ThePog Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 My nice Metabo drill has finally shat today, leaving me with only my dugga and grinder in that set and 3 average batteries. I paid proper money for it and am happy to do so again for a top quality set, has anyone got any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 I enjoy my Makita stuff. Brushless goes hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Milwaukee all day every day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 You wanting just a drill or to replace the dugga aswell? I wonder if you can buy adaptors for say Milwaukee battery to Metabo. Could just grab a drill kit then and run the other Metabo gear off the new batteries. These guys are parallel importers, but I tend to buy half my gear from them because overpriced via official importer / channel. https://www.i-tools.co.nz/collections/milwaukee-m18/products/milwaukee-2804-20-m18-fuel-12-brushless-hammer-drill-kit I have that drill, but I grabbed it as a skin as already have some gear. Goes pretty well. Purchased it as I needed to add some 100mm holes to a metal cabinet + MDF, no worries doing that. Then perhaps one of these? I haven't gone deep, could be better / cheaper options. Assuming your gear is 18V too. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004132882705.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.21.3fc35ef1VwSimq&algo_pvid=864618c4-bb05-4619-a739-020689763859&algo_exp_id=864618c4-bb05-4619-a739-020689763859-10&pdp_npi=3%40dis!NZD!44.43!28.87!!!!!%40211bf3f716808541855892097d06c0!12000028141691971!sea!NZ!116624700&curPageLogUid=y1ov6nT4H4UJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bling said: You wanting just a drill or to replace the dugga aswell? I wonder if you can buy adaptors for say Milwaukee battery to Metabo. Could just grab a drill kit then and run the other Metabo gear off the new batteries. These guys are parallel importers, but I tend to buy half my gear from them because overpriced via official importer / channel. https://www.i-tools.co.nz/collections/milwaukee-m18/products/milwaukee-2804-20-m18-fuel-12-brushless-hammer-drill-kit I have that drill, but I grabbed it as a skin as already have some gear. Goes pretty well. Purchased it as I needed to add some 100mm holes to a metal cabinet + MDF, no worries doing that. Then perhaps one of these? I haven't gone deep, could be better / cheaper options. Assuming your gear is 18V too. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004132882705.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.21.3fc35ef1VwSimq&algo_pvid=864618c4-bb05-4619-a739-020689763859&algo_exp_id=864618c4-bb05-4619-a739-020689763859-10&pdp_npi=3%40dis!NZD!44.43!28.87!!!!!%40211bf3f716808541855892097d06c0!12000028141691971!sea!NZ!116624700&curPageLogUid=y1ov6nT4H4UJ Its all pretty slogged out, its all had 10 years of full on use, so probably need to start fresh. The grinder is still ok and with 3x batteries it should keep it going, plus I am kindof needing a wee circular saw and a power wrench thingy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Over the years I've had a great run out of a comprehensive set of cordless Hitachi/Hikoki power tools . I particularly like how they've kept their move to 36 Volt backwards compatible, they get my vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, sr2 said: Over the years I've had a great run out of a comprehensive set of cordless Hitachi/Hikoki power tools . I particularly like how they've kept their move to 36 Volt backwards compatible, they get my vote. Yea I have those boys for my wired grinders, I have one small one with a sanding disc and a big one with a cutting disc, they go hard etc. In fact the wee hikoki ran for 3 or 4 months with a cracked gearbox housing, just got a bit noisy... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taistorm Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Have used hitachi/hikoki, bosch amd milwaukee 18v. For heavy abuse drilling through thick steel on the daily I wouldn't bother with anything but the milwaukee one. Ugga dugga impact guns go well, the only issue I have sometimes is if they are accidentally out in direct sunlight, the batteries can overheat pretty quickly (obviously be mindful of where you leave them). My 2c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Taistorm said: Have used hitachi/hikoki, bosch amd milwaukee 18v. For heavy abuse drilling through thick steel on the daily I wouldn't bother with anything but the milwaukee one. Ugga dugga impact guns go well, the only issue I have sometimes is if they are accidentally out in direct sunlight, the batteries can overheat pretty quickly (obviously be mindful of where you leave them). My 2c. Yea i give that shit a hard time, plenty of big drills into thick steel, good wrist breaking efforts. I have been leaning towards the Milwaukee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 Altho i need that shit tomorrow and Mitre10 dont seem to sell Milwalkee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Would need to venture to Tool Shed for that carry on. /doesn't look like they have combos in stock though Circ saw is sweet, I only have 12v saw, but it sure makes life easier when paired with a decent capacity battery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Pacemakers for milwaukee Or blackwoods /no idea if either nearby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, Bling said: Would need to venture to Tool Shed for that carry on. /doesn't look like they have combos in stock though Circ saw is sweet, I only have 12v saw, but it sure makes life easier when paired with a decent capacity battery. Looks plausible that they will be open tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 What I like about Milwaukee is they do a 12Ah battery. Not cheap, (or super light) but they just go and go and go. I had to give all my Milwaukee shit back at the end of my old job. But I abused the fuck out of it, and it took it. Plus the grinder (125mm) was beautifully balanced smoother to hold than most of my plug in ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted April 7, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2023 Should do the trick. 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positive Ape Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 how much, ow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, Positive Ape said: how much, ow? A bit more than a grand But it was on special. I couldnt bring myself to buy the other bits I wanted, maybe next month if the business is still cranking. I definitely couldnt have hidden the 3.5k for the full beans kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 18 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said: What I like about Milwaukee is they do a 12Ah battery. Not cheap, (or super light) but they just go and go and go. I had to give all my Milwaukee shit back at the end of my old job. But I abused the fuck out of it, and it took it. Plus the grinder (125mm) was beautifully balanced smoother to hold than most of my plug in ones. Had Hitachi to start with but decided to switch to Milwaukee around 17' Nothing wrong with Hitachi but I reckon maybe it was going through the transition to hikoki so the range wasnt that great hence going to Milwaukee. man i rate Milwaukee hard, good batteries ( had a couple issue with the 6ah 12v and 12 ah 18v but they were replaced under warranty) the skins have all been mint. ive dropped them from multi metre height and they dont give a fuck. only downside is the batteries where if they take too much punsihment the tiny screw posts crack and the top seperates from the bottom. easily fixed by using some plastic weld. Also every store seems to have milwaukee so support is pretty easy. i have like 20+ skins now. pretty happy with them tbh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Bit late of an entry to this discussion, but about two weeks ago I replaced my Ryobi stuff with Makita - batteries felt like they were slowly going south after 6 years. I spent a fair bit of time shopping around online to figure best price matches. M10 Ferrymead has a really smart system, where they automatically have in-store deals that match the lowest available prices so I ended up going to Papanui to get them to price beat competitors on most of the stuff. I bought the DLX2416TX2 kit from Bunnings: Hammer drill, impact, 3x 5Ah batteries and charger. The third battery came via the redemption promotion and only took like a week to arrive. I could have gotten the 2131T kit for $100 less with price beat but they would have been even weaker tools and only 2x batteries. Those kit tools definitely aren't the gruntiest, but I didn't need all out power. Remaining tools I got decent kit and managed to wrangle out a decent price beat on them all, saving about $250 for the lot. One thing of note is the kit I got from bunnings is advertised as having a rapid charger but it actually included a standard charger. I'm not too fussed about this, but have emailed Makita anyway, maybe I will hear something back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 47 minutes ago, ajg193 said: M10 Ferrymead has a really smart system, where they automatically have in-store deals that match the lowest available prices That's a sneaky trick on their part to eliminate the 15% off price match deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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