DeWalt... Great Offer

Coo story bro, but you gonna tell what shop has the offer?

Shite batteries but I have both the drill and the torch and can't fault them. If you forget the batteries and treat them as a free bonus then you couldn't buy the bare brushless drill or torch together for less than about €120 (online).

I suspect the batteries would be fine for DIY but they limit you as they aren't any use on more power hungry tools. Add them into the mix with the charger and they'd cost you another €80-100. Making it a good buy.

You have 20 plus batteries but only 2 2Amp ones - I rest my case ;-)

I have no commercial use for any tool but I'd still aim for better batteries if possible. I don't even think that getting brushless tools is a big issue either. I think the point I should have made better to start with is that these batteries are fine for the tools in the kit but the buyer shouldn't be fooled into thinking that they can then go and buy a load more DeWalt 18V XR tools because they have a couple of 18V 2 Amp batteries. The DeWalt XR tools I use most are, angle grinder, sawzall and more and more a circular saw. They don't last too long on 4Amp batteries so I'm now only buying 5 Amp (get them in the UK - Amazon, really can't afford to buy them here).

I'm in the UK quite often so order them from Amazon when I'm on the ferry over so I have the max time for delivery in case they are a bit slow. But for UK with Prime its 99.9% next day. Paid £96.67 for these just before Christmas https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QB3BJB9 and then due to someone swapping batteries with the DeWalt torches and lamps got a 50% reduction 😌. I think somehow a good battery I'd just charged got swapped for a flat one either that or the battery I thought I'd charged wasn't in the charger properly (they are all clearly numbered so I know which is which). Anyway to cut a very long story short I thought I had a bad battery. Called Amazon CS and got an immediate 50% refund. Then thought before dismantling the battery I'd see if it would charge if I left it overnight. Nothing happened when I put it in the charger but tried in another and it started charging 🤐.

Good info as always from Project Farm on the PowerStack batteries

And a more general battery comparison which shows the advantage of lager batteries in some applications.

Edit> In case anyone is confused by the 20V batteries they are exactly the same batteries as are sold here as 18V. Its all to do with when you measure the voltage, in use the full charged 20V's drops to 18V or lower as soon as there is a load on the battery so 18V is the more honest description but in America bigger sells.

So did you keep the bits or give them to you brother? :-)

Might pick one up later. Would it be suitable for drilling into shed wall to hang hooks? Or would that wreck the chuck?

Yeh,just to have a few hooks on shed wall. It's block built, won't be holding heavy stuff. Is there a masonry bit in that bit set?

Sorry, I'm still not understanding this. What ad? I'm not seeing mention of a free bit set anywhere.

Just bought in woodies Dundalk. No bit set came with the drill,just the drill, torch,2 batteries and bag for €100. Still great value.

Anyone recommended where I'd get a good drill bit set? Looking for a combi set with bits for plastic,wood and masonry. I'll check Screwfix later as they're normally better value than Woodie's.

I'm a bit repetitive and always say this, don't bother with bit sets full of bits you'll never use. Just get the individual bits as you need them.

What tends to happen is that you use a couple from the set then break them so you have to go and buy individual bits any wary or just bodge the next job.

Personally I rarely if ever use brad pointed wood drills as its so easy to blunt them. So all you really need are a €4.99 set of both HSS (high speed steel) drill bits (normally used on metal but do a fine job on wood) and masonry drills at Lidl or Aldi. Now that doesn't mean I don't have 100's of drill bits but I use the €4.99 HSS set for nearly everything so its in the tool box handy and top it up when a bit gets snapped. And yes I also have a few drill sets full of drills I hardly ever use.

All you really need is 2.5, 3 and 4mm HSS bits a countersink bit and 5, 6 and 7 mm masonry bits for raw plugs. If you are buying raw plugs or any fixing for a job just buy the right size drill bit at the same time.

All very well for the DIYer to have a big box of bits they never use with all the useful sizes blunt or broken.

Sets are a big con and a waste of money. Just get a basic set and get into the habit of buying the bits you actually need and some spares for each job.

I've just been out now working on ladders drilling some stainless steel. Used a 2mm drill bit and snapped one. No issue as I know 2mm drill bit snap easily and had several spares. If I was relying on a set it would have been game over or a 6 mile trip to screwfix - who are nearly always open.

Its the same with the screw driver bits you get with sets of drills. The Pozi 1 and 2 are always missing or worn out. Screw driver bits are consumables, just like drills, better to buy a box of 10 or 20 Pozi 2 (PZ2) and use a new one whenever the edge on the current one gets burred a bit.

Maybe get a set but not one with 101 different bits and still buy the common sizes as spares so you can top the sets up as you wear things out and break them. If you do buy a set I bet you never use even 75% of them.