I'm after a sds drill as a present which will be used for general home diy
and installating a sattelite dish and such tasks. Whats the best I can get
for that price range ?

munki wrote:
I'm after a sds drill as a present which will be used for general
home diy and installating a sattelite dish and such tasks. Whats the
best I can get for that price range ?

Currently I reckon the Site brand from Screwfix. Made by Makita for
Screwfix, I think they are last years models but no worse for that. A
little over your budget at £74, but it is a 3 function.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/39033/...SDS-Plus-Drill

I have the 2 function Makita and its a joy to use.


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Aug 21, 9:08*pm, "munki" wrote:
I'm after a sds drill as a present which will be used for general home diy
and installating a sattelite dish and such tasks. Whats the best I can get
for that price range ?


Wickes were clearing out last year's model of this pro drill at £30
recently (if you can find one) in a local sto

http://www.wickes.co.uk/800W-3Kg-SDS...ll/invt/195542

Back to £167 otherwise.

Lidl had a 1050W SDS recently at £35 if there's any still around. The
Lidl tools I've used have been pretty good. It's the newer version of
this:

http://kompernass.de/pages/_pdfs/5f1...c7e8091b20.pdf

mike wrote:
On Aug 21, 9:08 pm, "munki" wrote:
I'm after a sds drill as a present which will be used for general
home diy and installating a sattelite dish and such tasks. Whats the
best I can get for that price range ?


Wickes were clearing out last year's model of this pro drill at £30
recently (if you can find one) in a local sto

http://www.wickes.co.uk/800W-3Kg-SDS...ll/invt/195542

Back to £167 otherwise.

Lidl had a 1050W SDS recently at £35 if there's any still around. The
Lidl tools I've used have been pretty good. It's the newer version of
this:

http://kompernass.de/pages/_pdfs/5f1...c7e8091b20.pdf

Aldi have a cheapy tomorrow
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...09-08-21-13-01


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

munki wrote:
I'm after a sds drill as a present which will be used for general
home diy and installating a sattelite dish and such tasks. Whats the
best I can get for that price range ?

I've still got an old blue Bosch you can have for nothing if you can get it
from Kent.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Frankly I think you would be daft not to buy the £99 Bosch SDS &
Cordless Drill w/2 battery from Screwfix. It is a full 3-mode (chisel,
hammer, drill) not 2-mode SDS. It is a known quantity. The cordless
drill whilst a bit plasticy compared to a Makita is functional with
two batteries (and 2x 1.5Ah NiCad last plenty). You can always sell
the cordless drill w/batteries on Ebay for £25 Buy-It-Now same day and
that brings it down to £75 for a known product. It is worth at least
£40 to you/anyone if you don't have a reasonable 14.4V cordless drill.
It has its own box so it is not as though it is a "refurbished with
bent shaft in a bin bag" like the Bosch hedge trimmer I have (sounds
like it is hammering its way through the case never mind the hedge).

Very tempted to go get one myself, just too much other stuff to buy/
replace right now and "old tools haven't yet broken".

One good thing about decent SDS is they don't use a crap hammer-drill
"slider" so they STAY on whichever you select rather than changing
setting at the first vibration.

Frankly I think you would be daft not to buy the £99 Bosch SDS &
Cordless Drill w/2 battery from Screwfix.

Great product, but I believe the deal is on 110V only.

RubberBiker wrote:
Frankly I think you would be daft not to buy the £99 Bosch SDS &
Cordless Drill w/2 battery from Screwfix.

Great product, but I believe the deal is on 110V only.

Lists both on the back of the catalogue.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

No it is on both 110V & 230V - handled both in store. I suspect Bosch
do the better mains SDS, Makita doing the better cordless drill
although it is very close having owned both B-Blue Cordless & Makita
Cordless.

Picked up a Makita 12V Combi with 3 batteries which I will use with
the Bosch Multi drill bits. They seem to work astonishingly well on
brick even with no hammer so should be fine for the odd 6mm hole.