New drill. 14v or 18v?

Good evening.

When I got my first drill I went straight in for an 18v combi drill (The Hitachi 1.5ah Li-Ion to be precise). But I have an urge to spend some money so was thinking of getting a new drill/a second drill.

I am workshop/bench joinery based. Fundamentally for light-medium drilling, pilot holes and driving screws.
Ive never had a 14v....would this be sufficient? Any suggestions?

your 18v will give you a 13mm chuck
14.4 will be little diffirent weight and power wise
why not look at one off the many 10.8v li-ions
i have the bosch blue stuff so got rid off the 14.4v bosh blue stuff as i have ryobi 18v and dewalt 18v
i too was a workshop based b/j or at least i was untill january i am now a retired b/j doing perhaps 15 hours average and love it
no bread and butter work just interesting and challenging at a sedate pace

Sounds like your living my dream BigAll....thanks.

I know you are an appreciator of all things Ryobi......You have commented on my Ryobi post previously.

I just saw a 14v dewalt in screwfix recently and it looked smaller and just a little more compact in the hand.
But does a 10.8v really have enough beans to drive in 3" screws say? (as I saw ive no experience of anything other than an 18v).

any opinions on this going at the moment....

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/power-to...ium-ion-Combi-Drill-with-2-Batteries-12988839

that looks a cracking deal for 18v li-ion stuff but suspect its a loss leader to get your loyalty
iff they do all the tools you like for the same battery at a reasonable price then go for it

when you get the "big boys" doing 1.2/1.3/1.5ah sometimes it seems they are building kits to the diy market but not always fully up to trade spec but just a thought rather than a hard fact

with dewalt and other manufactures the old 14.4 and 18v used the same components to save money
so the components list was the same except the body and battery pack

the bosch 10.8 will happily propell a 12x4" into pine no probs

to me the reason i have both dewalt and ryobi is the batteries and tools are fully forward and backwards compatable although dewalt have now introduced another 18v range

Have 12volt dewalt, will drive 6inch screw with ease and has more power than my 14v Makita's and 13mm chuck.

bosch blue,nuff said. ryobi pah