Cordless drills

[yachtorion]

I like my Ryobi one+ like this. http://www.diy.com/departments/ryob...i-drill-2-batteries-llcdi18022l/196738_BQ.prd They also do one a bit cheaper which is just a drill/driver but no hammer action.

The Ryobi stuff is excellent. I've had mine for years and it's living on the boat at the moment. A professional window fitter who came to my house once used one - he reckoned it was lots better than some of the "pro" tools.

Being able to share the batteries between lots of tools is really convenient and it meant it was dead easy to upgrade from the NiMh to Li-Ion when they came out.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

The Ryobi stuff is excellent. I've had mine for years and it's living on the boat at the moment. A professional window fitter who came to my house once used one - he reckoned it was lots better than some of the "pro" tools.

Being able to share the batteries between lots of tools is really convenient and it meant it was dead easy to upgrade from the NiMh to Li-Ion when they came out.

An oxymoron if ever there was one

 

[GrahamM376]

The Ryobi stuff is excellent.

Wondering if B & Q have made a mistake, they're offering Ryobi 2 speed drill/driver WITHOUT battery for £12 on web site.
http://www.diy.com/departments/4892210105851-764582-18v-one-plus-2-speed-drill-driver/30646_BQ.prd

 

[aslabend]

18v drills on a boat? what the hell are you drilling! We use ryobi 18v kit for building roofs and studs, drilling big holes in brick walls and driving 120x6 screws into timbers. For everything on the boat I use either my very aged 9.6v makita or my new compact bosch 10.8v
http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bosch-gsr-10-8-2-li-drill-driver-body-only-in-carton?utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+Priority&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=sFjrkagjv|pcrid|59507945055|pkw||pmt||pdv|c|&gclid=CM70zYKi49MCFe4Q0wodU9IEyg

compactness is a decided advantage.

 

[GrahamM376]

18v drills on a boat? what the hell are you drilling!

Maybe he has a concrete boat My on board drills are a 230v €15 Aki own brand and a 12v LVM one. Battery drills only for the workshop.

 

[davidej]

Wondering if B & Q have made a mistake, they're offering Ryobi 2 speed drill/driver WITHOUT battery for £12 on web site.
http://www.diy.com/departments/4892210105851-764582-18v-one-plus-2-speed-drill-driver/30646_BQ.prd

Seems to be unavailable

 

[Greenheart]

My Draper 14.4v cheapie smoked and gave up after three years' hard work. The battery's still great. I still charge it. Not sure why.

I keep an old fashioned Stanley hand drill. Never loses its charge.

Since the Draper quit, I relied on a hand-drill, but it's older than I am and it doesn't run smoothly, whatever I do to lube/adjust it.

I was thinking of replacing it, plus getting a brace & bit for serious drilling...very nice tools. I thought about it right up to the moment I bought an 18v Bosch, 4ah. Under £100 at Screwfix right now. It's the blue 'Professional' spec, not the green DIY, in case that's anything except marketing. Metal gearing, 13mm chuck, worklight, battery level indicator, room in the case for loads of bits/sockets.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

18v drills on a boat? what the hell are you drilling! We use ryobi 18v kit for building roofs and studs, drilling big holes in brick walls and driving 120x6 screws into timbers. For everything on the boat I use either my very aged 9.6v makita or my new compact bosch 10.8v
http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bos...|pmt||pdv|c|&gclid=CM70zYKi49MCFe4Q0wodU9IEyg

compactness is a decided advantage.

Theres a very good maxim, "if you are going to have on have a big un" Most of the time it will as you say be unnecessary but just occasionally will do the job that otherwise you couldn't do. I am reminded of the time I fitted the Eberspacher ducting and insulation and cutting through glass reinforced 18mm marine ply bulkheads with a 5" hole saw and occasionally right angle attachment. That was before the days of 18V portable tools and my 14V (or thereabouts) one wouldn't cut the mustard and only a 240V one would. Sometimes it's as well to have a bit of spare power.

 

[Greenheart]

Plus...I remember seeing a star-shaped 'winch-bit' which could be fitted to a cordless drill, to enable powered winching. The article (in YM, I think) advised as powerful a drill as possible.