Looking to buy SDS dril

It's Screwfix own label, prolly Chinese.

DeWalt is a top brand, for the extra £10 it's no contest. I would guess it will perform as well as the Titan. It will certainly outlast it by a huge margin.

Buy the DeWalt, it's a no brainer.

I think you are right to go for mains, personally I would consider the DeWalt a bit light. Mine is a no-brand and looks a bit like a cruder version of this (metal rather than plastic case). I think it is about

It is built like a brick s*it-house and appears to be indestructible.

This looks very like mine. Don't know how they can make it for the price.

I don't often question David's advice, but as DeWalt has started dropping prices to close to the unbranded items, I don't see how you can be getting the extra robustness which you certainly had when you were paying perhaps £400 for a drill.

Other makes have followed the trend, e.g. for the more "budget" Makitas brush replacement requires a full strip, not just one screw per brush. That said, my "budget" makita has had a hammering and shows no signs of giving up (apart from battery replacements).

For some tools (Routers and jig-saws are good examples) it is definitely worth paying for brand quality. Your SDS will *probably* only see occasional use (unless you are doing a major renovation). An SDS is not a terribly subtle tool and you won't get any better feel or function from a brand (IMHO).

I have several DeWalt tools and they do last.

My mate had one of these .... great for breaking off render etc, but a bit too heavy for drilling (I found) His was a no-brand one for £50 looks identical ... probably all made in same Chinese factory. Gearbox failed on his ... but mate is heavy handed.

I think that design is unnecessarily heavy and bulky, and more unwieldy for an SDS really if you are mostly going to drilling.

I've got a Stayer one (cost about £100 about 13 years ago, when that was a more budget SDS). In the standard drill shape like the Dewalt. I've no idea of the wattage

It's been used and abused over the years, will happily drill 25mm holes through our hard brick work.

Something like that would be my recommendation.

In message , rick writes

You don't need to use it as breaker for that to be useful. I use mine for chiselling sometimes

My 2kg Hitachi is an excellent all rounder - a lot of effective power for the size, but a fairly low duty cycle on long heavy work (the gearbox overheats after 20 minutes).

So for drilling and a bit of paced breaking, it works well - for purely breaking, you'd want something heavier.

Thanks for your help

Depends on your use. If you use it for chasing into walls etc, you'd be very glad of the lightest one you can buy. If breaking up concrete paths, the weight probably doesn't matter.

I have one of the early DeWalt SDS - which IIRC was one of the first lightweight types. And I've not found it lacking in power for anything.

My trusty Bosch died the other weekend blowing bits of (I presume) carbon brushes into my face 20 minutes before screwfix closed so it was a rush decision but based on the rave reviews I picked up a Makita. Was a bit more than I would normally have spent but it did come with a good selection of drill bits etc too also plenty of space in the box for my selection of long bits, and a few other handy tools.

Works as you'd expect an SDS drill to. Downside compared to my old one is the depth gauge. Have to unscrew the fore-handle quite a few turns to get it to slide in/out. Bosch was a simple push button which was much quicker.

Other downside.... it's white so it doesn't have have the traditional Makita look to it. :)

My first one was like that. (Titan branded one) Worked fine for quite a few years. It was SDS rather than SDS+ and used to spatter grease out the front end quite a bit but for a first SDS dabble it was great.

I have had a few cheapies. They perform well but are not intended for continuous use.

ie you have to use for fifteen minutes & then leave for fifteen minutes to cool off.

yup, decent quality quality 2kg class machine, with roto stop is well worth having. I personally favour the Makita 700 - 800W machines.

I have a DeWalt electric screwdriver and it's a piece of s*it. I'd certainly never buy any more DeWalt tools on that basis.

The difficulty with DeWalt is they do quite range of quality in the same brand (which is daft, since they could slap B&D on the poorer stuff!)

Some DW stuff is really nice, other stuff nothing special.

If the OP wants a good deal on a SDS, He could try :

Its an older model, but still a good one, and a no brainer at that money!

I love my Metabo. It has:

- Drilled lots of 10mm holes into the (hard) concrete walls here without complaint (hammer drills just 15minutes + 1 drill bit per hole)

- Delicately chipped lino glue off a friable concrete floor

- (Most impressively of all), while I was without my Makita electric drill/driver for three months, it made a pretty decent fist of screwing screws in (with a chuck adaptor).

It is definitely the wrong tool for the job when screw driving (too heavy, no torque limiter, too long - *much* too long with the chuck adaptor). I was impressed that it managed it at all; I think a cheaper one would just have been off or camming out.

Looked at that - although it does say - delay on availability, and points to a model twice the price.

Do you think this would be better option than the DeWalt ?

The lighter DW will perform well. I have had a DW 2.5kg for a good number of years and has survived a great deal of use/abuse.

The heavy 3/4kg drills will be tiring to use,especially if used at height.