core drill recomendations please......

[cdbe]

The Bosch is £500, my budget is around £200 - is there anything better than the Makita in that price range?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Second hand? You won't get anything at £200 - the trade tools seem to start in the region of £250 to £300, but at that level you won't get dial in speed or (probably) reverse. I have an Atlas-Copco (now sold as Milwaukee DD2-160) which is lacking these facilities (I don't use it on a daily basis, so I live with it), but so are the Marcrist DDM150 (£320 or so) and the Metabo BDE1100 (£270 or so).

 

[cdbe]

It's just for DIY use so I suppose I can manage with basic features. I should be able get the Makita new around £220 with eBay Black Friday discounts (but I'll keep an open mind for the others). I know on paper the Makita looks pretty basic and low powered, but they've been selling it for 20 years!

 

[Deleted member 174758]

The main thing wrong with the basic 8406 is that it is at 800 watts somewhat low powered for larger cores (i.e above 100mm). Pretty much every other manufacturer has drills around 1100 watts or above. Makita must have realised this because they introduced a revised, more powerful version, the 8406/C which boasts 1400 watts and now has a dial-in speed setting in the handle, but still no reverse. The downside is that the price is over £300

 

[Exedon]

I've got the marcist ddm2 run there pc850 percussion diamond core bits great bit of kit but pricey.
One of my sub contractors has the ddm1 paid around £260 ,for it he rates it highly having had the Dewalt and makita before.