Sds battery drill

Engineer54 · Apr 10, 2011

Most of the Corded and Battery drills and other kit i've seen on the projects i've been involved in have mainly all been Milwaukee and Hilti, with a spattering of Makita kit. Obviously the main contractor had it's own on-site service/repair shop where all these bits of kit were serviced regularly and repaired... Never once saw any Bosch kit!!!

Cyberprog · Apr 10, 2011

The lithium batteries are less prone to the memory effect, and have a better temperature range that they will work within. NiCads are fairly rubbish, and NiMh aren't much better.

telectrix · Apr 10, 2011

Cyberprog said:
The lithium batteries are less prone to the memory effect, and have a better temperature range that they will work within. NiCads are fairly rubbish, and NiMh aren't much better.

now i have a hitachi 24v. ni-cad. bought 2nd hand 13 years ago. have had to replace 1 cell due to the link between 2 cells having burnt. drill is still betteer than any bosch i,ve seen.

scotsparky · Apr 10, 2011

[ElectriciansForums.net] Sds battery drill

This is what i use and its fantastic!!

Hilti T2 24V

RWJ · Apr 10, 2011

scotsparky said:
This is what i use and its fantastic!!

Hilti T2 24V

Sweet... Nearly brought one off ebay nearly new..... but forgot to bid.... It went for £124..... DOH!!

scotsparky · Apr 10, 2011

i splashed out after a pile of overtime brand new £300 2 batteries and a selection of bits. That was over a year ago and still havent had to get new bits.

PC Electrics · Apr 10, 2011

Nez doesn't really say what he expects to use this SDS for. I've got one of these:
Makita UK
I use it for driling general holes for fixings, up to 25mm holes through walls and have even used it to do a 40mm core through a cav wall brick both skins (i wouldn't like to do that constantly though). it's easy enough to handle to take up a ladder too.
i use a mains SDS for core holes. i find the 202 nicely fills the capability gap between the 451 combi and the mains SDS without being either too expensive or too big. And it uses the same batteries as the rest of the makita kit i have.