luke2152
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 03:02 PM |
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Recommended battery drill
I have no power available in my garage so looking for a half decent battery drill to replace the horrible no name one I have now. Something to
happily drill hundreds of holes for rivets plus the occasional heavy duty job. Don't want to spend the earth. I already have a ryobi mini
vacuum cleaner so have a slight bias towards them for battery compatibility.
Recommendations?
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pmc_3
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 03:14 PM |
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We use a lot of the Ryobi drills at work, I like them and the Lithium batteries are very good
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HowardB
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 03:41 PM |
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I bought some xrp dewalt ones when they were on offer at screwfix and q. 2 drills and 3 batteries. .never flat..
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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Charlie_Zetec
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 03:43 PM |
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I've got DeWalt cordless drills- B&Q / Screwfix usually have a kit on offer for £99 which includes two 1.3a/h batteries. I' e also
got some heavier duty SDS drills and impact drivers from their Li-Ion range but these are quite a bit more expensive. For the sake of what you want,
the £100 starter kit should be more than adequate!
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity!
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 03:44 PM |
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was in screwfix today. Picked up a hitachi one, £100 fo drill plus 2 batteries. 1/2" chuck, which is handy.
I have a bosch li drill, it was £80 with 2 batteries, but only a 10mm chuck (didn't check until I had had it a while) BUT it has plenty of
grunt, batteries last well, nicely balanced etc. I really wouldn't bother with any other battery apart from Li ion these days.
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Proby
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 04:08 PM |
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I've got the ryobi stuff and find it good value for money. My drill, jigsaw, reciprocating saw are all 5 years old now and had some right
abuse. The circular saw ain't up to anything heavy duty (also battery powered), but all in all, I'd recommend.
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owelly
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 04:09 PM |
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Argos were doing the DeWalt 18v Li-Ion XR Combi for £99 with two batteries.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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dave
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 05:38 PM |
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Ive been using the same Makita battery drill for 8 years, its never let me down yet. it only has a 10mm chuck though.
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me!
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 05:48 PM |
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I've got an 18 volt 3 Ah lion powered Makita, and its the bollocks. Roar. £150 from screwfix at the time
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jossey
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 06:17 PM |
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Bosch 18 or 24v
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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carlknight1982
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 08:50 PM |
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Just brought a dewalt xr l-ion 2 4ah battery's 3yr warranty £269 off mac tools
Logic will get you from a A to B
Imagination will take you everywhere.
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Jamwat
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| posted on 31/7/13 at 02:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dave
Ive been using the same Makita battery drill for 8 years, its never let me down yet. it only has a 10mm chuck though.
same here.. excellent value and came with 3 batteries.
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v8james
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| posted on 31/7/13 at 02:19 PM |
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+1 for Makita 14.4v
2 drills and 2 batteries lasted for 5 years, got 2 new batteries drills still going strong.
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whitestu
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| posted on 31/7/13 at 02:47 PM |
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I've got an Hitachi DV18DVC2/JD 18V 1.2Ah Ni-Cd Cordless Combi Drill. £99.99 with two batteries.
I bough mine from B&Q when they had a 20% off day so got it for £80.
Hitachi power tools are hard to beat.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 31/7/13 at 05:39 PM |
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I bought a deWalt with 3 batteries quite some time ago - the drill is fine, but the batteries have packed up due to lack of use (as will happen with
all NiCad batteries). I refuse to pay the deWalt price for replacements... although this isn't really the manufacturer's fault, people
should be aware that these batteries may well pack up if they're not used and recharged regularly.
Most of the time I'll use a mains-powered drill around the house, or my air-powered one in the garage (it's very compact and powerful), so
it may be that a battery drill isn't appropriate for my needs... I have seen a battery pack mod to allow these drills to be powered directly
from an external power supply and I might do that for use at my bench, where I have a 12v 30A PSU available.
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Tshort1984
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 06:59 AM |
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Lithium Ion Battery's are best. The higher the volts, the more power it will have. The higher the Amp Hour, the longer the battery's last.
The basic range from the main brands have gone downhill in my opinion. There starting to use cheap plastic in there gearboxes, cheap motors that
overheat rapidly (which melts the gearbox!). They all still produce excellent drills, but at a price. Something like a Makita LXT model (magnesium
alloy? gearbox) with a couple of 18v 3amp batterys should last you a fair few years, but look after your batterys. There very expensive if you bust
them!
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renetom
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 07:36 AM |
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recycle cordless drills
Hi
Over the years in our business used battery drills lots of them, however when the batteries
died they cost more than a new drill, so ended up with loads of good drills & no batteries.
So I separated a battery case removed the batteries drilled a hole in the case & soldered a
heavy flex 4m long with a pair of crocodile clips, araldited the case back together, now I have
a very powerful 1/2"capacity drill I can use at home or on the road.
got a heavy 12v truck battery from a trucking firm when they change them ( not quite good
enough for heavy truck but plenty enough power for a drill), keep it topped up with a 10amp
solar charger £10 on ebay. that way have 12v supply in the garage.
Used it for years works a treat.
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 09:11 AM |
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I bought a Makita nicad a few years ago when they were on offer with a toolkit and 2 batteries, a friend of mine bought the li-ion version at the same
time at about 2.5 times the price I paid. Mine is still going strong on the same batteries which hold charge for ages and take 30 minutes to recharge,
his needs new batteries which are more than my drill cost.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 02:29 PM |
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Another vote for the Ryobi 1+ drills as you can get other tools that take the same battery.
I also have an AEG drill which had a lifetime gauranteed free servicing and repalcaement batteries if you registered.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 05:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cliftyhanger
was in screwfix today. Picked up a hitachi one, £100 fo drill plus 2 batteries. 1/2" chuck, which is handy.
I have a bosch li drill, it was £80 with 2 batteries, but only a 10mm chuck (didn't check until I had had it a while) BUT it has plenty of
grunt, batteries last well, nicely balanced etc. I really wouldn't bother with any other battery apart from Li ion these days.
I paid £80 in B&Q for the 18v Bosch Li-Ion with dual batteries about a year ago. Heaven-sent for working on car / in the house...
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joneh
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 06:08 PM |
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Another vote for Ryobi. The One lithium batteries are great, last long and charge quick.
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jacko
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 06:17 PM |
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Kobe 18v is what i use at work
Jacko
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James
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| posted on 2/8/13 at 06:47 PM |
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I bought this Makita about 6 years ago from Screwfix.
http://www.sitebox.ltd.uk/makita-8390dwpe3-cordless-18-volt-combi-drill-13mm-keyless-chuck-oMAK_8390DWPE3
Cost me £99 at the time.
It's seen me through an entire house major refurb, fully boarding out a couple of lofts, a couple of bathrooms and numerous other jobs and some
semi-professional use when I was considering setting up as a handyman type.
Came with 3 batteries (although this review says they're only 1.3ah I'm fairly sure mine are bigger than that) which is handy too. The
hammerdrill is slightly weedy but it's pretty rare I need that so I have a corded 750w Ryobi for that.
All-metal gearbox too (according to this ad) which is re-assuring.
Really can't fault it in anyway. Would buy again if/when needed.
Cheers,
James
EDIT: My Dad bought the Ryobi 1 about 2/3 years ago. Not used it enough to comment on the reliability but it's much heavier than the Makita, it
doesn't have the instant stop and it feels chunkier and uglier. Makita of the 2- any day!
[Edited on 2/8/13 by James]
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