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 Post subject: 2kg sds drills
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:46 pm 
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following the death of my trusty old elu 2kg 3 mode sds drill im going to get a replacement.

the old drill was used for all kinds over its near 20 year life span. drilling for damp proof courses. wall tie replacement and obv other standard stuff. needs to be a decent long lasting drill.

looking at makita, bosch or dewalt.

anyone got opinions as to which one? the old one had a reverse function also which was handy.


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This one looks good for the money and has reverse and roto stop-

http://bit.ly/yVehWS

Or this one- http://bit.ly/wcNm3X

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I used be a Dewalt man but have changed to makita in recent years due to more than a few Dewalt tool failures. My current 2kg SDS drill is a Makita 780w model although i quite like the look of the Sparky 820w 3kg drill.


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i would go for the bosch one that the chuck pops off and a jacobs chuck can be fitted, ill look for a link later


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fin wrote:
looking at makita, bosch or dewalt.
I started looking at these as well.

I must admit I find the Makita range to be pretty bewildering - more models and sub options than you shake a stick at, and the short warranty is a little off putting. That said some of the HR24xx look very promising. I also like the look of the Bosch GBH 2-20 D as it's nice and light (2.3kg) and compact (325mm) Just not sure if it's powerful enough (I just made a separate thread to ask about impact energy: minimum-useful-impact-energy-power-for-sds-chisel-action-t53423.html)

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i would go for the bosch one that the chuck pops off and a jacobs chuck can be fitted, ill look for a link later

Are these the ones? with the "quick change chuck" (the letter F in the model code seems to be the indicator for this feature?)

http://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en ... h-2-24-df/
http://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en ... -2-28-dfv/

I noticed on some of the retailers pages they mention "quick change chuck" as one of the features on some of the Makita drills, particularly the HR2470T:

http://www.makitauk.com/products/front/ ... el=HR2470T

maybe it's similar to the Bosch quick change chuck?


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 Post subject: Re: 2kg sds drills
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Icm76 wrote:

speed wrote:
i would go for the bosch one that the chuck pops off and a jacobs chuck can be fitted, ill look for a link later

Are these the ones? with the "quick change chuck" (the letter F in the model code seems to be the indicator for this feature?)

http://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en ... h-2-24-df/
http://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en ... -2-28-dfv/
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bosch-GBH2-24 ... _917wt_956

yeah they are the drills the chuck is miles better than them sds adaptor chucks you get, theres no wobble or runout, verrry handy if you need to drill out for locks/lots of wood etc :thumbright:


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I used to have the non chisel version of the Dewalt that UHM links to, think it was 25012 and it was an excellent drill, went through concrete like butter. I gave it away to an uncle and bought a Ryobi SDS+ to replace it as I wanted the chisel function. The chisel doesn't tend to stay in the one position for long which is a bit frustrating and also, it doesn't tackle concrete anywhere near as well and that is using the same drill bits so, I if I had my choice again, I would spend the extra and get the Dewalt.


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got one of These bosch 2400's for xmas

not had to use it in anger, so far just 6mm holes for rawplugs / shelf going up.
Seemed to whip through brick without hammer on, let you know how i get on with roto stop (got a few tiles and some wall chasing out to do here)


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