cordless dewalt tools

[fenboy]

Hitachi take some beating , I have a Milwaukee not cheep but very good , I think the Dewalt stuff is very over rated.

[FarmerSim]

Another vote for Makita, for trade use. Possibly not the very best - think Festool / Fein / Flex / Mafell for that. Makita are suberb value

 

I have 20 year old 9.6V makita stuff, which still works fine - even the batteries are just about OK....

 

And, with direct very recent experience of makita customer service on a 14 year old SDS+ hammer drill, which was repaired for nothing, under warranty, they will continue to get my folding.

 

IMHO, Ryobi are about the best of the "DIY" type tools, and very good - decent warranty too.

 

IME, DeWalt are very poor, the batteries in particular are ****. YMMV

[hoggysreels]

Ive dewalt ... so its goes without saying .. buy Makita ... by far the best !!

[HDAV]

Makita 10.8 twin pack is cracking! I have one as do most of the guys at work and those that don't have Bosch normally backed up by the same in 18v for masonry drilling Backed up by the 36v sds for heavy duty stuff, that said we had a subby in who had the dewalt 18v and the SDS 18v, the guys were impressed with the kit.

[Paddy Galore!]

everything dewalt I've owned over the last 27 yrs has let me down early except the chopsaw, I was a big Panasonic fan but the new stuff is no better than anything else and the customer service is really bad, except for maybe festool then they're all much of a muchness in my opinion.

buy what you can afford

[HDAV]

Some of the makita kit we have is ancient but going strong! Biggest issue for DIY use is probably the battery conditioning but lithium stuff is much better than the old ni-cd

 

I have put some seriously big screws in with the 10.8 impact driver and even (not recommended ) used a 51mm holesaw with the drill after my 14.4v cheapie went up in a puff of smoke! To be replaced with a makita if I can convince the firm to cough up for a replacement.

[digger]

Hitachi are better than de wilt who went down hill from the day they started selling in B and Q

[Shropshire_Lad]

Keep an open mind on maker, great individual tools from all the top makes, you have to look for what each brand offers you and your needs from that power tool whether it be a drill, saw, router e.t.c. Makita do make very good cordless drills no doubt about that. So do a few other mind.

[crossy 666]

Makita 100%

That's all we use at work besides scm and mini max

[islandgun]

I have a dewalt cordless your welcome to it, batteries don't recharge and new ones cost more than the drill also sounded like a bag of nails, Makita for me

[tikka.223]

Panasonic would be my choice over the rest.

[bucksshooter]

another vote for makita im a builder and have had mine for over ten years. batteries are just as good as when we first bought them and the impact driver cant be beaten for power.

[dorianbuilders]

I've been able to use both Makita and Dewalt Impact drivers whilst doing a number of shopfits over the last few months and although I have Makita 18 volt stuff I really believe the new Dewalt kit in 18 volt has more power although they are running on bigger batteries than mine.

 

Overall though I've been using Makita battery drills for about 10 years now with no complaints.

 

I've also been using a Bosch 18volt sds which is surprisingly powerfull.

[Konnie]

thanks for the input all of you, am looking at a wider field now Makita are good we use their mains tools at work, but above my price range for the power I'm after seen some hitachi stuff I might consider many thanks.

[796]

Just bought a new 18v makita drill from screwfix for £149.99 only has one battery though but its 4ah so should last a while and its lxt so can be used with their other tools

[Paddy Galore!]

check out ITS, they usually have some very good deals

[bigadam]

I have a Milwaukee Panasonic and dewalt they are all good they take some hammer aswell