How much do I need to spend to get a decent cordless drill. One where the battery isn't completely f***ed after a year or two. I just want it to drill holes, I can use a screw driver. I happened to be in Costco and they were anything from £150 to £250. Surely they are good ones for less than that.
Certainly not the 'cheaper' end, but I absolutely swear by (not at) my Panasonic combi drill/driver. I made the switch from Makita gear about 2 years ago and have absolutely no problem with it, and I have tested it to the max! I was sold on it when I went into TooledUp in Enfield and the guy told me to drill into the concrete floor of their warehouse with a 25mm x 500mm long masonry SDS bit- how about that for an acid test :)
I got the kit with 2 batteries, charger and case and he did me a great deal and matched a price I'd seen on tinternet, also threw some other bits in, so my advice would be to go to a decent professional tool store, with pound notes in your pocket and wave your wad in their face ;)
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'm saving up for the smaller dedicated driver now :)
The batteries on my Bosch died after less than two years. I would not recommend. All rechargeables die after a while but I would go for a Hitachi, DeWalt or Makita, preferably not with NiCd batteries.
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