electric drills

[duhawkz]

I need a new 240v drill seen as I killed my other one, this seems like good shout. it will mostly be used for steel and masonry.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryobi-RPD1200-K-Speed-Percussion-Drill/dp/B00I5T7KII/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

any strong thoughts for or against this one?
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[MCN]

B&Q it special?

I had a 2t hedge trimmer by them. Not bad gear but there is much better.

I love my Big Bosch machine. But it was expensive. Sort of Trade version.

Edit:

This Beast:


https://www.bosch-professional.com/za/en/impact-drill-gsb-19-2-re-227129-060117b500.html

It's went up in price bit. 😯
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[c_dug]

That's exactly the sort of tool where second hand is king IMO.

I've heard lots of good stuff about Ryobi tools in general, but I'd still trust a £30 second hand Bosch/Makita/AEG more than a £100 brand new Ryobi.

My second hand Makita has been faultless and it's had some real abuse.
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[grr666]

I use an 110v Makita SDS drill for anything masonry based, it goes through concrete like it's cheese.
All my other drilling is done with either 18v cordless Makita combi or 10.8v Makita mini drill. I inherited my grandads
green Bosch 240v mains drill, but it rarely sees the light of day unless battery/life loss of speed is a hinderance to what
I'm trying to accomplish. It gets used for with a whisk in it for mixing plaster/adhesives more than anything else.
It has a graduated trigger control so it's easy to run it at lower speeds for mixing.
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[panrider_uk]

I love my Makita drills.
Better than any other I've ever owned.

My Ryobi hedgetrimmers started leaking fuel so not too impresses.

Replaced with Tanaka ones.

Using quality tools is a pleasing thing.
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[kramdra]

That will be rubbish for steel. Toooo fast with no torques, it will do small holes, not good above 6mm or holesaws. Any cordless lioon/lipo will be better - they usually have a planetary gearbox with a higher reduction. Some have the hammer function which will do basic masonary very well. A 4ah or 5ah lipo battery will sustain much higher torques than the normal 2ah.

If you need to drill concrete get a proper sds, wont be good for drilling metal with any accuracy.

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[fatjames]

[kramdra]

No, my mistake, lipo have higher cost so they are not used in cordless tools. Better peak power but lower power density.. perfectly suitable.

I use RC lipo packs with my modified, old nicd drills. They have massive amount of torque when connected to a 6S 5ah lipo. I use a proper RC lipo charger, so perfectly safe if not unattended.

[stinkwheel]

Get two.

A big, cheap SDS for masonry. More power is more.

A decent variable speed for metal, never use it in hammer mode. Look for the one with least possible play around the chuck bearings. As above you want power but you also want control so slow speed.
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[Polarbear]

The only time I use a corded drill now is for ultra heavy duty work.

My 18v Makita with hammer and 2 batteries is good for 80% of work I do. My pillar drill for 10% and anything bigger I need I'll borrow.
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[Riejufixing]

I have a Lidl (or Aldi? Unsure) "bug" drill for masonry. SDS. Max. impact energy 4.5J. I think it was £30 or thereabouts. Very good for what I need it for, occasional going through 1 brick thick walls, cavity walls, or similar thicknesses of concrete. Also works well fro removing tiles, "light" concrete breaking. No good for anything vary accurate because the SDS system means it wobbles a bit. Included was an SDS to 3-jaw converter, not much good because it fits in the SDS "chuck". I've had it for over 15 years. It's had new brushes once, and a fix to the power cable where it enters the drill.

It looks like this: https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p17425 but seems to have a better spec.

An ordinary 240V twin-speed-with-reverse-and-switchable-hammer-action drill does other work. Also a cheapie. Used it for about 10 years. Squidges some grease into the gearbox a couple of times. New brushes once.

Looks like this:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb276drl-850w-percussion-drill-230-240v/93908

I reckon anything that comes with an alloy gearbox is probably a good bet.

I have had a couple of rechargable things, but they haven't the oomph, and go flat in storage, and the batteries need replacing in a couple of years if you're lucky. I would not by another unless I was using it virtually every working day.

[Riejufixing]

[duhawkz]

I'd seen this one that is 1/2 the price and still variable speed

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-con1200-contractor-hammer-drill/

I have a lidl spesh big SDS Drill/Breaker in the garage, it was £29.99, Broke it breaking up a large concrete slab. I think the gear box is broken, I keep meaning to take to the tip.
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[recman]

I have one of these Bosch sds jobbies. Had it for a long time. I think it was 99 quid from b&q but it came with a drill driver.
Nothing has stopped it so far.
https://www.campbellmillertools.co.uk/bosch-pbh-2500-sre-rotary-sds-hammer-drill-in-carry-case-240v-0603344470?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIufzB-7-x3QIV7ZXtCh2u4g0oEAQYJCABEgIvqfD_BwE

[Riejufixing]

[c_dug]

Or send it to AvE off YouTube and let him do a full teardown on it
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[duhawkz]

[c_dug]

Last time I messaged him about some old tools he offered to pay postage.

I mean, do what you want with the thing, but if cost of postage was literally the only thing putting you off that option, maybe worth a quick message to him.
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