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[Phil]

Forget the voltage, its the amps you want.

18v 1.3Ah batteries will mean a gutless tool.

The Makita is £100 under list price for a reason.

DeWalt are doing the same type of thing for same price.

Check the charging time, alot of the cheap drills have upt to 2hr charge - bear in mind the better (more expensive ones) can charge in 15mins

As has been suggest above go for anything with 2Ah or up regardless of voltage.

Even for little jobs at home its not worth buying the really cheap battery drills, far better to buy a £9 240v 650W hammer drill and a Yankee screwdriver

[KillerWatt]

Forget the voltage, its the amps you want.

18v 1.3Ah batteries will mean a gutless tool.

Voltage, current, and battery construction will all be a deciding factor in how much energy a battery can deliver, and how long it can deliver it for.

[r1]

i think the other folks are missing the point[but there points are valid]
from what you say you want it for odd jobs so to me this means you not useing it 8 hours a day[so charging times and spare batterys are not a real issue]  as long as its got enough power go for a cheap as chips one.i would say at least 14volts and look in aldi etc

[feeutfo]

i think the other folks are missing the point[but there points are valid]
from what you say you want it for odd jobs so to me this means you not useing it 8 hours a day[so charging times and spare batterys are not a real issue]  as long as its got enough power go for a cheap as chips one.i would say at least 14volts and look in aldi etc

i used to think exactly that, i had 3 cheapo drillls, bought the first one from macro, replaced after complaining for similar priced other make, and aquired another of similar pruce and quality. All failed due to shite battery/charger combination, either the charger continued to charge the battery until it cooked it, or the battery just gradualy stoped taking charge until it stopped working, all 3 where dead in 3 months, all 3 had useable battery life that was conciderably shorter than than charge time to make it work in the first place.

So my advice, if it dont have lithium iron batterys then dont buy it unless you want to buy another one in 3months weather its used or not. So ask yourself how many "3months" will go buy before you could have paid for a decent lith ion equiped drill that will last for years, or 2years 6 months so far in my case.... light use counts for nout.

Any cordless drill or saw etc is only ever as good as the battery set with it, and will cost more to replace the failed battery than the whole set cost in the first place at that(cheap) price range....imo lithium iron minimum requirment.

[Hannah Judes Dad]

I work for Screwfix and they have got some good deals on power tools branded Site but they are re-badged Makita products (call their service department and it is Makita that answers)and starting on Monday they are having a cordless dril/driver with 3 batteries that charge in half an hour they are only 14.4v 1.3Ah.They are reduced to a few pence short of £60.I hope that helps.

[Kevin Wood]

Voltages and battery capacity tells you nothing about how powerful a drill is in use. It's pure marketing speak on the box, chosen for exactly that reason.

A 240v motor from a clock I could stop with one finger. The 12v starter motor from my Omega would probably rip my arm off.

I have a couple of Bosch cordless drills and have always found them fine.

Kevin

[Mr Skrunts]

I work for Screwfix and they have got some good deals on power tools branded Site but they are re-badged Makita products (call their service department and it is Makita that answers)and starting on Monday they are having a cordless dril/driver with 3 batteries that charge in half an hour they are only 14.4v 1.3Ah.They are reduced to a few pence short of £60.I hope that helps.

Will have a look on Monday.   

[jereboam]

Bought a Rockworth 18V 1.3Ah from Makro a couple of years back.  Don't use it all that much - odd jobs only.  It's done everything needed so far, battery retains charge even if not used for 3 months.

Comes in good case with drills and screwdriver bits. Only cost £20 + VAT.  Highly recommended.  Don't know if they're still available, though.

[KillerWatt]

I have a couple of Bosch cordless drills and have always found them fine.

I've always liked Bosch, and after last week the next one I buy will be Bosch as well.

6" core drill on a 24V Makita SDS - the clutch was activating left, right, & centre when trying to go through a 9" wall.
Same 6" core drill on a 24V Bosch SDS - clutch was still activating, but only if real pressure was applied while drilling the same wall.

[Kevin Wood]

I have a couple of Bosch cordless drills and have always found them fine.

I've always liked Bosch, and after last week the next one I buy will be Bosch as well.

6" core drill on a 24V Makita SDS - the clutch was activating left, right, & centre when trying to go through a 9" wall.
Same 6" core drill on a 24V Bosch SDS - clutch was still activating, but only if real pressure was applied while drilling the same wall.

Only thing I've had hassle with on the Bosch drills is the quick release chucks. I've replaced mine with good old-fashioned Jacobs jobs.

Not an issue with an SDS drill, of course.

Kevin

[david_omega]

ryobi stuff in b and q is good,  dewalt is mediate range and makita is top,  but ryobi and bosch are as good as each aother and draper,   i would go to b n q and see whats there, usualy a twin pack for 59.99 with all the cases and drill bits.
worth a look,

[KillerWatt]

ryobi stuff in b and q is good,  dewalt is mediate range and makita is top,  but ryobi and bosch are as good as each aother and draper,   i would go to b n q and see whats there, usualy a twin pack for 59.99 with all the cases and drill bits.
worth a look,

Ryobi is nowhere near the same ballpark as Bosch.
In fact, they are so far apart in terms of performance & longevity that it's not even the same game.

[KillerWatt]

Only thing I've had hassle with on the Bosch drills is the quick release chucks. I've replaced mine with good old-fashioned Jacobs jobs.

The chuck on my 14V Bosch is starting to get a little temperamental now when trying to release drill bits, but a quick pull of the trigger normally gets the clutch locked up again.

I'm not complaining though, it still cuts 4" holes in 9" brick without too much of a problem and has never let me down in the entire time I've had it.
I have contemplated having it serviced, but given it's age and the cost of a new replacement, I'll just run it until it breaks and then buy a new one.

[marcustash]

14.4 Cordless Dewalt user for past 2 years. When I work on the car I take it out before even thinking of firing up the compressor. Works great

[Dishevelled Den]

There's a bit of a blast from the past. :-?