Recommendations for a light-duty cordless drill / driver

I did a fair bit of research into all this when I was buying my power tool set a few years ago - wanted to get the best possible equipment for the money I was spending.


In the end it came down to a choice of 2 - Milwaukee or Makita.


Milwaukee are super tough, will last a hell of a long time and strong as steel, downside is - they're super heavy, like steel.


Makita are more lightweight, reasonably priced barebones equipment and the 4Ah and 5Ah batteries last really well between charges (in drills, they don't last quite so long with angle grinders and saws, just as they require so much more grunt)


So I ended up going with the 18v Makita 4Ah set for about £800 which came with pretty much all I needed. No regrets! I've used them fairly well over the past 4 or 5 years or so and nothing has gone wrong or broken apart from the carry bag, which was replaced without any hassle.


I think most drills nowadays are going to be pretty sturdy, the only ones I generally tend to stay away from are Ryobi and after hearing DeWalt going a bit downhill. 

Bosch, Makita, Milwaukee and Hilti are all really good as far as I'm concerned, but if you need something basic, then DeWalt, Ryobi and others are going the do the job just as well.

I did a fair bit of research into all this when I was buying my power tool set a few years ago - wanted to get the best possible equipment for the money I was spending.


In the end it came down to a choice of 2 - Milwaukee or Makita.


Milwaukee are super tough, will last a hell of a long time and strong as steel, downside is - they're super heavy, like steel.


Makita are more lightweight, reasonably priced barebones equipment and the 4Ah and 5Ah batteries last really well between charges (in drills, they don't last quite so long with angle grinders and saws, just as they require so much more grunt)


So I ended up going with the 18v Makita 4Ah set for about £800 which came with pretty much all I needed. No regrets! I've used them fairly well over the past 4 or 5 years or so and nothing has gone wrong or broken apart from the carry bag, which was replaced without any hassle.


I think most drills nowadays are going to be pretty sturdy, the only ones I generally tend to stay away from are Ryobi and after hearing DeWalt going a bit downhill. 

Bosch, Makita, Milwaukee and Hilti are all really good as far as I'm concerned, but if you need something basic, then DeWalt, Ryobi and others are going the do the job just as well.