]

i ve got a milwaukee power plus 18 v have done for the last 4 years and ive used every day near enough its tough as they come its gotta die soon what ever drill you go for be sure it has a metal chuck cant go wrong with milwaukee or hilti

 

[stevetheplumber]

Rawlplugs Mason Master. We used to call it a rawlplug jumper. Its truly cordless and all apprentices should be forced to use them until there thumbs are a bloody pulpy mess!!!. Sorry bout that I hate the damn things but have secret pleasure of watching someone else in pain. [DLMURL="http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.co.uk%2Fimgres%3Fimgurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fprod_image%2F67128_m.jpg%26imgrefurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fchoiceful-id-100677-Rawlplug-Mason-Master-Hand-Tool-4-5mm-No-8-Size.html%26h%3D200%26w%3D200%26sz%3D5%26hl%3Den%26start%3D14%26um%3D1%26usg%3D__JUOkIFrHKpY_rmVIQkobAz3Z4ME%3D%26tbnid%3Dm9ChIB2xE2M1IM%3A%26tbnh%3D104%26tbnw%3D104%26prev%3D%2Fimages%253Fq%253Dold%252Brawlplug%252Btools%2526um%253D1%2526hl%253Den%2526sa%253DN"]

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i recently took one of these in to show a couple of young lads and they still dont belive this was how we drilled holes
using one of these tought you two things 1 how not to hit your hand 2 never use more screws than is absolutly necessary(a customer taught me to spell "necessary" one collar two socksalthough spelling is probably as redundant as the rawlplug tool).

 

[fatoftheland]

Rawlplugs Mason Master

Blimey that brings me back!

 

[Bernie2]

Rawlplugs Mason Master. We used to call it a rawlplug jumper. Its truly cordless and all apprentices should be forced to use them until there thumbs are a bloody pulpy mess!!!. Sorry bout that I hate the damn things but have secret pleasure of watching someone else in pain.

Orrible! They where! Are they still used?

 

[feltham]

Rawlplugs Mason Master. We used to call it a rawlplug jumper. Its truly cordless and all apprentices should be forced to use them until there thumbs are a bloody pulpy mess!!!. Sorry bout that I hate the damn things but have secret pleasure of watching someone else in pain. [DLMURL="http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.co.uk%2Fimgres%3Fimgurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fprod_image%2F67128_m.jpg%26imgrefurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.choiceful.com%2Fchoiceful-id-100677-Rawlplug-Mason-Master-Hand-Tool-4-5mm-No-8-Size.html%26h%3D200%26w%3D200%26sz%3D5%26hl%3Den%26start%3D14%26um%3D1%26usg%3D__JUOkIFrHKpY_rmVIQkobAz3Z4ME%3D%26tbnid%3Dm9ChIB2xE2M1IM%3A%26tbnh%3D104%26tbnw%3D104%26prev%3D%2Fimages%253Fq%253Dold%252Brawlplug%252Btools%2526um%253D1%2526hl%253Den%2526sa%253DN"]

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i once saw some one with one of these and thought he was joking when he said he was about to hang rads with it . i couldnt understand it as we had a cordless 24v dewalt and a eletric drill on site .

 

[Dannypipe]

I have no idea what a Mason Master is!!? I'm 30 years old, so they can't have been around for ages. No offense lads!

I have a Metabo 14V, it was one of the first lithium ion drills on the market. It's a bit crap as the forward reverse action is annoying. Plus is has this useless pulse action, for sheared screw heads (yeah right). It's about 3 years old and plays me up now. Slows down and speeds up. Battery still lasts ages though!

I also have an 18V Makita. Great tool. Plus a 18V impact driver. Also great.

Personally don't like Dewalt stuff. Had a Dewalt as my first drill, and lasted about 2 years.

I'm buying Hilti next time. I hear there stuff is the nuts. Only, you don't see it in B & Q!!

 

[andekoch]

have just bought myself a dewalt 18v combi. small battery (1.3Ah so expect to always being charging but light to use). my previous drill was a cheepie that has lasted 4 years (also 1.3Ah batteries).
Would have loved to get a Makita 18V li-Ion but too expensive (unless the dewalt dies on me).

 

[Dannypipe]

You can write tools off against your tax, so it pays not to scrimp. If I can afford it at the time, I'll always buy the best I can. We bought a cordless angle drill the other month, and bought cheap. It's OK, but takes about 4 hours to charge!

 

[andekoch]

Agreed danny, tools are a legit business expense. like you say buy the best you can especially for the stuff you use all the time, unfortunately I could not quite stretch to the 200quid (or there abouts) for the makita.