I've had advice elsewhere that SDS drills are not great for dry core
drilling. The suggestion is that the run too slowly and this can result in
excessive wear (because one compensates for slow cutting by leaning on the
drill). Most of the cheap drills look painfully poor (eg Sparky), they also
get bad reviews on the Screwfix site. Marcrist drills seem to get good
reviews and they look appropriate for the job.

Anyone used one of these?

Steve Firth wrote:
I've had advice elsewhere that SDS drills are not great for dry core
drilling. The suggestion is that the run too slowly and this can
result in excessive wear (because one compensates for slow cutting by
leaning on the drill).

It also buggers up the SDS fittings if you are using brute force.


Most of the cheap drills look painfully poor
(eg Sparky), they also get bad reviews on the Screwfix site. Marcrist
drills seem to get good reviews and they look appropriate for the job.

Anyone used one of these?

I have not tried the Marcrist, however I have used Makita, DeWalt and Atlas
Copco core drills. They were all in the same price range as the Marcrist and
they were all superb.

I have used SDS drills for soft bricks and had no problem.

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Cheers
Adam