Diy Cordless Drills: Bosch (green) Or Performance Power? Both 18volts?
Bosch (green) will be 10 times better than Performance Power, although the green range is is aimed at the DIYer i can vouch for this drill as i bought one a few years ago just as a back up to my DE Walt/Makita tools, and because im a tool junkie. I have put this 18v drill through alot of work its done countless decking's bathroom/kitchen refits, you name it its done it, gave it to my old man as his drill packed up and its still going strong. For the money i doubt you will get a better 18v drill than this Bosch (green) it is a very good drill for its price.
Just for your reference this drill does have hammer action and will last you alot longer than 20 hours.
EDIT. it seems Bosch have brought out a different model to the one i bought a few years ago as mine had hammer action, don't understand why they wouldn't put it on their newer model seems strange. So i change my advice go with performance power its good a have the hammer action mode. If the Bosch had it on the newer model then i would have stood by my first post but they have done a u turn for some reason so see what the performance power is like.
the bosch is dearer although doesnt have hammer.
I would go for the bosch. Better quality .. you get what you pay for is and old and often used saying but it is true with tools
Buy cheap buy twice.
Hi mahoo, you will find many obscure brands of drill drivers that just aren’t very powerful, ok when free running but not sufficient torque when under pressure. Bosch (blue), makita, and dewalt in my opinion are the best. These makes are more likely to give max.torque ratings, in “nm” (newton metres), higher the number the better. Lesser makes aren’t likely to give torque ratings simply because they aren’t up to scratch. The quality makes will be better, 14.4volts, even 12volts, will usually have more torque than the 18volt cheapies. I don’t rate drill drivers with hammer, 240volt mains driven is the best for brick/concrete in my opinion. Having said that, I do have a 50nm bosch drill/driver with hammer, far too heavy for continuous use driving screws, much prefer plain dewalt 12 or 14.4volt drill/driver. To answer your question specifically though, out of the two you mention, I’d go for the one without hammer, use 240volt mains drill for hammer.
Not having any experience with the latter, I do own multiple Bosch tools, and have no issues. More your issue however might be the strict need for a Hammer Drill, or Not. Certainly, specifically they serve a purpose, but if you have no real need the Bosch will offer great service.
Steven Wolf
just my two “sense”
Performance or Blue power as it is called will last longer and is better built, the green power tool is aimed at the DIY’er so wont last so long, there was an article in the construction trade press that said that they (green power tools) would only last 20 hours, how true that is i don’t know, i would go for the blue power every time, but if i had a choice i wouldn’t go for Bosch at all and instead go for Makita, slightly more in price but better built, with all battery tools, check out the batteries, number of and the quality, Lithium ion (i think i spelt that correctly) are the best but you do have to pay a premium.
Over all Bosch are a good tool and buy the best you can afford.
get the Makita lithium ion hammer drill
Im sure amazon or one of the other compari sites has reviews on such things.. we not allowed put links in here anymore, (for some unknown reason that only yahoo are aware of) If you just write each name into the searchbar with reviews at the end of it, it should come up trumps..
Good Luck – - hope this helps
get the hammer drill if you can afford the extra costs, and get li-ion if you can afford that. if you dont have the hammering feature youll really regret it the one or two times youll ever use it. and if you dont get the li ion which supplies more torque per volt, youll really regret it when you see another persons who does have it