Bosch Professional or Makita

[timhoward]

It’s an investment. Do you just buy one of them too?

The investment is mainly into the battery system.
Honestly, any big brand will be fine. I'd happily use any of them. One place I work has Makita. It's fine. I have Milwaukee and DeWalt and a Bosch SDS. They all go round and round.

The only drill-envy I've experienced was when a friend had the Metabo combi which has an anti-jam feature which auto-cuts out instead of breaking your wrist. That said, I've never broken my wrist using a drill, so maybe I don't need that!

 

[Dustydazzler]

I only have the 18v Erbauer Combi Drill which does everything I need really as a drill / driver for jobbing.
I have an old 24v bosch and some old makita drills and some old hitachi gear as well.
As I say, I never spend that much on drills I just don't see the point...

 

[Dustydazzler]

Which ever drill you choose, I just hope the end user is better with it than this chap...

 

[Mike Johnson]

Whatever you go for, best results are Lithium battery and Brushless motor, personally I have DeWalt and they have been fine for the last ten years, the only thing I don't like is the noise from the Impact driver, but that applies to all makes.

 

[littlespark]

I never spend that much on drills I just don't see the point...

Maybe your drills need sharpened then?


Point? No? Oh never mind….

 

[davesparks]

Whatever brand you choose get a decent security marking kit to go with it, one that allows you to register the tools on a national database. That way if the tools do go missing it's harder to someone to sell them on and easier to reunite them with their owner

 

[Moley]

We used to have the Makita combo set with 1/2" drive impact gun. It was a really good set and the case back then had compartments for storing bits in. For the last 4 years we've had Bosch. The impact guns get a hammering (nuts/bolts - not screws!) and the drill get's quite a bit of heavy use too. I had no problems with either make.. Only comment I can make is the Makita charger can play 4 (I think) different tunes when the charge is complete. What use is that? Well, if you are in a room with more that one battery being charged at a time you can tell by the tune when yours is charged. Not exactly a game changer but I liked it.

 

[RDB85]

I might have a look at the Erbauer kit. It seems good for the money. Chances are it won’t go missing either.

 

[rewireIT]

DeWalt



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[Dustydazzler]

No one an fan of Milwakee on here ?

I see loads of the kitchen fitters on site using Milwakee