Buying my first drill for simple home stuff

[redrabbit]

Bit of a lie as I already have a drill, however I think it's pretty rubbish. It barely goes through the wall, like the other day I wanted to just drill a bit into wall to add a wallplug and then a hook thing to hang things up.

However, as it wasn't powerful enough it ended up taking a big chunk of paint and plaster out too. It's happened before.

I'm looking at hammer drills - don't think I need SDS as I believe that's for serious DIY'ers or builders. I only want to hang up shelves, curtain rails, etc.... simple things like that.

Saw these two drills:

Bosch PSB 10.8 cordless drill - £80

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/power-to...-PSB-10-8-LI-2-Cordless-Hammer-Drill-13168687

or

DeWalt 18v cordless drill - £85

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/power-to...WALT-18v-Combi-Drill-and-2-batteries-10668127

Is there anything I should be looking for specifically? I like the DeWalt as you get a nice case and two batteries and reviews looks good too.

Any tips or thoughts on this?

 

[alan333]

Bearing in mind they're both around the same price and you get the extra battery with the DeWalt, I'd go with the Dewalt.

I bought a similar DeWalt about 4.5 years ago for general diy and it's been faultless. The batteries even hold a fair charge for months without use, but you can obviously charge one while using the other anyway. I think mine is maybe a lesser volts (maybe 14 or so?). Check whether the length of each drill suits you since the bigger voltage ones are generally longer and heavier.

 

[Deluks]

What's your current drill? Maybe you just need some quality drill bits, they can make all the difference.
And don't knock an SDS for DIY use, you can pick them up so cheaply these days.

 

[wrathkeg]

Agree completely with Deluks.

I recently bought a cheap SDS drill (Parkside, Lidl: about £40) and drilled about 2 dozen holes in masonry in minutes and without breaking a sweat. Much easier than with my Bosch 18V combi drill, which I am generally very happy with and fine for light-ish masonry jobs.

For drilling masonry with the Bosch I find De Walt Extreme 2 masonry bits to be great, and make all the difference over others I've tried.

 

[EddieM]

Tricky having to choose 1 drill / driver, as they're sort of horses for courses. That said for occasional DIY I would go for the Dewalt. As has been already stated though, get decent drill bits, Dewalt extreme 2 are excellent.

 

[redrabbit]

In the end I got this:

http://www.wickes.co.uk/DeWalt-DWD024K-Percussion-Drill-Variable-Speed-650W-240V/p/114133

Used it and it's so much more powerful than my old drill - which really isn't a proper drill at all as it's terrible.

 

[Belboz]

Did you actually pay that price (£89.99) ???

 

[OwainDIYer]

Ikea have a cordless drill for £40

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50232899/

According to the manual it is SDS ...

I think Lidl have a Parkside corded SDS in at the moment. If you want to put up anything stronger than a picturehook in masonry then an SDS drill is highly useful.

 

[redrabbit]

Did you actually pay that price (£89.99) ???

Yea why?

 

[Belboz]

Did you actually pay that price (£89.99) ???

Yea why?

Just somewhat pricey for that model. Wickes is never particularly cheap.

You would have saved a few bob by shopping around that's all.

Next time you are thinking of buying power tools, don't be tempted by the sheds - you will find it cheaper online 99% of the time (most do free delivery over a certain amount anyway)

That's assuming you don't need it there and then of course.

Just my tuppence worth but saving money is always a good idea!!

B

 

[redrabbit]

Did you actually pay that price (£89.99) ???

Yea why?

Just somewhat pricey for that model. Wickes is never particularly cheap.

You would have saved a few bob by shopping around that's all.

Next time you are thinking of buying power tools, don't be tempted by the sheds - you will find it cheaper online 99% of the time (most do free delivery over a certain amount anyway)

That's assuming you don't need it there and then of course.

Just my tuppence worth but saving money is always a good idea!!

B

I have the receipt so can still take it back.

I bought it at the time thinking that "I will try it, see what it's like then maybe exchange".

No big deal, could just refund or change.

EDIT: however, it seems very fair according to a quick google search. I did this in store and all the shops seemed the same price.

 

[Belboz]

Fair comment.

Below are a couple of examples where you would have found it cheaper. I have used both sites before and found them to be very good.

Both offer free delivery so the price is wysiwyg.

Okay, you may only be saving a few quid but it all counts!!

B

http://www.my-tool-shed.co.uk/p1000...cussion_Drill_13mm_+_Kitbox/product_info.html

http://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/...x 650w 240v DEWD024K 5035048268162 DWD024K-GB

 

[EddieM]

Thought you were originally after a cordless

 

[redrabbit]

Thought you were originally after a cordless

Not specifically. I did find the two I mentioned and they were cordless but I didn't have any preference.