Gday guys,
I'm sure this question gets asked a heap, but which brand should I buy?
I'm currently looking to buy a high quality 18v kit, preferably brushless or mostly brushless. It's just for home use, but I want something that will be good for the next 10 years at least. My father in law has metabo cordless drills that are 8 years old and still have crazy amounts of torque, to give you an idea.
I'm looking to buy a drill, impact driver, circular saw, angle grinder. Since it seems silly not to, I'll also get a reciprocating saw. And I really want a good quality rotary hammer drill.
You all know the usual suspects. In Australia the prices are all somewhat similar (within $500 or so), although some of the kits come with stuff that I don't really need.
I'm drawn towards Makita, because they have the dual 18v system for a rotary impact drill, which definitely looks like a good thing (if I'm drilling into granite and quartzite and other very hard things). I also like the fact I wouldn't need to buy separate 36volt batteries.
However, a number of the other brands, especially Milwaukee, offer 18v drills that theoretically offer better performance than the Makita, even though they're only 18v.
I really like the bosch blue stuff, but their cordless impact drill seems pretty gutless, only being rated to 18mm into concrete, while the other brands are 24mm and up.
So I've been narrowing things down, looking at bonuses and redemptions and all those kinds of things.
Since I know they're all good, instead of telling me what to buy, can anyone tell me what NOT to buy?
All the stuff I'm looking at is current top of the line gear. My current preference is probably Makita, Bosch Blue (if I could find a decent rotary hammer drill), Milwaukee, Metabo, Dewalt. The Hitachi stuff also looks pretty decent as well.
Any general thoughts on this problem? I know there's always those stories of tools you've had for many years and all that stuff, but any thoughts on the stuff coming out right now?
Thanks for reading!
cheers
Daniel