Mike Dodd wrote:
dennis@home wrote:


Why choose dewalt when they are just up rated B&D?


I've owned a B&D and now a Dewalt. I can assure you from real life
experience, the two are very, very different beasts.



....and in case there's any confusion - I'd buy Dewalt anyday. I would
not buy B&D again.

(in fact, I'm looking for an excuse to buy a DW Jigsaw, to replace the
pile of crap that is the B&D that I have, except there's few jobs that I
would want to use a jigsaw for. Maybe I'll keep the B&D for any random
(and I use the word deliberatly) cutting that I'll do)

I'm not a Dewalt-is-king type of person, I do have a Makita 1/2" router
(bought before the drill was received as a present) and I'd have no
qualms in recommending Makita as a solid tool maker, based on my
experience of that. That replaced a 1/4" Black and Decker Router (my
first) with similar satisfaction.


Anyway, more constructive... to the OP, Screwfix have a recently
advertised deal on...

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/48598

Which looks interesting, reduced from £229 to £139.

I've no experience of this particular model, although it caught my eye
from a recent email from SF as a potentially good deal, however,
re-reading your post, it's not SDS. For "light masonary drilling. 5-8mm
brick/stone/concrete", I'm not convinced that you'd necessarily need
SDS, although that choice is, of course, yours. I've happily* used my
18v DW 20 foot up a ladder drilling 12mm into brick.


* happy = in the choice of tool, not happy about dangling so high off
the perfectly good ground.