Recommend me a cordless drill/driver for home/light use

[Welderpaul]

Thanks chaps.

Plumped for Dewalt in the end. Drill and driver, brushless motors, 3 batteries, charger and case. Code DCK2510D3.

Came today so just had a look at it tonight. First impressions:

Pros:
Heavy duty case, soft padding looks to be all decent quality
Nice weight to the tools, feel comfortable to hold
Handy light when you pull the trigger. nearly blinded myself with it first time
Button to press to tell you battery charge
Decent instructions, just in English too.


Cons:
Batteries rattle a bit when fitted to the drill - lacks a little bit of finesse
A slight plasticky feel to drill and driver
Battery release button is on the front. Much more ergonomic to have them on the side so you can change them with one hand on the handle

There's a belt clip to go on the driver which isn't attached at the factory and some magnet thing which fixes on the opposite side of the body - not sure what this is for other than to collect swarf?

Will see how it performs and give a bit more feedback. Not Hilti standard but a sixth of the cost!

 

[Robotstar5]

Are you going to try and sneak the purchase past the boss at work?

 

[keithski122]

Bought the milwaukee m12 drill from toolstation today and it seems a nice bit of kit compared to the lidl one I had before.Feels nice and solid, and better quality though it should at twice the price.The chuck has no wobble to it which the lidl one did.Might get the impact driver next.

 

[123hotchef]

Bought the milwaukee m12 drill from toolstation today and it seems a nice bit of kit compared to the lidl one I had before.Feels nice and solid, and better quality though it should at twice the price.The chuck has no wobble to it which the lidl one did.Might get the impact driver next.

do it u know u need to

 

[Perry Owens]

Took a punt on a Kielder drill driver to replace my elderly Makita whose nicads had died. Got 10% off with my Machine Mart voucher. Seems like a solid piece of kit, brushless motor, LED worklight and Li-ion battey charge indicators. Nothing to indicate where it is made except it says "Sheffield" on the label but it comes with a 3 year warranty.Supplied battery is only 1.5 amp hour but should be ok for my light DIY use. Will give it a good workout at the weekend when I take it to the range to use in rebuilding the target frames.