Sds max has died I need a new one.

[Millsy 82]

My trusty but battered titan sds max drill has died or it still works on drill but the switch to turn it into kango doesn't want to shift any more than 1/4 turn. For £99 getting 3 hard years work out of it drilling Up To 52mm through granite walls.

Any others out there that people recommend? Not interested in spending £1000+ on a hilti and tempted to just get another titan but if there are any other good cheapest ones I'm all ears.

 

[Harvest Fields]

My Ryobi 240v sds died on me last week as well. I owned it for 7 years. Was so sad about it, I had to drown my sorrows on Friday and Saturday night.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

TBH id your happy buy the same

Bosch for me if you don’t want Hilti corded

 

[Harvest Fields]

Im liking dewalt at the minute but super expensive.

 

[AMGasServices]

I’ve got a makita mains power.

Also a hitachi battery power they’re good.

However work have given me a dewalt not tried it but it looks good.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Not sure about the other bloke. But I need one that can core as well.

 

[Millsy 82]

Im liking dewalt at the minute but super expensive.

I'm not a big fan of dewalt they are not the best build quality in my opinion. I had a dewalt core drill get that hot doing a 52mm hole that it melted the plastic and the screws came out. That's with a new bit as well. Also had an sds plus that was gutless and eventually after about a year set on fire.

 

[Millsy 82]

Not sure about the other bloke. But I need one that can core as well.

Won't get many sds max that do core as well as most you can't turn hammer off so I've found. My core drill died the week before so got to replace that just going to get the makita from screwfix as that can't be worse than the dealt one I had.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Mine that died was a plus

 

[Best]

How about buying a Hilti?
Or one that was a demo?
I have the Hilti TE60 and use it now for to do cores. Very safe as has an electronic cut out which works instantly, plus a safety clutch.
Can buy them on eBay very reasonable

 

[Harvest Fields]

How about buying a Hilti?
Or one that was a demo?
I have the Hilti TE60 and use it now for to do cores. Very safe as has an electronic cut out which works instantly, plus a safety clutch.
Can buy them on eBay very reasonable

Will take a look mate.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Do they come in 240v?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Just got home and found this on my desk mate. No good for me. Anygood for you?

 

[Millsy 82]

Just got home and found this on my desk mate. No good for me. Anygood for you?

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NO good for me mate. I need a max not a plus. Plus is no good for 25mm through 1mtr thick granite wall, core drills don't touch granite so have to use a max and some big big drill bits.

 

[Chuck]

Any others out there that people recommend? Not interested in spending £1000+ on a hilti and tempted to just get another titan but if there are any other good cheapest ones I'm all ears.

£33/year for drilling seems good value to me. If you were happy with it, just buy another one.

 

[OffshoreGas]

I was doing a job a few years ago and had to drill quite a few 50mm holes in reinforced concrete.

I bought a Bosch GBH SDS max drill from eBay 2nd hand and it wasn’t much more than a titan etc. The thing is a monster, defiantly recommend if you’ve got heavy work. It came with a load of cruciform carbide drills and they are a lot quicker than cores etc.

 

[WHPES]

I have a Hilti and a Hitachi. The Hilti beats the Hitachi hands down in performance. Had a Bosch before which I bought second hand and was fine. You do get what you pay for.

 

[gmartine]

Do they come in 240v?

They do but not many around if going for used, looked at them a while back but couldn't face dragging a trasnsformer around.

https://www.toolstop.co.uk/power-tools/corded-power-tools/sds-max-drills

I find the problem using SDS max for coring is they tend to be large heavy units (1000w +) and not too easy holding up high.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Cough cough don’t know when but looks good 😀

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[gmartine]

Most have brought out cordless sds max drill capable of 5 " coring nowadays, why the soft spot for Bosch sds (still use my 24v btw)?

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