Power drill

i (& kwak) have a "nutool" one from focus its a 24v cordless & was on offer, for less than ten english pounds

its pretty good too, for basic DIY stuff

I have an Argos' own brand case that includes a battery powered one and a corded one. The corded one is ridiculously powerful. Best of all they came with the most comprehensive drill bit set (the case contains about 3 each of the common sizes and loads of half sizes and even smaller increments, punches, etc.) I have ever seen, all for £40. The only problem I have with it are the lack of a spare battery and that the masonry bits aren't great (prone to overheating when trying to drill damp walls), the chucks don't grip as well as I'd like. The latter 2 is true of all other hand drills I've used bar old ones that have chuck keys to do them up. Both are extremely robust, having been used in the rain without a problem and the battery one fell about 12 foot onto concrete without ill effect. I normally spit at cheap tools and only bought these because funds were tight and I couldn't see myself keeping them forever, but fair play to them, these have been used for renovating my house and reroofing my garage and they have performed exceptionally well for the price. We recently used them over a mate's house because his £70 Bosch drills were not able to drill through the thick concrete of his patio to sink a new hole for a washing line. Mine worked!

If you're planning to drill in brickwork etc. an SDS drill is a good investment. I have a cheap one but is is a bazzilion times better than any regular hammer drill. Not so good for driving screws in though...

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

I have a makita 8390 that I got from screwfix just before christmas, comes in a case with 3 batts. Its been fantastic, it drove in 750 decking screws last weekend effortlessly with no fatigue to me. I paid £99 and thought I'd got a bargain, now the buggers are selling it at £79

i got this for work fantastic drills, extremely robust mines been dropped of scaffolds and all sorts and can still out perform most others, 2 yrs down the line and its still as good as new, not in a cosmetic sence though

[northwind]

I have a Draper hammer drill for proper drilling- cost me a tenner from Sainsburys- and a Bosch 18V cordless which isn't so good for drilling but which always has a 3/6 socket adaptor in it, and gets used for doing up bolts etc. Oh, and a Clarke pillar drill, which is s***.

Makita make lovely stuff, but pricey... Bosch still seem to be OK. I had a Black and Decker cordless, it was fine but the charger blew up and they wouldn't sell me another My brother uses Ryobi professionally and recommends them very highly, I like their universal batteries- saves a lot, dry tools are a lot cheaper.