Thread: Which cordless drill to buy????

AEG, tough as old boots

I have had Makita for years had two batts pack up after about 6 years and Makita replaced them straight away way out of warranty. The charger went at about 10 years. My vote would be Makita they have looked after me.

One thing you must get is a 1hour/fast charger.
I'm a Bosch man and have had no trouble with it, I have just upgraded to brushless and use my old gear at home, once you buy a brand it's hard to change as you don't want to carry different batteries and charger. My Bosch impact driver has 1/4" hex and 1/2" square with makes it a winner for me.
Our company buys AEG and seem to get a good run out of it (I don't use it as I have my own gear) I would recommend AEG for home use as its cheap.

Next door neighbour, came over last night, and gave me a battered, dirty Milwaukee 3/4 drive cordless impact with a 6amp battery, found in on the side of the road, "you have more use for this" aursum,
Just cleaned it up and works fine,

I’m a tradie and my colleagues and I have used them all. Have had bad runs with dewalt and milwaukee. Panasonic are what we all use now, definitely the best of the current crop.

If you've bought one of the multi packs ie drill/driver/grinder/torch/sabre saw of the same brand, I'd be interested to know how it worked out.

We fix them every day. De Walt is the one too buy

Been doing heaps of warranty work on Makita and Hitachi lately

Like ute manufacturers chasing Kw They all chasing Amp Hours. Result = when the tool jams they are melting armatures , switches and brush holders

Guys turn up at the counter moaning their tits off. Like putting a turbo on a lawn mower the frame cant handle it ..

Seen similar before. The manufacturers will catch up on next redesign maybe... Not seeing any De Walt failures....

Originally Posted by Happy

We fix them every day. De Walt is the one too buy

Been doing heaps of warranty work on Makita and Hitachi lately

Like ute manufacturers chasing Kw They all chasing Amp Hours. Result = when the tool jams they are melting armatures , switches and brush holders

Guys turn up at the counter moaning their tits off. Like putting a turbo on a lawn mower the frame cant handle it ..

Seen similar before. The manufacturers will catch up on next redesign maybe... Not seeing any De Walt failures....

Are these guys tradies who work their gear hard, or weekend DIY'ers, or both ?

I had good a Hitachi set, drill/impact driver. Both died/burnt out. Replaced batteries twice. Far out the batteries aren't cheap!

Couldn't justify spending that same sort of coin on replacement tools for DIY, and needed some when I built my shed, so rocked into Mitre10 and bought their cheap Black and Decker 18v set.

Those tools are still going strong, have done easily twice the amount of work and were a fraction of the price!

Found the impact driver in the sandpit last week, full of sand, don't know when the boy took it out there. Thought it'd be stuffed, but no, blew it out with the compressor, sat it by the fire for a night to dry out and it's still going

far cheaper to get batteries repacked than replaced.

Hitachi have a slight edge in battery technology, but not tools, dewalt have a rep on power but it’s not really that deserved, markita has technology and ergonomics nailed, plus fast charge and a fan in the charger...but only in the top end stuff, you can expect to spend about a grand on a good makita drill and impact combo with metal gears and brushless technology 2 6amphour batts, a double charger with fast charge and a fan and a nice box to hold it all in. Once you star
charge. Once you start to use them you can see why it’s worth it, especially in the hand, the ergonomics makes them comfortable to use and the fast charge lets you use them for a long time.

I use Makita impact driver,drill and wrench in mechanical w/s plus home use. Boy and work-mates use Makita in building industry. No-ones had a problem with their gear.
Work-mate uses AEG impact driver and drill out field servicing and is happy with it.
Both good brands to use IMO

Another vote for Dewalt. I have a set of the 12volt ones (drill, impact and screwdriver) which are awesome around the house for most things. They are light and plenty powerful for most DIY jobs and I have given them absolute CRAP. I have one of the pro 18v drills for bigger stuff but It's still relatively new. Repacking batteries yourself for a Dewalt should be possible.

Although I have to add I have an old Riobi impact driver that just keeps smashing in big wood screws. It has NiMH batteries and weighs a ton.

I have a lot of the milwaukee stuff.Mainly for 3/4 impact and ratchets.The drill chuck is less than ideal.I have had zero battery failures and some of the batteries are 5yrs old.I had free repair when one of the impact drivers bounced down the road at 100 km/hr so no complaints .

Originally Posted by Happy

We fix them every day. De Walt is the one too buy

Been doing heaps of warranty work on Makita and Hitachi lately

Like ute manufacturers chasing Kw They all chasing Amp Hours. Result = when the tool jams they are melting armatures , switches and brush holders

Guys turn up at the counter moaning their tits off. Like putting a turbo on a lawn mower the frame cant handle it ..

Seen similar before. The manufacturers will catch up on next redesign maybe... Not seeing any De Walt failures....

Their backup for parts is a bloody pain!