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18V Drills
Dec 28^th, 2014 at 8:23am

Well let get this board kicked off!

I am thinking of upgrading my battery operated drill. I have tried a couple of cheap crap ones over the years but they usually come with bad batteries that dont hold a charge very well and you cant replace them.

I currently have two 18v Dewalts which are reasonably OK except drills tend to slip in the chucks when doing heavy drilling. This may only be due to the chucks they come with but I have wondered if there is a better brand that doesnt do this ( or a better brand of keyless chuck you can buy)

Also has anyone had any experience with the 36V ones?

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: 18V Drills Reply #1 - Dec 28^th, 2014 at 8:27am Forgive me for not remembering the brands. There are some fantastic battery powered units that we used on the mines (no tag and test required). They were better quality ones, I have bought cheap ones at home , never again they just dont last. (China Syndrome)
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Reply #2 - Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:25am

I've used the Hitachi ones a few times and found them to be brilliant, i was so impressed i was going to steal the one I was using (from my dad, who would have let me steal it if I wanted it Wink

) ... I myself own a Makita, it's ok but it too can slip ... not sure how the battery performed on the Hitachi though, I didn't use it long enough to find out

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Reply #3 - Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:40am

John Smith wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:25am:

I've used the Hitachi ones a few times and found them to be brilliant, i was so impressed i was going to steal the one I was using (from my dad, who would have let me steal it if I wanted it Wink

) ... I myself own a Makita, it's ok but it too can slip ... not sure how the battery performed on the Hitachi though, I didn't use it long enough to find out

Actually I am a great fan of Hitachi, I have had their saws, a router and angle grinder for years. I remember at the time I bought them they all had the most powerful motors of the well known brands. At the time they were real tradesman quality although I now notice they sell two versions of saws (I think it was ?) a cheaper handyman version amd a tradie version.

Must check the drills out

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77082 Gender:	Re: 18V Drills Reply #4 - Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:51am if you can when buying tools, always go for quality over price ... unless it's something you'll only use once or twice, in which case it doesn't matter ..
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: 18V Drills Reply #5 - Dec 29^th, 2014 at 5:26pm DeWalt stuff used to be pretty good. Hilti is another brand worth a look, but not cheap.
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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: 18V Drills Reply #6 - Dec 29^th, 2014 at 9:05pm Hilti make top notch quality gear.
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Re: 18V Drills
Reply #7 - Dec 30^th, 2014 at 7:29am

Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:40am:

John Smith wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:25am:

I've used the Hitachi ones a few times and found them to be brilliant, i was so impressed i was going to steal the one I was using (from my dad, who would have let me steal it if I wanted it Wink

) ... I myself own a Makita, it's ok but it too can slip ... not sure how the battery performed on the Hitachi though, I didn't use it long enough to find out

Actually I am a great fan of Hitachi, I have had their saws, a router and angle grinder for years. I remember at the time I bought them they all had the most powerful motors of the well known brands. At the time they were real tradesman quality although I now notice they sell two versions of saws (I think it was ?) a cheaper handyman version amd a tradie version.

Must check the drills out

I had a bit of a look around the net for Hitachi ones yesterday, Was quite attracted to the 18v brushless ones until I found out the prices, well over $500. Looks like it might have to wait for a while at that rate.

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Re: 18V Drills
Reply #8 - Dec 30^th, 2014 at 9:06am

Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 7:29am:

Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:40am:

John Smith wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:25am:

I've used the Hitachi ones a few times and found them to be brilliant, i was so impressed i was going to steal the one I was using (from my dad, who would have let me steal it if I wanted it Wink

) ... I myself own a Makita, it's ok but it too can slip ... not sure how the battery performed on the Hitachi though, I didn't use it long enough to find out

Actually I am a great fan of Hitachi, I have had their saws, a router and angle grinder for years. I remember at the time I bought them they all had the most powerful motors of the well known brands. At the time they were real tradesman quality although I now notice they sell two versions of saws (I think it was ?) a cheaper handyman version amd a tradie version.

Must check the drills out

I had a bit of a look around the net for Hitachi ones yesterday, Was quite attracted to the 18v brushless ones until I found out the prices, well over $500. Looks like it might have to wait for a while at that rate.

check out your local auction houses .... engineering firms that close down will often auction all their tools ... it won't be new but it'll be cheap

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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: 18V Drills Reply #9 - Dec 30^th, 2014 at 4:08pm The high end Bosch gear is good - way, way better than their consumer products.
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skippy. Gold Member Offline Posts: 20882 Gender:	Re: 18V Drills Reply #10 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 10:42am Life_goes_on wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 4:08pm: The high end Bosch gear is good - way, way better than their consumer products. Yep, I've got one of these and it's a great drill for the home handy man.
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bludger Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 314 Gender:	Re: 18V Drills Reply #11 - Feb 1^st, 2015 at 4:44pm Hitachi have a good name. I bought 18v Taurus from Aldi, small 2 speed, adjustable clutch, and the torque is really good. With Aldi returns are pain free.
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Re: 18V Drills
Reply #12 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 4:22pm

John Smith wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 10:51am:

if you can when buying tools, always go for quality over price ... unless it's something you'll only use once or twice, in which case it doesn't matter ..

every now and again Aldi have 24v drills on sale for around $50...

they are a fantastic drill for the money..

they hold charge and if they only last a few years so what?

I have one for our house and have purchased 2 more for the business I work for to use in the 2 depots I work at..

one is at least 3 years old now and the other 2 years..
fricken great drill..

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the other one I have at home stays in my caravan for winding the legs up and down and engaging the electric caravan moving system.. it's an 18V Ozito lithium batter drill...

under $100 and its a freaking great drill... better than the standard 24v drill

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Re: 18V Drills
Reply #13 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 6:00pm

Kat wrote on Dec 29^th, 2014 at 5:26pm:

DeWalt stuff used to be pretty good.

Hilti is another brand worth a look, but not cheap.

I use this DeWALT drill at work.
It's fantastic.

It comes with a spare battery so you never run out of power in middle of a job:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/371253713619?item=371253713619&lgeo=1&vectorid=2294...

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Re: 18V Drills
Reply #14 - Mar 17^th, 2015 at 8:52pm

Im a carpenter by trade and have recently used makita, hitachi, bosch and AEG cordless tools.

I would recommend you look at AEG or Milwalkee as they have 6 and 5 years warranties on their drills and three years on their batteries.

Makita and hitachi only have 3 years and 1 on their batteries.

Hitachi used to be fantastic but their quality has fallen away recently.

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