DeWalt DC223KA SDS Hammer Drill Heavy Duty 3 Mode 24 Volt- Ideal for drilling anchors and ... more
fixing holes into concrete, brick and masonry from 4mm to 22mm- Large 19mm optimised hammer mechanism delivers corded drilling performance- Efficient and compact ...
Advantages: Reliable, easy to use, quick recharge, two speed, 13mm keyless chuck, forward/reverse facility, many different torque settings. Meant for Industrial use. Disadvantages: Heavy, but well balanced, can cause wrist ache if used a lot.
DeWalt are a company more associated with the professional or industrial side of the tools market. I recently started work as a Cabinet Maker and needed a reliable, heavy duty and long lasting cordlessdrill/screwdriver. My boss advised me to buy a DeWaltdrill as it would hopefully be a long lasting and heavy duty drill.
I went ahead with it and followed his advice and bought a DeWalt DW914K2 14.4 Volt CordlessDrill/Screwdriver. This drill costs approximately £253 (including VAT). This seems a lot compared to drills you may see in cotalogues and many tool shops, but they tend to be the DIY drills for light use.
The 14.4Vdrill appears big and bulky, and although it is fairly heavy at 2.1kg it is well balanced unlike many drills. You can easily line up the drill to drill a straight and accurate hole, asit is fairly square ...
Advantages: The power to destroy as well as create! Disadvantages: SDS drill-only.
There’s something about a yellow-and-black power tool that makes you look the part. Maybe it’s because a lot of building site gear is that colour. I now notice on a recent visit to Homebase that JCB, (yes, THEM!) are launching a range of power tools in guess what colours.
The DeWaltSDSPlus Rotary HammerDrill is one such piece of kit. Price-wise it’s definitely at the top-end of the amateur price range at £155 from Screwfix, so it has to be that bit more useful to justify the price.
I was in the process of rebuilding the kitchen when I had a long hard look at my existing arsenal of power tools. The prospect of knocking another load of holes for electrical points using a hammer-action drill to mark out the perimeters and a cold chisel to do the rest filled me with no pleasure whatsoever.
Then, whilst looking ...
Advantages: Easy to use, several 'power' options for various 'jobs' and good battery time Disadvantages: none for the price.
battery varies depending on what job your doing, drilling or screwing, but I tend to find that I can give the drill a lot of abuse between charges.
The one hour charge is so useful, plus, with this package you?re actual getting two batteries so whilst one is charging you can get on with the job in hand, technically, giving you none stop action until the work is done.
I know there are many many more powerful drills on the market, in fact I own a very pricey 28 volt Dewaltcordlesshammerdrill which I only use on very special occasions, (Why I spent nearly £250 on something I use about as often as a politician tells the truth I will never know? but hey, it looks pretty sat on the shelf), but this Bosch has lasted me quite some time and has never failed me one little bit in all the abuse I have given it.
Although this drill is a nice tool ...
