Tell me about ~ SDS drills

[jamin]

I have moved into a flat with solid internal partitions. My hammer drill really isnt cutting the mustard and I have a large larder shelf to remove. So im in the market for an SDS Drill but have never used one before let alone purchased one. I dont want to buy one thats rubbish!

Can you recommend a good 240v sds drill around £100?

 

[Steve]

You can rent them I believe. Go to the local tool hire shop.

 

[Steve]

Here:

http://www.hss.com/g/2321/Hammer-Driller.html

decent prices, you're unlikely to need it again in a hurry, so why buy?

You'll need a transformer with that one too.

You could even hire something more suitable for breaking a big slab of concrete!

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

You need a heavy duty one and as steve says, might as well be hiring, unless you need it for other work.

 

[r896neo]

done!

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/products.jsp?id=51145&ts=10480

free screwdriver too!

Oh just re-read the bit about needing to break a larder shelf. I say buy this drill anyway, sell the screwdriver on ebay and use the money from that to rent a kango

 

[jamin]

Thats very true but I do enjoy having the right tools for the job. My hammer drill isnt exactly a gem (a JCB) so one that could replace that aswell would be good. My folks have offered to buy one as a bday present so it isnt actually costing my anything.

 

[jamin]

That one looks ok but it doesnt seem to have three functions like most others? I will be relocating switches so will be chasing wires, the chisel function will be handy

 

[r896neo]

In that case buy a bosch blue light sds similar to the one i linked too as in reality an sds drill over 2kg has a very limited range of work as its too heavy for using over head or up a ladder and is only really useful for drilling big holes consistantly or chasing

hmmmm darn this simultaneous posting

 

[r896neo]

in that case if you up your budget 20 quid or so you could get a good one with roto-stop too. Personally i like to use a cheap 40quid job solely for chasing hammer it into the ground and buy another one and save the good one for drilling as using it for chasing etc as well will shorten its life considerably.

 

[jamin]

Sorry about the double post.

So might be an idea to get a good one first and by another for chasing at a later date??

Does that one that was recommended above sound ok?

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/products.jsp?id=51145&ts=10480

 

[muggles]

Stretch your budget by £22 and get this http://www.bluepowertools.co.uk/products.asp?partno=Bosch-GBH226Dre

Or better still, for a true all-rounder that should be all you ever need, stretch it a little more and get this http://www.longhornonline.co.uk/ProductGrp/bosch-gbh-2-26-dfr-rotary-hammer-drill

Almost the same thing, and both have roto-stop for chiselling, but the second one has a properly-fitting standard chuck as well as the SDS chuck, much better than using an SDS chuck adapter IMHO. It'll probably work out cheaper than buying two drills in the end as well.

 

[r896neo]

i have the gbh2-26dre muggles mentioned and it's a great drill but frankly any bosch blue sds drill will take pretty solid abuse and much more than any most diyers will throw at it. as i mentioned using the roto-stop will wear it out quicker but it should still last a long time with even pretty heavy diy use.

I agree that the dfr with normal chuck is a really good product but for me a non-sds drill is much less useful if its not short enough to fit between joists.