woody, drill advice please

[Terry7556]

for woody or anyone clued up on 240v drills.
my boschhammer drill has ceased and i need a replacement.it was sds plus the pbh 240 re model with an interchangeable chuck. i have a smaller sds bosch drill for drilling but it does not have the chisel feature which i find helpful on jobs
anything you recommend with a chisel action?

 

[^woody^]

There will be various brand fan boi's, but IMO any drill of similar specs and price from any of the main brands will be just as good as each other

I've got a dewalt unit, not sure of the model number but was about £130 five years ago, but I only got it because it was on offer for about £70 IIRC - and not because of the brand.

It has probably had more use as a chisel for concrete than drilling, but is still going after a fair bit of abuse. It has not got a clutch, but it's still used for core drilling too.

Look for higher joule rating for better impact performance, that is more important than anything else

 

[Terry7556]

well i never considered the joules but the drill i picked up in screwfix this morning had 8 or claims it anyway.
now before you pizz yourself its a titan, i know but for a budget drill it does what it says on the tin.its the heaviest drill i have used but i had to turn down the speed setting when i was chiselling today, so early days but for £75 inc vat no complaints especially when you look at the 18 attachments, no wonder the case was so big.
odd size core drills, 65mm and 80mm?
i didnt realisle that you have to fill a grease cup every 5 hours with lithium grease, ive seen tubes of that at toolstation View media item 42347 View media item 42348

 

[^woody^]

I had a drill like that once.

It was an impulse/needy buy for a job and it was cheap and available. At the time, there were lots of drills of this shape flooding the market

It was way too heavy, and was not really suitable as a drill, more as a two handed breaker

And it was used as a breaker on its second job and it literally broke apart in my hands. It was not a Titan make though

If it does the job for you then that's fine, but I really think that anyone needing a drill for more than a few holes a year should get a lighter one of more 'normal' drill design

 

[streetlighter]

For an extra £25 would have bought the DeWalt screwfix have on offer at the moment.