Best combi drill

[uksparks]

Any recommendations for metal drill bits?

i use dewalt metal drills, Screwfix sell them.

 

[uksparks]

Looks good to me mate, a lot of torque for such a small drill, I loved my previous Bosch but it was stolen, serious contender if not the one!

Its a very good drill, I would highly recommend it, if you do but Bosch, don't forget to register the warranty straight away online so you get the three years, you need to do the drill, the charger and both batteries.

 

[Hellmooth]

Just bought it the Bosch there from ffx, cheers UK, love it!

 

[uksparks]

Just bought it the Bosch there from ffx, cheers UK, love it!

ah good, it will not let you down. It really is a good drill, the hammer is good too, clearly it's not an add but it's good.

 

[Hellmooth]

ah good, it will not let you down. It really is a good drill, the hammer is good too, clearly it's not an add but it's good.

Never really bother using hammer on my combis but will try this one out for light stuff! Got a really heavy duty Bosch hammer drill it's the nuts, bit heavy though for some tasks, looking to get the lightweight version as well!

Just had a look at the dewalts on screwfix website, they look quality! Is it the extreme you use?

 

[shanky887614]

I'm going back to Dewalt. Ive had enough of Makita as done 2 combi drills and an impactor in the last 10 months. To be fair they do suffer some abuse but still....

how have you killed the impactors?

ive using mine to do up m10 rawl bolts and make unistrut frames and its fine.

fair enough with the drills my 451 still works but has a dodgy gear selector
458 works fine after changing the bushes (bushes lasted less than a year of very heavy usage)

481 goes on fine and havent killed any 3ah (bl1830) batteries yet

 

[shanky887614]

ah good, it will not let you down. It really is a good drill, the hammer is good too, clearly it's not an add but it's good.

compared to all the other brands its slower, dosnt last as long and doesn't have as much torque (there are comparison vids on youtube)

 

[uksparks]

compared to all the other brands its slower, dosnt last as long and doesn't have as much torque (there are comparison vids on youtube)

Its only my opinion. You will always get people say bad and good about every product. If you want to spend 10x the price you may get something better. Reviews and comparisons are not all they are cracked up to be, ok yes on the face of it, it may be a natts whisker slower (maybe) who knows, but does it live longer? Maybe?

What you are saying its the worst out of the entire selection of combi drills.

Im only quoting what you have said. You say it doesn't last as long, I can only take this as a comment someone has made on a review as it maybe broke before another brand? That doesn't mean they all do.

Why do you really need 2000rpm that the DeWalt offers? 1800 rpm is fine.

The other thing to consider, do you want all your cordless tools all different brands? I don't, I like to keep the same throughout as I can swap batteries about.

I have a lot of Bosch kit, and not once has any of it packed up, show signs of giving in or anything and they get a lot of use. My impact driver for example, been used every day pretty well, gets dropped, frequently from top of step ladder, abused, and it still goes perfectly.

Look at this video about this Bosch drill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EEtGCL-2P8

 

[uksparks]

Something any of you may want to watch, a comparison between Bosch, Makita and DeWalt, five parts to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8o-FPOsYiQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODQmbGrOQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fg9UqDMXSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mLWnS-BZg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqCDBdUFWgc

 

[tex431]

Something any of you may want to watch, a comparison between Bosch, Makita and DeWalt, five parts to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8o-FPOsYiQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODQmbGrOQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fg9UqDMXSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mLWnS-BZg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqCDBdUFWgc

Try the Milwaukee videos as well, awesome bit of kit. I am waiting for a super hawg to come out now