10.8V?

[apprentice87]

I got a Bosch drill, and although it was something silly like £200 or £300 [cannot remember now,have had it a few years] it is brilliant. 10mm holes in steel, and i do not mean [18G steel either] no problem. I have put up armoured cables and had to drill hundreds of holes in hard brick [not the modern rubbish] for cable cleats, no problem. Holes in the flanges of beams to tap threads so as to be able to bolt cable cleats, accessories etc, no problem. Just generally drilling things [mainly steel] when i am pottering about making things, no problem.

When i first walked out of the shop i was thinking "you idiot, i cannot believe you just went and spent that on a drill, OMG what were you thinking"

Now, it counts as one of the best buys i have ever made......

john...

 

[Blue Duck]

This is the one I got:

http://m.screwfix.com/p/makita-hp330dwe-10-8v-1-3ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill/98504?filtered=true

not from screwfux! I had buyers remorse when I left the shop but I'm sure it will pay for its self eventually ray

I now have 5 makita drills ffs!

 

[kerching]

Mo such thing as "buyers remorse"...this is a myth perpetuated by women who buy handbags and shoes!...they THINK they need the stuff, whereas we KNOW we need the tools!.....MAN UP...buy another to ease the pain!

That is what i have been doing for decades!

Just buying

 

[Blue Duck]

I won a UV torch on ebay to go with my UV marking kit for all these drills :|

Does that count?

 

[m4tty]

Bought the makita set 6 months ago and its nearly made the lxt 18v kit redundant. Impact drives 4" screws straight through timbers. Bulletproof and best buy for a while. Pukka for dry lining ceilings

Www.its.co.uk cheapest place for most stuff and delivery and service spot on

 

[Blue Duck]

I got the dk18000 kit just before the new one came out, nearly half the price of just the combi drill in screweys!

They are good bits of kit but The only drawback is the weight! if I'm doing a cooker as the top of a block with no lift it's just too much to be carrying... hand tools, tester, stud detector, cable and a drill with bits

This way I'm only adding 1kg to my payload

 

[Blue Duck]

So far so good! it's speeded up my work a pleasing amount and lightened the load, had to move an intercom this morning made removing quicker and easier, also drilled 5.5mm holes in concrete with no dramas

Two draw backs thus far are....

1) The Makita patented light on a drill which does not shine on the area you are drilling!  ROTFWL   headbang

2) Theres no battery indicator!

Otherwise so far so good

 

[Andy™]

2) Theres no battery indicator!

what wrong with the old 'its stopped turning. time to charge the battery'?

 

[Blue Duck]

Thought that Li-ion batteries didn't like being fully discharged???  But really I guess its when you have something for so long it feels odd when its not there.

 

[steptoe]

i like the battery indicators, no confusion over what batteries are charged and which arent,

 

[Sharpend]

That's the beauty of milwaukee

 

[Blue Duck]

Like the dremel, [which does have an indicator] It goes pretty quickly!

They are only wee batteries.

I wasnt expecting the world from it but so far Im pleasantly suprised.

 

[steptoe]

jeez,

I have yet to run out of both batteries on my Milwaukee,

one usually does me a day if Im doing a LOT with it,

if Im just changing light fittings etc it will last most of the week,,, 

 

[Blue Duck]

I haven't charged it since it left the shop

 

[kerching]

You have to charge them?

Jeez, that has saved me a fricking fortune

 

[binky]

I've been using a metabo 4.5v screwdriver for nearly 10 years, it's been brilliant although I've just about killed the gearbox from overstressing it once too often.

 

[Blue Duck]

jeez,

I have yet to run out of both batteries on my Milwaukee,

one usually does me a day if Im doing a LOT with it,

if Im just changing light fittings etc it will last most of the week,,,

What I meant was that when the battery gets really low there is a significant drop in the amount of torque so it's easy to tell (without a battery indicator) when's a good time to swap over

Still well impressed!!!

 

[Sharpend]

Isn't the whole point of li-on that it doesn't lose just stops, at least that's what my milwaukee do?

 

[Blue Duck]

Maybe? I just thought they lasted longer and could be charged more?

 

[Andy™]

the output of li-ion is more constant until its dead, then it just dies, unlike nicad & nimh. they can also be charged at any time without affecting its capacity. much better. i doubt i would get anything that didnt have li-ion