Hammer drill choice-SDS 250v-battery

If you have access to mains, get a mains SDS drill.

It is a huge difference. The difference between ordinary hammer and SDS is significantly greater than the difference between non-hammer and ordinary hammer. Get an SDS drill.

No, the amount of energy per impact is most important.

Get one of these, you will love it.

Yes that looks the business thanks

Have to agree. That's the same model of SDS that I have and it instantly became the best power tool I ever brought. I still wonder how I managed to work without it.

The difference between using a standard Hammer drill and a decent SDS drill is like the difference in trying to spread butter from the freezer and butter that's been left in the sun all day.

Seri

Second that with a vengeance,or with the fervour of a religious zealot!.

Excellent tool, just wish I'd bought one years ago. Never been such a pleasure 'drillin holes everywhere and in everything, not to mention the mini kango hammer function which it's also very good at:))

Even a cheaper sds would make a huge difference - have a look in Wickes,

Dave

access to

yep, sds

no chance

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Check the weights of sds, many are very heavy. Pick a 2.2kg one.

NT

SDS like what they said....

Makita HD2450:

It's all of what Tony said, and more. I bought mine only a few months before the prices of the cheaper ones really started to drop, but have never regretted the price difference for an instant.

be sure to get one that does all 3 sds functions: drill, sds hammer drill, chisel. Many dont.

NT

My (expensive) AEG also has a second speed, meaning it's fast enough to drill small diameter holes in steel too (and a swappable chuck). It's a pretty useless feature in the workshop, but on-site it can be the difference between having to take two drills to the job, or just this one.