I'm thinking of buying a cordless drill specifically for the task of screwing 6 x 100 and/or 8 x 100 screws into fence posts. (Those are mm sizes, TurboGold screws)
My (very) old 12 volt Skil cordless managed the 6 x 100 OK but is beginning to feel its age now (it's probably 8 or 10 years old), and it will probably find the 8 x 100 screws rather hard going.
I already have a cheap Ferm 24 volt cordless combi which is fine for what it does but it's a bit big and heavy for driving screws and I'm not really sure that it has much more torque than the Skil anyway.
My criteria are something like the following:- Probably 12 volt or 14.4 volt to keep size/weight manageable Probably a 2-speed gearbox for the torque I need Compact and light (ideally in the 1.5/1.6/1.7kg range) Maximum torque at least 30Nm, I'd really like 50Nm Less than £100 if possible though I realise it may not be Two batteries
What would people recommend? The torque requirement rules out most of the really cheap ones I think, they either don't state the torque or it's around 15 to 20Nm. On the other hand I'm not after a tool that can handle lots of abuse and last for ever on a building site, I'm really not going to work it that hard.
DeWalt and Makita both have models which do what I want but the ones that have lots of torque also tend to be the expensive ones (not surprisingly). There are a couple which hover around the £100 mark though, any preferences?
There's a really nice Metabo one at around £150 that I covet but I'm not really sure I can justify spending that much.
Panasonic and Hitachi don't seem to have anything really outstanding in this area.
What about B&D? I can't find any torque figures for their drills at all.