Which impact driver ?

[midun93]

hi, i'm going to buy impact driver and my favourites are: Metabo SBE 1300 and Bosch GSB 21-2 RCT
What do you think about them, have you got any experience with this tools ?

 

[Iceclimber]

Milwaukee M18 Fuel is the clear winner in the catagory..

Google it and read read read. Its what your going to find.

I own one myself, sure i wish it was blue and green but its not. It works like it was blue and green and Festools should have imop...

 

[midun93]

Iceclimber, thanks for your reply but I don't want anything cordless

 

[Iceclimber]

Ahh my bad..

 

[AlexThePalex]

There's some confusion here, the drills mentioned aren't impact drivers but corded hammer drills.

I think either one of them should be alright. There's very little that can go wrong with these kinds of drills, and both are from respected brands.

 

[midun93]

Alex you're 100% right, my bad. English is not my native language so I sometimes make mistakes.

 

[Tyler Ernsberger]

You cant go wrong with either.    I own a bosch and it takes a beating.  I have a sds verison and its awesome. 

 

[Tom the Remodeler]

Have you considered a rotary hammer. They drill MUCH faster than hammer drills (I think they're called "percussion drills"  in Europe?) and are generally more pleasant to work with. Metabo, Hilti, Makita and Bosch all make some great rotary hammers.

 

[NH-Engineering]

The percussion drills and rotary hammers are not the same thing. The percussion drills are not so efficient as rotary hammers. The difference is the hammering mechanism. The rotary hammers have a real electromechanic or pneumatic hammer inside. But the percussion drills does have a cam action (cam gear) mechanism inside. Personaly I will never buy a percussion drill as I find the rotary hammers MUCH (5-10 times) more efficient when drilling in concrete. But the rotary hammers weighs more so that is the downside, but you will finish 5-10 times faster.

 

[oldie]

This variation in describing different types of 'hammer' drills has cropped up before. 
In some adverts (UK) the Bosch is described as an "impact" drill, and the Makita as an "impact/hammer" drill; I would prefer that they were called 'percussion ' drills; with the other type being described as "sds rotary impact" drills. 
Part of my problem with wording is, that I tend to think of "impact drivers" as being for, err, 'impact' driving screws/lag bolts etc... 
Think that both types, ideally, need to be available - depending on what's being drilled into of course.  I find that SDS drills can be almost too fierce for softer brick for eg; but for sure, essential for drilling into reinforced concrete.  Fwiw, I like the Makita Nemesis drill bits - they've served me well. 

Richard.
(edit: to add missing word)

 

[mattfc]

If you are drilling more delicate holes in hard building materials then the 2 you mentioned are fine, I never use my hammer drill now, I just use it as a standard drill

If you want to drill generally for masonry then I would really look at what's are called SDS hammer drills
http://www.metabo.co.uk/Product-catalogue-handheld-powertools.23958+M584957878ab.0.html