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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 12 August 2022, 18:52:25
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What are the advantages ( if any) of an 18V....20V....or 21V cordless drill over the elderly 12V Makita I currently use?
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
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use an 18v Makita , good all rounder , give the screwfix site a look
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What are the advantages ( if any) of an 18V....20V....or 21V cordless drill over the elderly 12V Makita I currently use?
18 and 20v are the same, just the bigger number is for Americans ::)
The advantage over what you have is more power and better battery life in a smaller, lighter tool. They might have a brushless motor to increase those advantages.
And your elderly Makita probably has Nicad batteries instead of the more suitable Lithium ones.
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use an 18v Makita , good all rounder , give the screwfix site a look
All my 18v stuff is Makita and it's been excellent, the vast majority of what they sell is also brushless.
I've had one failure - cordless 18v circular saw packed up after being used on about 50 oak sleepers. The warranty meant makita picked it up, repaired it in about 3 working days and shipped it back all FOC.
The other stuff has been great and I use it way more than most DIYers. :y
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
Indeed, and a must if drilling into concrete with a suitable bit, with hammer ability. With really tough, reinforced concrete, a Kango drill is the baby to use as I have found out in my ‘concrete everywhere’ flat! :D ;)
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use an 18v Makita , good all rounder , give the screwfix site a look
Be aware of the Shitfix ones, they tend to be a lower cost, lower quality version of the ones other outlets sell. Whether or not that's an issue depends on what you plan to use it for :)
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I moved over to Dewat after the Makitas (mainly due to having a couple of batteries 'lying around'), had no issues and drills anything i need it to.
Just be aware that most of these brands have the cheaper entry level/DIY versions, and the better pro ones for a few quid more.
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we've a load of 18v Milwaukee battery stuff at work. I've been pretty impressed with them all.
But I've not been paying ;)
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My Makita cost bout £100 in a sale at B&Q and I've never been that impressed with it. :-\
The batteries were shagged after a couple of years and then the gearbox packed up just after the warranty expired.
I emailed them and they said Send it in. They sent it back with a new gearbox, but said there was nothing wrong with the batteries.
So not bad really, and I replaced the batteries with cheapo's from Ebay which have lasted longer than the originals... :-\
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
Indeed, and a must if drilling into concrete with a suitable bit, with hammer ability. With really tough, reinforced concrete, a Kango drill is the baby to use as I have found out in my ‘concrete everywhere’ flat! :D ;)
Your neighbours must love you.
Hammer drill in a flat will shake their fillings loose. :D
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
Indeed, and a must if drilling into concrete with a suitable bit, with hammer ability. With really tough, reinforced concrete, a Kango drill is the baby to use as I have found out in my ‘concrete everywhere’ flat! :D ;)
Your neighbours must love you.
Hammer drill in a flat will shake their fillings loose. :D
Not to mention the fact that the concrete is what holds the building up :-X
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
Indeed, and a must if drilling into concrete with a suitable bit, with hammer ability. With really tough, reinforced concrete, a Kango drill is the baby to use as I have found out in my ‘concrete everywhere’ flat! :D ;)
Your neighbours must love you.
Hammer drill in a flat will shake their fillings loose. :D
The neighbours are as bad as me ;D ;D
I have two below me and above who are renovating their flats, so drilling sounds are very common ::) ::) :D ;)
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
Indeed, and a must if drilling into concrete with a suitable bit, with hammer ability. With really tough, reinforced concrete, a Kango drill is the baby to use as I have found out in my ‘concrete everywhere’ flat! :D ;)
Your neighbours must love you.
Hammer drill in a flat will shake their fillings loose. :D
Not to mention the fact that the concrete is what holds the building up :-X
When I am putting up batons for new curtain tracks, or extending my ring mains for new sockets, I have no choice. As for the concrete ceilings that are faced with plaster, extending any lighting is a real pain.
Thank goodness though I have now completed all my renovations before I am past it! ;)
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
Indeed, and a must if drilling into concrete with a suitable bit, with hammer ability. With really tough, reinforced concrete, a Kango drill is the baby to use as I have found out in my ‘concrete everywhere’ flat! :D ;)
Your neighbours must love you.
Hammer drill in a flat will shake their fillings loose. :D
Not to mention the fact that the concrete is what holds the building up :-X
When I am putting up batons for new curtain tracks, or extending my ring mains for new sockets, I have no choice. As for the concrete ceilings that are faced with plaster, extending any lighting is a real pain.
Thank goodness though I have now completed all my renovations before I am past it! ;)
You need a man about the house, Lizzie.
Skruntie has always had a yen for you and I believe he is still a bachelor.
Wedding bells? :)
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If you're "drilling" then use a 240 volt one
If you're "screwing" then you won't be worried about D I Y :D
Indeed, and a must if drilling into concrete with a suitable bit, with hammer ability. With really tough, reinforced concrete, a Kango drill is the baby to use as I have found out in my ‘concrete everywhere’ flat! :D ;)
Your neighbours must love you.
Hammer drill in a flat will shake their fillings loose. :D
Not to mention the fact that the concrete is what holds the building up :-X
When I am putting up batons for new curtain tracks, or extending my ring mains for new sockets, I have no choice. As for the concrete ceilings that are faced with plaster, extending any lighting is a real pain.
Thank goodness though I have now completed all my renovations before I am past it! ;)
You need a man about the house, Lizzie.
Skruntie has always had a yen for you and I believe he is still a bachelor.
Wedding bells? :)
That’s very true. I have no one else to blame when things go wrong but myself, and as for maintaining the car………!! ::)
I should be a lady living in luxury, pampered endlessly, and never having to go under the bonnet or the whole car ever again ;D ;)
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I use the older DeWalt (NiCd 18v) ones, namely because following the garage incident, it was all my little bro could find on his skip diving adventures ;D
No issues with it, although I've had to replace the batts. My batts I'm currently using are 2013 and 2014 and 2019. Got a couple of drills, impact wrench, impact driver, right angled drill, torch and so on.
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..... namely because following the garage incident, ....
You kept that quiet ::) ::)
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..... namely because following the garage incident, ....
You kept that quiet ::) ::)
We now call it an incident, and speak no more of it. Mrs TB is still a bit sensitive over it... ...and it was 9yrs ago :o