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Tommy
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Post: # 61420Post Tommy

There's an offer in the paper that I've seen, Buy a Bosch professional DynamicSeries, send a copy of the invoice to Bosch, and they'll send you a Lithium battery for free

michaelthegardener
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Post: # 61498Post michaelthegardener

now im tempted by this un :D http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-gsb-18- ... rill/96805 but mines working ok again now its dried out so im in no rush maybe a good deal will come up :)

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Post: # 61500Post GB_Groundworks

haha is this going to be like the whacker thread.........

no offence but you dont need a pro driver, unless you're installing decking etc or something where you need your driver all day everyday no need to spend that much, get a cheap one for occasional use.
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Post: # 61502Post Dave_L

GB_Groundworks wrote:haha is this going to be like the whacker thread.........
Oh don't remind me!!!!! That was painful Giles!!!!!!
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michaelthegardener
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Post: # 61513Post michaelthegardener

GB_Groundworks wrote:haha is this going to be like the whacker thread.........

no offence but you dont need a pro driver, unless you're installing decking etc or something where you need your driver all day everyday no need to spend that much, get a cheap one for occasional use.
No offence to you either but how the hell would you know if i need a pro driver or not :;): i wont be useing it everyday no but i still want a good un

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Post: # 61514Post GB_Groundworks

How the hell....

I'm a pretty good guesser haha
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Post: # 61516Post rab1

i`m with giles/dave on this one.

Micheal you do not need a high end pro drill driver, all of my kit is hilti and if you really want a pro drill driver i`ll sell you one brand new, it wont be cheap (£300 plus) and will last you a lifetime mate but i personally dont think you need one for the kind of work you do.

My opinion is that you spend top money on the tools you will use the most and scale down depending on use. I own a security bit sett from Lidls that cost £3 and a pro sett is over £30 but only do Prison work once in a while. I`ll gamble that LLL uses marshall town but buys cheaper stuff for occasional tools.

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Post: # 61530Post lutonlagerlout

spot on rab
if its not a daily or weekly tool, anything will do
so my claw hammer is a £4 special
but my brick hammer is a £30 estwing job
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Post: # 61540Post local patios and driveway

its all about the batteries, we have seen 4 bosch battery units that had to be returned, we like the hitachi stuff but de walt are the people putting a 3 yr warrenty on the new lithium range. the little 10.8v lithium set ups are very capable if working with wood but the 18v is probably the best all rounder. cant comment on makita weve not used them, and dont like the way milwaukee are made and feel.

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Post: # 61542Post msh paving

~Ive got a 24v dewalt hammer drill 2 batterys case charger for sale approx 4 months old message me if interested MSH :)
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Post: # 61545Post rab1

personally not keen on them but for you Micheal i would suggest dewalt, lots of accessories that run on the one battery type and their not too expensive mate. you can also buy loads of add-ons cheap on ebay etc. :)
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Post: # 61568Post Suggers

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Post: # 71484Post local patios and driveway

I wanted to add about my recent screfix returned drill. I tried to have it repaired and was told that the gears were plastic not metal, turns out screwfix sell tools cheap because they are cheap nasty spec! Bloody rip off screwfix.

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Post: # 71497Post lutonlagerlout

a lot of the metal used now is very soft dan
if you do a lot of drilling then Hilti are the best IMHO
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Yep, a lot of money for hilti but good kit

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