Bosch 18v Cordless Lithium-Ion Hammer Drill with 2 18V Batteries

colhickey

Bosch PSB 1800 LI-2 Cordless Lithium-Ion Hammer Drill Driver with Two 18 V Batteries @ Amazon for £68 delivered

bliger

Stay away from green body bosch products.

Would this be any good for an occasional DIY light occasional use?

Anyone recommend drill bits for it too?

kupus

bliger wrote: »

Stay away from green body bosch products.

Ah now its not that bad.
Fine for around the house, but not for everyday use.

no worse than B+D no better.

Marhay70

TheTorment wrote: »

Would this be any good for an occasional DIY light occasional use?

Anyone recommend drill bits for it too?

For the price and with the currency exchange rate this is quite good value, especially with two batteries. Don't expect to be drilling holes in concrete all day though.
As bilger suggests, Bosch DIY tools are not what they used to be, mostly plastic gearing which will eventually wear out but not rubbish either and certainly well able to cope with everyday DIY. Good bits are half the battle go to your local builders' providers rather than the DIY chains or supermarkets.

deandean

I have that very model 3 or 4 years. I paid about 140. I has seen a serious amount of use. Can't fault it. That is a good buy.

Andrea B.

bliger wrote: »

Stay away from green body bosch products.

+1.
If you can get hold of Makita Li-ion combi kit for 200 ish sometimes.
Have had mine for 9 years and worked them hard.

http://m.ebay.ie/itm/Makita-FFX-DLX2131-4-18V-2x4-0Ah-Li-ion-LXT-Combi-and-Impact-Twin-Kit-/351855724656?nav=SEARCH

Marhay70

Andrea B. wrote: »

+1.
If you can get hold of Makita Li-ion combi kit for 200 ish sometimes.
Have had mine for 9 years and worked them hard.

http://m.ebay.ie/itm/Makita-FFX-DLX2131-4-18V-2x4-0Ah-Li-ion-LXT-Combi-and-Impact-Twin-Kit-/351855724656?nav=SEARCH

Ah come on, not exactly apples and apples. :eek:

Cortina_MK_IV

My B&D packed in this year after many years of use. I bought an Aldi as I don't do as much as I used to and it is sh!te. Tempted by this at €80 if you factor in Parcel Motel... Thanks OP.

Edit:Just checked and B&Q are doing same deal at same price. I'd save on P&P by going "up the road" to Damolly Retail Park, but thanks still for the heads up OP, I will probably still get it.

Andrea B.

"Ah come on, not exactly apples and apples. :eek:"

True, but after years of scrapping numerous cheapies, Bosch include, I have never looked back with Makita.

unkel

This Makita far better? Seem cheap at £67

Linky


Got the Aldi one myself a few years ago. €39 but it was crap.

colm_mcm

No batteries or charger with that

bbari

if it doesn't have to be a cordless - 50% off in Argos on this,

http://tinyurl.com/got8j9z

colm_mcm

Op, fire ahead!

unkel

On building sites the lads mostly have DeWalts. Better than Makita?

DeWalt for £89 complete kit

Linky

TallGlass

unkel wrote: »

On building sites the lads mostly have DeWalts. Better than Makita?

DeWalt for £89 complete kit

Linky

Both would be on par. I'd be a Makita man myself.

Milwaukee I think is top of the line stuff.

If anything I would go with a rotary action / hammer action drill and get an SDS adaptor. You'll never look back. But don't think you can get them cordless is the only thing.

Andrea B.

TallGlass wrote: »

Both would be on par. I'd be a Makita man myself.

Milwaukee I think is top of the line stuff.

If anything I would go with a rotary action / hammer action drill and get an SDS adaptor. You'll never look back. But don't think you can get them cordless is the only thing.

You can.
With low sterling treated myself last week.
It's a beauty.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/231942323787

bbari

TallGlass wrote:

If anything I would go with a rotary action / hammer action drill and get an SDS adaptor. You'll never look back. But don't think you can get them cordless is the only thing.

What's an SDS adaptor ?

TallGlass

bbari wrote: »

What's an SDS adaptor ?

SDS is a certain type of drill bit, the drill only accepts these and not 'normal' bits, if you get the adapter you can use normal bits. As below, bottoms are different.

SDS


Normal

bbari

I guess SDS bits are better then non SDS bits? I got the hammer drill this week the link of which i shared above, can i use sds bits in it or I'll have to get an adaptor?

Andrea B.

bbari wrote: »

I guess SDS bits are better then non SDS bits? I got the hammer drill this week the link of which i shared above, can i use sds bits in it or I'll have to get an adaptor?

Afik no.
Only other way around. SDS drill that can take a normal chuck attachment.

colm_mcm

Most of the traditionally professional brands have lower end stuff nowadays. It's not as simple as DeWalt being better than Milwaukee, or Bosch not being as good as Makita.

Anyone that's interested in what makes a good tool good, or the differences between a budget model and a professional, or the fail points of cheaper stuff should check out some videos on YouTube by a guy called AvE. the tear down videos are usually called "BOLTR" (bored of lame tool reviews)

Farmer

Screwfix
Hitachi
€128
2 x 2.5Ah batteries
13mm capacity in steel
Free delivery

A horse of a different green colour

http://www.ie.screwfix.com/hitachi-dv18dgl-jg-18v-2-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill.html

dodzy

Farmer wrote: »

Screwfix
Hitachi
€128
2 x 2.5Ah batteries
13mm capacity in steel
Free delivery

A horse of a different green colour

http://www.ie.screwfix.com/hitachi-dv18dgl-jg-18v-2-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill.html

Very good deal considering capacity and the 2nd battery.

ActingDanClark

Farmer wrote: »

Screwfix
Hitachi
€128
2 x 2.5Ah batteries
13mm capacity in steel
Free delivery

A horse of a different green colour

http://www.ie.screwfix.com/hitachi-dv18dgl-jg-18v-2-5ah-li-ion-cordless-combi-drill.html

Worth buying from uk site and using pm? Only £99 on uk site

unklerosco

The Bosch in the OP is €80 in B&Q at the moment, my dad has one.. for around the house it's perfect, I've been using it the past two weeks to stick an ikea kitchen together and it's been fine, battery lasts ages.

SickBoy

unklerosco wrote: »

The Bosch in the OP is €80 in B&Q at the moment, my dad has one.. for around the house it's perfect, I've been using it the past two weeks to stick an ikea kitchen together and it's been fine, battery lasts ages.

Does it have 2 batteries?

unklerosco

SickBoy wrote: »

Does it have 2 batteries?

Yup, saw it in Swords yesterday.. they'd plenty of stock.

Cortina_MK_IV

SickBoy wrote: »

Does it have 2 batteries?

Same deal as OP at £68 but I use UK site as Damolly Retail Pk is nearer to me. (B&Q site is down now.)