Hitachi SDS drill

SDS no-hammer-stop fans may also want to note that Lawson-His, at

are selling a no-roto-stop Atlas-Copco PFH202 at the silly price of 80quid+VAT. (Seems to be a generally-being-discontinued model, as a number of other webshops seem to be clearing them out at similar deep discounts). The roto-stop models at Lawson-His are to be found in their PowerTools->HammerDrills->SDSChiselDrills section, and start at 75+VAT for a BoschBlue jobbie, or 100+VAT for a Makita HR2450X.

It certainly seems that the availability of the 30quid "I Can't Believe It's An SDS" models has driven prices of usefully beefier and better-made brands down by some 20-30% over the last couple of years; mayhap without affecting build quality *too* badly!

Stefek