[Closed] Recommend me a new cordless drill...or not!

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Is there anywhere you could try new batteries with the drill? That would seem the most likely culprit in my inexpert opinion.

I use Ryobi stuff which is probably not very STW but has worked great for me so far.

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As long as your charger will support nimh the just get a complete battery from Amazon for easy returns , that will likely do what you need.
Or if you do want something new then you might like using one of the smaller lighter 10.8/12v drills which are very practical , impact drivers are great but not essential .
Edit - you only need one battery as they are new and have a higher capacity.
that is the battery replacement for the dewalt - do not spend more on it.

So, should i buy replacement batteries that are NiMH, about £25-30 each, try to recell my old packs

Is that even possible without buying a new charger too? I have the Bosch Power4All system and my old NiHM charger (that I got with the original Power4All drill I got 9 years ago) won't work with the latest batteries (even though they are still NiHM and still have identical fittings) - simply because it isn't capable of charging the newer packs.

I reckon just hunt out a good deal on a new drill - there are loads out there for not a great deal of ££££ - possibly only a few more £££s than just buying a new battery (or cells) and charger.

Go hard or go home

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do you generally use it for drilling or driving?

either way, with an SDS as backup, I'd be going for a 10.8V or 12V impact driver twin pack. Extremely light and convenient compared to 18V stuff. Plenty of power if you have a corded backup for very serious jobs, impact drivers get screws in so much faster and with minimal rounding compared to a standard driver. I think its the best tool I own.

Go hard or go home

As Gina Coladangelo said to Matt Hancock.

I reckon just buy new drill or drill/driver set, it's not much more than just batteries. I also vote for the impact driver being amazing. I had deadly do my floor and did the ply first myself. On deadly's suggestion I put my Bosch blue 18v drill driver side and bought the impact driver, my god it was so good at its job! As a leftie I find screws awkward (try it, you'll see why most threads are right handed!) I really wish I'd bought an impact driver years ago

You have a good drill, it should be happy on a Li-ion battery, so new battery(or 2) and charger would be my pick.

I wouldn't bother with an impact driver, unless you're doing a ton of framing or attaching frames and heavy stuff to solid walls, a drill/driver with the right screws and plugs will do you fine. Plus impact drivers are soooooo noooiiiissssy. Tinnitus isn't fun.

I thought we gave up on 12v in 1992.

18v with 5a/h batteries are what you need.

I thought we gave up on 12v in 1992.

before impact drivers came along we did - I had a 24v drill driver in the mid-2000s. My 10.8v impact driver is just better..

I bought a replacement battery for my old Bosch NiCad drill - got another couple of years out of it, I didn't have the money for a new on as my wife had lost her job.

This year I treated myself to a new Makita LXT 18v drill (the cheaper, brushed one). It's so much better than the old Bosch.

If you can afford a new one go for it, if you can't a replacement battery from Amazon will be fine.

I bought a Milwaukee drill and impact driver to replace my fifty quid ryobi drill. It’s great, I can’t stand diy but this has made it relatively painless - almost fun!

My 10.8v impact driver is just better.

Yeah, I got my sister one of those. Thought it the best size for a girl to use in an occasional setting.

I was forced to make similar choice couple of years back when replacing 24v bosch batteries got to expensive for the 6 months i was getting out of them across a range of tools.

So currently running bosch blue 18v, perfectly happy with the brushless drill-driver after 6 years, but Dad running cheaper version no issues either. I would echo the earlier comment of impact driver though, thats a game changer really as the majority of what i do is driving in self cutting woodscrews. So ask yourself what the primary use is, drilling or driving.

Keep an eye on the bosch refurbished https://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/refurbished-products-2851465-ocs-c/ pages or the warehouse pages https://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/products/gsr-18v-60-c-06019G1103920 for good deals, often the body only but good savings

The 12v stuff is probably powerful enough for home use but the 18v kit is not that much heavier and still lighter than the old NiCad stuff. The big benefit is that if you go for one of the big brands (Makita, Dewalt, Ryobi, etc) then you have access to a huge range of other tools that use the same batteries so can be picked up cheaply. Lots of great garden tool as well. I'm a Makita fan. The drills are excellent for the price and the rest of the range is reasonably priced and huge.

Impact driver is also good so if you have a drill also you don't have to keep switching between drill bits and driver bits.

Aldi.
I've got a lightweight driver it's great
And a impact driver which is also great.
May add a angle grinder soon for £25