Cordless drill / driver needed

Got one of these, over budget sadly, but it's superb, highly rate it.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gsb...-cordless-combi-drill/9647j?_requestid=144645

http://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/gsr-18-2-li-plus-38176-ocs-p/

 

No offence but you won't get anything half decent for that price.

 

With a lot of the cheaper tack, you can't get spares or extra batteries, stick with a quailty brands Bosch, Makita, etc, at least they will come with a 3 year warrenty.

 

Recently bought a new Makita 10.8v drill/driver wih slide on batteries from T***stop. Bloody brill bit of kit,but dearer than 80 quid. You get what you pay for.

 

ITS were doing the 10.8 Makita twin pack for £100 + VAT.

 

Good price Chippie, but were they getting rid of the old "plug-in" stock before they started selling the new slide-in range?

 

It was a plug in but I wanted it for lightness, I have 18V IiOn for when I need grunt and it was the new model with hammer, not that I will use it.

 

Bit like me Mate. I only want a light cordless for quick jobs,otherwise 240v kit.

 

When I visited lidl at the weekend saw a drill driver impact thingy 12v.

I think you can change the heads over for drilling etc, didn't take much notice now.

 

It doesn't mention about the battery capacity measured in Ah.

2 batteries is essential as you can use while the other charges.

Does seem cheap and with the 3 year warranty.

An impact wrench doesn't have a chuck, so cant use drill bits unless shanked, but never tried. But having both a drill and impact does speed up work heavily.

 

I bought the makita 10.8v combi drill and impact driver set in black carry bag with free makita tool bits £120 delivered. Highly reccomend it.
Impact driver will help get screws in yes.
The makita cordless drill does have hammer but not chisel (you'd be looking at 18v if not corded) and I have used it to put shelf brackets up in celcon bricks. Probably wouldn't go through concrete very easy.

 

Apparently, the average life use of a DIY tool is just 30 minutes.

So on that basis just buy a cheap one, if it lasts, happy days.
There is no point in speeding serious money on something that wont come out of its case for months on end.

 

In that case,spend some money & buy something decent. Both Bosch (the blue ones) and Makita give 3 year warranties. BTW, our hosts aren't the only place to buy power tools. Suggest you look arround a bit.