Dewalt combi advice

[gingernugget]

Hi,

In a bit of a dilemma. I have a dewalt DC759KA drill driver. It's been great but I've moved to a 30s build house and it's brick walls everywhere so thinking of getting a new combi drill to replace this one as it's pretty hard going drilling into the walls.

Screwfix have an offer on the DCD785 which seems pretty good. Should I go for this or find a bare unit only to fit my current batteries? Are the new models significantly better than the old NiCad units?

Also, will I see a big difference between a combi and my current drill?

Cheers

 

[big-all]

heeelllooo and welcome gingernugget

yes it will do as it has hammer action but like any battery drill will struggle on the hardest materials possibly 5% off the time on average

 

[noseall]

Get yourself a corded blue Bosch SDS drill.

 

[gingernugget]

Thanks for the replies.

Don't know about the SDS. These are a lot more expensive and sound like overkill for my needs, plus corded is just more hassle than cordless.

The house has a lot of brick but I'm really only putting rawl plug fixings in so looking at 7mm or 8mm holes and maybe 40-50mm depth.

The current drill can do it but it takes a while and a lot of force. Maybe a change of drill bits might help, though the impact feature sounds like it will make it much easier. Just trying to figure out the best option given that I already have 2 battery packs albeit NiCad but they've never given me any issues.

 

[Monkeh]

An SDS is the correct tool for dealing with hard brick.

 

[big-all]

An SDS is the correct tool for dealing with hard brick.

his origional drill was not a hammer drill
and any battery drill over 2 years old will down on power by between 10 and 30%

 

[Monkeh]

An SDS is the correct tool for dealing with hard brick.

his origional drill was no a hammer
and any battery drill over 2 years old will down on power by between 10 and 30%

And still, I suggest an SDS for dealing with brick.

 

[big-all]

but if most off its uses are drilling wood screwing and general diy an sds is not the correct tool

 

[Monkeh]

but if most off its uses are drilling wood screwing and general diy an sds is not the correct tool

And his existing drill should cope with all those tasks fine.

 

[joe-90]

He needs some blue Bosch multi drill bits.

 

[gingernugget]

Yeah I've heard those recommended a few times. Think I'll grab a set and try them in my current drill to see how it fares.

 

[foxhole]

Hi,

In a bit of a dilemma. I have a dewalt DC759KA drill driver. It's been great but I've moved to a 30s build house and it's brick walls everywhere so thinking of getting a new combi drill to replace this one as it's pretty hard going drilling into the walls.

Screwfix have an offer on the DCD785 which seems pretty good. Should I go for this or find a bare unit only to fit my current batteries? Are the new models significantly better than the old NiCad units?

Also, will I see a big difference between a combi and my current drill?

Cheers

There is a massive difference between a drill with hammer action and one without , like wise between a cordless or corded hammer drill and a sds.