Cheap SDS Drill

[garycat]

Lidl have one for £35 with a 3 year warranty, seems good value

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.200905...

I have no affiliation with lidl (thank god!) I just think DIYers might be interested.

Screwfix have one for £40 with plenty of good reviews too.

[shirt]

be aware that cheap sds drills will last about 5 minutes if you intend to use them for chiselling/chasing. the chuck goes and will either seize or not hold the bits. i killed 2 performance power ones in a day before going for a bosch.

[Simpo Two]

I believe you should choose one with a clutch, in case the bit jams and the drill breaks your wrist, Gromit-style. How much of a myth that is I don't know, but it seems unpleasant.

I have an Erbauer, about £60 IIRC.

[dickymint]

My experience is that it's not the chuck/drill that is at fault but cheap bits - the slots in the bit get elongated and can't be removed from the chuck. With care you can strip the chuck, to remove the bit. Reassemble the chuck, put in a new bit and jobs a good-un.

[Rgee]

This Erbauer has just been reduced from £89.88 to £49.88.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/36136/Power-Tools/SD...

[Simpo Two]

Mine's a different model - perhaps it's been replaced.

Mine:

[ndg]

Rgee said:

This Erbauer has just been reduced from £89.88 to £49.88.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/36136/Power-Tools/SD...

Bought one of these on Friday, and used it all weekend. Definetly a good buy, way better than the direct power one they do (and probably other budget makes).

It has a reasonably effective rotostop, over torque clutch and damped handle to reduce vibration, none of which screwfix mention in their description!

N.

[bazking69]

I rarely have cause to need an SDS drill, so on the rare occasion I do I borrow my brothers DeWalt.
Cheap drills are false economy and an expensive one would just be a waste to have money tied up in.