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[Sir Tigger KC]

So 3 years ago I invested approx £100 in a nice shiny new Makita cordless drill to replace my trusty 5 year old £25 Focus own brand drill which expired during an arduous afternoon fixing battens to a wall for thermoboard. 

Recently though the Makita has shown signs of it's imminent demise which I'm pretty unimpressed about to be honest, given that Makita is supposed to be one of the top brands and should have given me years of faithful service!   

So I've been looking at replacements and it's either going to be a Bosch for around £120 or a £40 -50 cheapy from ebay or Lidl.    Although I also quite like the look of the Ryobi as they have a massive range of tools which use the same battery.  Not particularly cheap though.... 

Seeing as we havn't had a chat about drills for a while, I thought I'd see what the current OOF wisdom is!    TIA! 

[Bigron]

It would cost you very little to complain to Customer Services in the same terms as you have written here, as such a short life-span for an expensive drill doesn't meet your expectations - or maybe the "fit for purpose" regulations, whatever they stipulate nowadays?

Ron.

[flyer 0712]

Last year I listened to a radio consumer programe which stated that just because you generaly get a 12 month warranty on an item that does not mean that after 12 months it is out of warranty...It also depends on the cost of the item in the first place...so basicaly it boils down to value for your money,If you do not think that you have had value for money then phone the company up and state your case for your complaint..they may just help you to resolve just that...so worth a call I would think 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I certainly plan to do that Ron, although I don't expect any joy as the 2 year warranty has expired.   

Although I guess it would be a good idea to do so before spending any cash, just in case they send me a brand new drill and an apology.   

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Bought this exact model from Amazon awhile back when they had a lightning deal or something got it for £40 and it's good for what it is, Nicely balanced, powerful enough. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00L3XK06C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Gaffers]

I have used several of the Titan brand from screwfix including a cordless and a SDS drill.  Good value and still going strong several years later.

[zirk]

Over the years with my job Ive probably tried and bought all of them, had to be a good hammer and cordless, Hitachi, Metobo, Makita, Spit, Hilti etc, (took out a second mortgage t buy the Hilti 16TE) one ny one they all failed one way or another. I then bought a Bosch GBH 24Volt Blue as recommend by a friend, that was 18 years ago, still part of the tool kit and is my number one drill., still on the original battery, cant fault it , just keeps going and will drill through anything.   

[gbh]

Rather depends on what you will be using it for,light use 18v is fine i.e fitting screws and the odd rawplug but lots of masonry drilling requires 24v and Bosch is very good

[Sir Tigger KC]

Some good tips there chaps thanks! 

Looks like Mr Omegaman had a cracking deal with his Bosch and as I'm not in a hurry to get a new drill I'll keep an eye out for deals. 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

MY old man has owned two drills. A black and decker (70s one) which lasted about 20 years, and a Bosch, which is either still going strong, or gave up the ghost recently, cant remember. Either way, about the same time period. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes 3 years for a Makita is pish! 

[Terbs]

I think its luck of the draw. I left my drill at home one day, and went to work. Needed one urgently, so popped into B an Q and brought a Performance Power Cordless for about £20. Now twenty years old and going strong !!! And its been treated unfairly.!!!!
And incidently...so is the Bosch which I originaly forgot, and that cost considerably more than £20 !!!
As I said, luck of the draw

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes I have a couple of Performance Pro tools from B&Q, a jigsaw and an SDS drill which were inexpensive and really good.   

This was my first thought as a replacement for the Makita, but sadly B&Q have replaced the Performance Pro brand with MacAllister which are not much cheaper than Bosch, Makita or DeWalt so not much point really. 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Aren't Milwaukee meant to be good, or is that just marketing?

[aaronjb]

Aren't Milwaukee meant to be good, or is that just marketing?

Milf*ckee, I believe they're also known as.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBvRBvYcbs0 (When you've finished laughing he probably has teardowns of all the other brands, too.. definitely Hilti, Bosch, DeFault etc)