Impact driver choices

I have a royobi one+ combi drill and it will put 6mm holes in just about anything common very quickly. Just use the bosch multimaterial drills.

I admit I havn't tried them, but are they significantly faster than normal masonry drills in concrete or hard block?

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anta:-) -- Adam

Makita LCT204W =A3126 from Amazon Free p&p

They seem to be...

At my previous place I had convinced myself that the render was practically undrillable (pre SDS days) using a hammer drill and normal masonry bits. I was quite pleasantly surprised to find the 18V combi could stick holes in it relatively easily with those bits.

Santa:-) -- Adam

That's 10.8V the twin pack of dinky little drill driver and ID...

Must admit I quite fancy one of those myself ;-)

(although it if were my only ID I would go for a bigger one)

I like it very much - when allowed to 'borrow' it from partner. But agree - to a point. Am happy to get out the SDS for anything heavier. But, so far, it has been up to everything I have needed to use it for.

Used it the other day to screw a metal plate to the wall. Decided to change something so undid the screw. Only I forgot to switch direction - and the plate started to disappear into the wall. :-)

Festool do one, at a price.

Which does beg the question, how come she gets all the nice tools? (or were these carfully planned cristmas pressies that you knew you might be able to borrow?) ;-)

Because I've got all the big, heavy, old crap filling up the shed! Which is too much for her. :-)

One final decision then - is it worth saving about £18 to get one without the box?

All my other cordless drill/drivers and my cheapo SDS drill live in their own boxes but the B&D mains powered stuff doesn't. Ah, decisions, decisions!

Cheers

Dave R

When I got mine I got it without a box. I use the impact driver and drill/driver so frequently that it's handy just leaving them leaving around - or dumping them in a bigger bag of stuff to carry to whatever I'm doing, rather than bothering to put them in their own boxes.

It could be a split of a pack that originally contained a drill (and a battery + charger)

You could also end up with something not covered by a Makita UK guarantee*, or even a fake.

• They insist that it has a CE mark on the serial number tag.

I got mine without a case (was not a choice at the time). The ideal would be a case that would take a drill and the ID since they are often required for one job.