best drills?
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If that's the 18V cordless then yes their drills are one of their better products. Also not much wrong with Bosch, Makita are good value.
DeWalt 24Vsds not as good as the Bosch imho.
Makita 8406 diamond core drill is okay I suppose. Really needs more power and more speed. They do a 1400W one with a gearbox which ought to be the bee whiskers but too many warnings about the gearbox giving trouble.
There's a Hitachi similar, I was told by an owner the clutch is set too light and he prefers his 8406.
There is a Bosch which I believe is quite expensive but gets recommended by diamond core bit producers.
In case you think I'm a "bosch" man, I have their Pro jigsaw, BCE100 I think, which is junk. Later ones supposed to be better but a tool shop with all of them put a Hitachi on top of the pile he got out for me to look at. I bought it, it's very good.
DeWalt 24Vsds not as good as the Bosch imho.
Makita 8406 diamond core drill is okay I suppose. Really needs more power and more speed. They do a 1400W one with a gearbox which ought to be the bee whiskers but too many warnings about the gearbox giving trouble.
There's a Hitachi similar, I was told by an owner the clutch is set too light and he prefers his 8406.
There is a Bosch which I believe is quite expensive but gets recommended by diamond core bit producers.
In case you think I'm a "bosch" man, I have their Pro jigsaw, BCE100 I think, which is junk. Later ones supposed to be better but a tool shop with all of them put a Hitachi on top of the pile he got out for me to look at. I bought it, it's very good.
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