Best power tools? Not Bosch!!!

[oldplumber]

I bought a bosch combi drill 13 months back, now one af the NimHd batteries is already shot (despite running it flat prior to charging). Bosch offered a 3 year warranty on the drill but its not muchgood if the batteries die after 13 months, and you find the batteries arent part of a 3 yr warranty. what really ****es me off isIve got 3 NiCad batteries fm Bosch that are 4 yrs old and as good as the day I bought that drill, which is now back in the van. It seems that the more tools cost now the less they last, especially if the makers add "Professional" to the title


Any opinions on the best kit to buy nowadays, Milwarkee seems to be top of the polls in my area

 

[quality]

Buy Bosch and read instructions on battery use as Li can be damaged by being discharged totaly like you should do with nim cell or nicads

 

[NickH]

Panasonic

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

not aeg perform well but a few probs to date on one we bought mines been ok though

 

[REDSAW]

rip the casing of to the batterry cell, get out ur multimeter. you will have a dead cell or two in there. get down to maplins or so, solder new one in and bobs your fannys your aunt. or send of to pro battery repairer google it.

Cordless Power Tool Battery Repair Service - Home

 

[oldplumber]

best nip back to merchants and retrieve it from assistants *rse where I left it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wards]

have not tried them but site tools from screwfix seem good value for money.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

have not tried them but site tools from screwfix seem good value for money.

dont go there m8 our site 14 v eats batterys

 

[REDSAW]

erbauer are good cheapish and batteries available, think there german.
scrotumfix.com £90

 

[wards]

dont go there m8 our site 14 v eats batterys

i thought theywere on yhe same par as makita

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

i thought theywere on yhe same par as makita

sadly not

 

[dean4drains]

makita does it for me every time, had the same 18v gun inc 3 batterys for 4 years now.

the wife loves them to, the less i spend on tools, the more she can spend on shoes.

 

[WHPES]

Makita most of the time. Still have 2 of the original 3 14.4v batteries from 2 years ago and the 3rd was my fault as I dropped the torch in a cistern. Hilti for big drills for core drilling every time. Last a lifetime if you look after it (and it doesnt get nicked).

 

[REDSAW]

skrufix.
makita 18v combi 2 batts 30min charger £80?.
any good?.

 

[biofish]

Got a Hitatchi 18v combi and impact, look good and perform great. (Green and black series) - Cant fault them at all. Even chose the combi over the makita due to performance being almost identical but the hitatchi taking over in looks (yes thats very sad!)