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Pop into a local engineering supplier - they tend to keep decent quality HSS bits at sensible prices.

I top up my stock of bits as necessary and never bother with nice sets as only having one of certain sizes would be of little use. If you do want a set, the only advice I can give is to avoid buying cheap as you'll quickly find they cut about as well as crayons.
 
My dad 20 years ago bought me a big set of eversharp hss metal bits and they are still going

as above , avoid cheap ones as they won’t cut metal and really only good for plastic
 
Heller or Irwin are good. avoid all the "titanuim coated" crap on ebay. they're more likely made of cheese.
 
I will have a look at those. I’ve seen these:

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But on the Heller what I am best going for as there is Tin, Co Cobalt and others as I’m starting out so for now I’m looking at a set. I can then as I get more experience look at individual drill bits as and when required.
that bosch set is a good starter. then as you wear any out, just buy singles, unless you are adept at sharpennig.
 
It also depends on how much you are willing to pay. Something like this is good but not cheap:
Typically though you will find you break the smallest sizes (e.g. 2mm or so as pilot drill for smaller wood screws, etc) and blunt the more useful larger sizes, so worth looking at some spares. Also if you do more "engineering work" you might need the odd sizes that are drilled before tapping a hole.
 

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