Always buy and use top quality sharp bits for your drill, - especially on cordless. You would be a fool not to. Speed of drilling will be much faster and drill will have a fraction of the work and wear on them. I have largely Hilti gear. The 22volt combi is superb and excellent for drilling masonry for rawlplugs. BUT it weighs a lot and not ideal for above head or none stop use as you will get fatigue and sore wrists. Probably the non trade person more used to diy work is best to buy a reasonable Makita, Dewalt or Bosch kit for no more than £200 (combi and impact driver)
Just bought 12v Milwaukee sds drill very light ideal for working up ladders as it's very light no problem going into masonry
Basic Dewalt 18v XR Combi for me. Absolutely bullet-proof to be honest. Has been going for a good 3-4 years now. Even use it for mixing up self leveller etc. Starting to tire a little bit now but wont hesitate to replace like for like. Can only speak as I find. Been using the Dewalt XR range for a while and had no issues. A few bits fall off here and there (rubber trims etc) but kit does what its meant to do. Probably have 20+ tools from the range now. From USB charger through to mitre saw. Not all is "best in class" but for "bang for buck" its difficult to beat. The unheralded sub-compact 10.8v range is pretty good too. Especially the small screwdriver and the green laser level.
I given up on chasing "brands"- they all are made in China these days, hence most important factor I look out for is value for money and DO NOT place too much faith in anything else. It seems you are after serious tools, would recommend perhaps Hilti (used to be my fetish), but in practical terms would chose something, that has range IE cordless saws, cordless SDS for the ease of battery compatibility
Just in case anyone missed it - The OP has already bought his kit- last October - post #14. This is yet another reopened thread.....
@sospan , yes, we do! As it comes to my postings, perhaps, I should not post during work week, keep getting myself in to peculiar situations, due to lack of attention But then, I blame @goldenboy , @Sparkielev , @Heat
But that just leaves the weekend when there is too much booze about - has lead to many a suspended account
Main thing for me are same battery platform, adding to the range and range development. The actual performance is not as important! All the kit these days will do a job. I just really rate being able to carry a single charger and a couple of batteries.
Thats where Festool just messed up, they had a good but limited range of battery tools but then release a batch of sanders with different format batteries which aren't compatible
The did bring out a Nano battery but it didn't last. They also had a 24v & 28v range but they have long gone. At least the 54v batteries fit in the 18v and work really well
Like Bosch with their 24v batteries, two types, I dropped a clanger when I bought the 24v combi breaker..
Manufacturers will always be developing new tools and trying out different battery platforms. I think Dewalt will be running the 18v XR range for a while. The Flexvolt 54v batteries are backwards compatible too. Plus some of the 18v XR range will take the 10.8v range too. Radio, USB etc. The XRP range was in my opinion pretty poor, the XR range a lot better.