18V DRILL/DRIVER Recommendations

shaunyshaun1234

My house move is now getting quite close and thought of taking down and re-fitting many shelves / furniture etc is making me somewhat sweaty!

Can anyone recommend some good battery powered drills etc.

Budget around £100

ESBlonde

Makita.
 You want metal gears, they are engineered to last longer and good brands are likely to have batteries available past the end of this summer.

shaunyshaun1234

I have been looking at the Makita ones and they have some good deals on at the moment.

Amazon, 18v, two batteries, large bit kit case etc for £113

Richardj

I've always had very good service from my DeWalt kit. If you hunt around you can get one of theirs for around that price.

chillidoggy

Bish, bash, BOSCH!

Travisthedog

Hitachi from screwfix

BigMonka

Travisthedog said:

Hitachi from screwfix

I recently got a Hitachi drill/driver/hammer drill combi with two 18V LiOn batteries. It's fantastic, light enough but powerful and easily gets into the solid walls of my house. At the time I got mine Homebase had the best deal.

There are normally some good deals on DIY equipment over the easter weekend so you've picked the right time to get one!

GuitarMonkey

I got a DeWalt cheaply from ScrewFix. It's a great bit of kit and charges in under 30 minutes.

PureTonePedals

Had few Makitas, Bosch and Dewalt.

Makita is far better than all!

shaunyshaun1234

Theres an Hitachi one on screwfix for £99 with two batteries but cant find out if it has metal gears!

Danny1969

The cheap Makita's with the red batteries are shite, broke 2 of them just driving in plasterboard screws. By contrast I've had my Hitachi drill drivers for 8 years and still going strong despite the abuse I've given em

If your putting up shelves your gonna want a hammer drill driver to drill the walls for the plugs

capo4th

For £100 I bought the Makita set with all the drill bits and two batteries perfect for DIY at a great price had mine 3 years it's done loads of stuff and buy it from screw fix and there are no issues if it goes wrong inside 12 months

Sambostar

Makita are market leaders, but only the pro drills.  Next bet would be Hitachi, then Dewalt, then Bosch IMO.  Depends what you are using it for, professionally you want at least a Makita 456 or 456 or 480.  I've burnt out £350 Metabo 110V drills but these Makita's keep going.  Can't remember how many Bosch drills I've broken, mind they were the cheap ones.  Around the home for occasional use, even a Screwfix Erbauer will do.  The Erbauer's design hasn't changed internally since Ferm.  They have plastic gears, for what you use them for and the way they are geared, you are more likely to chew or snap a drill bit or driver bit than break any internals, but the cheap price brings with it shite batteries

Iamnobody

As well as a hammer action drill - One of these will come in handy...

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/29138/bosch-screwdriver

Very pleased with mine and only paid £20 IIRC.

drwiddly

Wickes own brand drills are good. I've had one of their 24v ones for years and it's still going strong. They used to be made by Bosch but not sure if they still are.

Dalefty

My favourite drills are

DeWalt
Milwaukee
Makita
Bosch

If you are on a tight budget I would look at

Ryobi
Worx

Also check the batteries for how many amps per hour they are, the more amps per hour the better the battery and drill.

DaLefty