Makita or Dewalt??????

[Rampage]

Selco are selling the Milwaukee 18v with 2x 18v Li-Ion for £200 inc at the moment. Mine drilled though both sides of a cavity (block/brick) with a 14mm drill bit in a couple of minutes. It also drills large holes in wood quicker than my 700w Dewalt Percusion mains drill.

The AEG that Screwfix sell for £150 with 2x 18v Li-Ion is meant to be good too.

 

[pennywise]

Definitely not dewalt or makita, even bosch are a little suspect with there quality. Milwaukee are streets ahead in power performance and quality. If you've got the extra money go for a protool my Hilti is the back up for this now:44:

 

[paul400]

Makita

 

[Dan23584]

I have had a dewalt combi drill for about 6 years, its been through some tough times and still going strong........when it packs up ill go makita though as I don't think dewalt have maintained the same level of product quality. I already have a makita impact driver that is a really good bit of kit.

 

[clicon357]

Couple of months back I bought an (orange) AEG 18V from Toolstation with 2 x 3Ah batteries for £199.00 - sounded like a bag of bolts when I got it home. It had 64Nm of torque apparently. I only got it as my bro in law had the previous blue AEG model and this, the orange one was supposed to be the replacement range. I heard rumours AEG now made in China. Anyway, I took it back, got a refund and bought a Makita 18V with 80Nm of torque the BHP451 from Screwfix. Very impressed except for the LED worklight built in doesn't shine exactly on the spot where your're drilling! Bags of grunt but have read elsewhere on this forum of gearbox problems with this model.

 

[Lofty]

Hi clicon357,
You're right about the gearbox issues ( I've started one thread) apparently it's aknown problem along with trigger failure and also the uncanny ability to suck in more dust than you would believe which gums up the brushes .
I'm trying to get a repair from Makita but they want to see the units first before pricing it.

Looking at the latest Bosch ( GSB 18 VE-2-LI 18v) the one with the all metal chuck , at least with them if you register online you get 3 years warranty and the torque is stated at 85nM's 5 more than the Makita.

Cheers,
Lofty

 

[clicon357]

Hi clicon357,
You're right about the gearbox issues ( I've started one thread) apparently it's aknown problem along with trigger failure and also the uncanny ability to suck in more dust than you would believe which gums up the brushes .
I'm trying to get a repair from Makita but they want to see the units first before pricing it.

Looking at the latest Bosch ( GSB 18 VE-2-LI 18v) the one with the all metal chuck , at least with them if you register online you get 3 years warranty and the torque is stated at 85nM's 5 more than the Makita.

Cheers,
Lofty

**** It! Dust magnet you say, it gets better. I've just chased out for new sockets and made more dust than..........well a dusty thing. And I was using the drill in all that to fix the back boxes. Lets hope it goes t!ts up within 12 months. So far, so good though I like everything about it except for the light. I did consider the Bosch but think they were only 2.6Ah batteries?

(Still live and learn, choice of two & I married the hairdresser rather than the caterer. As my mum said "Kissin don't last, cookin do!")

 

[Amp David]

Hi clicon357,
You're right about the gearbox issues ( I've started one thread) apparently it's aknown problem along with trigger failure and also the uncanny ability to suck in more dust than you would believe which gums up the brushes .
I'm trying to get a repair from Makita but they want to see the units first before pricing it.

Looking at the latest Bosch ( GSB 18 VE-2-LI 18v) the one with the all metal chuck , at least with them if you register online you get 3 years warranty and the torque is stated at 85nM's 5 more than the Makita.

Cheers,
Lofty

Got that one myself Lofty. Its the new RS series drill, nice and small but loads of grunt, good for going through joists. Batteries last well and charge in 20 mins

 

[Lofty]

**** It! Dust magnet you say, it gets better. I've just chased out for new sockets and made more dust than..........well a dusty thing. And I was using the drill in all that to fix the back boxes. Lets hope it goes t!ts up within 12 months. So far, so good though I like everything about it except for the light. I did consider the Bosch but think they were only 2.6Ah batteries?

(Still live and learn, choice of two & I married the hairdresser rather than the caterer. As my mum said "Kissin don't last, cookin do!")

The one I was looking at comes with 2 x 3Ah batts and one of their L-Box's for storage.


This one .......

 

[Lofty]

I know that this thread is a couple of weeks old now but was working with a plumber the other day and got to talking about drills etc. and he's had 2 off the Makita 451's have gearbox failures in the last 3 years. He's gone back to DeWalt now.
Supposedly the newer ones now have the modified part fitted, something to do with the gear selector ring ??.

Still looking at getting the Bosch though myself, as you can get a 3 year warranty if you register on-line, not sure yet what the warranty covers or does not cover at the moment.


Lofty.

 

[Amp David]

Thats the i have lofty, its tiny in size compared to other brands and it powerfull.

Warranty only covers the drill after the first year.

If you are after a 3 year warranty on everything, have a look a the Metabo range from Toolstop.

TBH, if I had seen their new range earlier i'd of gone the metabo route instead of Bosch

 

[Lofty]

Hi Amp David,

Just looked up the Metabo SB 18 LTX as you said. Wow, that's some torque it has (Max torque (soft/hard): 44/100Nm) like the impuls function for tile drilling , though normally use a bit of masking tape on the tile face.

So now it's decision time.

Cheers,
Lofty

 

[Amp David]

Good for dilling metal too, stops the drill from going all over the place lol

 

[Lofty]

'Toolstop' have it at a damn good price as well at the moment.

 

[Amp David]

Thats where I got my Bosch from at the time it was the cheapest anywhere and its usually delivered with a day or 2 tops