Impact Driver Deals & Offers

Boach blue are fantastic (y)

Bosch Blue is what I use on the van, and have done with heavy use for the past 5 years. They are fantastic tools. I can only compare them against Makita, as we swapped from one to the other about 5 years ago (and still used in the workshop), and both are good, but Bosch batteries seem to last longer before they refuse to charge I've never used Dewalts tools, but can't imagine they are better than the equivalent Bosch. The linked Dewalt in the post top of thread is not an equivalent set; the numbers say it is actually slightly better, but not so much difference to justify 25% price difference IMO, and this Bosch seems like a fantastic deal. I've said in the past, and will say again it is personally preference, and you could go around in circles with others who prefer a manufacturer, but in reality people (include me) just get stuck using a manufacturer because they have the batteries, chargers etc. In this range, Makita, Dewalt, Bosch, Milwaukee And Hitachi (or whatever they are called now) are all good tools that most DIY users (which I suspect most here are) would be spoilt by their quality over some of the tat at the DIY end In any case, all professional tools have different scales of quality; this is about mid-range with a Metal Chuck & Brushless a real selling point. I was never a fan of the 2.0Ah batteries at first, but have grown to accept them; they charge fast between changes and make a nice compliment to my set. They do drain quicker, but I seem to have so many now it simply doesn't matter (y)

i use dewalt and don't have any problem .i'm think this bosch deal not great,dewalt battery 4.0ah

I use dewalts at work, they take a beating and still power through. They've worked after getting wet and being dropped and knocked about.

I buy the green tools, they are great for DIY. I bought a PSB 1800 LI-2 drill with 2 18V 1.5 Ah batteries for £55 then a PSB 1800 drill with and LI-2 with PDR 18 LI Impact driver with 2 18V 2Ah batteries for £75. I've also got a strimmer and a hedge clippers that take the same batteries so buying the diy ones is a no brainer for me.

Awww there’s no my drills better than your drill comments, I only come to these posts to read those now :(

Online delivery or collect from store?

Getting forced refunds now, the stock count is inaccurate online so a lot of you will never get the item

Thanks OP. Ordered for £75

I've had these for a few years and can highly recommend for DIY use. The impact driver in particular is very powerful, more than most for the price point. Batteries don't last forever when doing a big decking project but fine for most household jobs

Anyone manage to find a hard case to fit this driver and charger?

Have a look at the comment before mine by @alu355 it had been posted as you said #simples (y)

Cos when I initially looked I could only see the drill. Then I saw the impact driver. Whatever I said ,you said it had already been posted. It hadn't Simples

So why imply in your initial comment that it was for the drill?

In fairness, it has been the direction portable power tools have been going in for the last 10 years. Now that routers, jigsaws, angle grinders, nail guns and table saws can be powered by the same battery, the need for a charger with each tool became redundant. That is all predicated on the fact that you have more than one tool of course. Passing the savings onto you! Though I doubt an impact driver would be anyone's first purchase in any line of portable power tools.

Well that was a first for me waiting for Aldi to open this morning, at 10 to 8 there was already a queue, bought 2 of the 20/40v batteries a charger a drill and the grinder, everything performed well and I now have a full set of seats in the car, had no trouble cutting 4mm sheet steel to sandwich the floor pans to spread the load of replacement front seats. Money well spent. I also bought a set of drill bits that claim to need no centre punch and they performed as promised too. Only negative I have is the grinder comes with no case, so I will modify one from an old 240v grinder.

It It says that for the other bits but cant see mention of it for the charger.

In store from Thursday 😁

Chargers out of stock now

Glad I’m not going mad.

Respectfully disagree. Cant speak to this particular impact driver but I bought a Ryobi one years ago and found it to be one of the most useful tools. I now have a compact battery SDS drill for drilling holes and an impact driver for screws and bolts. My combi drill hardly ever gets used. I have some impact rated bits, but mostly use standard 50mm bits straight into the wrench an had no issues with bit longevity. Point taken about the noise if you have loads of people working on a site with them, but for most serious DIYers wont have this issue and an impact driver is a great tool to have in the bag (y)

I find the quoted torque figures are false. They cant cope with some stuff that a Makita can which is a lower torque tool. LIDL Parkside are the same!

popped into an Aldi on the way home and both had chargers and batteries (20v) in stock.

I went the route of buying these types of deals many years ago, batteries always end up giving up first and no chance of getting spares after a few years. For the last 15 yrs I been using Ryobi. I picked up a two drill & battery deal years ago from one of the big DIY stores sales and have never looked back. Throughout that time the original Ni-cad batteries have died but were replaced by lithium ions, all of my Ryobi tools are still working and even picked up a 'compatible' battery from amazon which has been very good for a fraction of the cost. The tools aren't pro quality but fine for heavy home use and better than most of these type of deals. The Ryobi impact driver is a beast! plus it has to be more environmentally better to use the same kit for ever!, since using the One+ system I've never had to throw and tool in to landfill.

Don't know, haven't tried. In theory, maybe (yes I know it's an impact driver not a wrench) if the 180Nm is correct and you have a 1/4hex to 1/2sq adapter. I think you'd be better off with a breaker bar though.

damn that's a good deal, brushless or not...

That ones £240 inc vat

https://www.its.co.uk/pd/DLX2131MJ-18v-LXT-2-Piece-Kit-with-2-x-4Ah-Batteries-Charger-and-Case-_MAKDLX2131MJ.htm Same price but think it comes with a better charger

For Plumbfix and Electrifix customers only though.

Code Support10 gets you 10% discount

Hopefully the feedback in here helps explain why this one was voted cold @RogerBall Thanks for sharing your first deal with the community and i'm looking forward to seeing your next one! :)

Personally I'd spend a bit more and get a kit like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Makita-DLX2145TJ-Cordless-Drill-And-Impact-Driver-2-x-5AH-Batteries/173907871491?hash=item287db78703:g:UMMAAOSwrSdZhMfa If the 5.0Ah batteries are overkill for you then try and get the individual bits separately. Makita has recently launched a 2.0Ah battery for the LXT range as well - yet to try one but its meant to deliver 50% more run time than the 1.5Ah and charges in around 25 minutes. Charge times for the Makita DC18RC The DC18RC Will charge 18v and 14.4v LXT slide battery's in the below times: 3.0Ah - 22 minutes4.0Ah - 36 minutes5.0Ah - 45 minutes6.0Ah - 55 minutes

G series aka garbage series, avoid. Compatibility nightmare. Go for the 18v LXT. If your budget is tight or for mainly 2nd fix the 12v CXT series would be better than this and similar money.

60 mins to charge a 1.5ah battery? get in the bin.

Avoid 1.5ah battery's

Ecosystem is just marketing, All the big brands sell batterys and body only drills, So Ryobi is doing nothing special, Einhell have the same thing, Your actually better off with the cheaper stuff as a lot of them use the same battery system a lot of the time, And even that Duratool battery looks the same fit as the Worx, Which is the same as Erbuaer and Argos Guild 10v drills, So easier to pick up cheap kits here and there,And I don't think Ryobi are all that.

In theory a corded hammer drill with some quality masonry bits and the driver listed would be good enough for light DIY. If it were me though I would wait for a deal on an 18v Bosch or DeWalt combi drill and invest in one of those. If you feel flush or fancy a new tool add an impact driver to the kit at a later date.

Just tell her you're not feeling well!

My dad gave me his old wired drill which luckily has hammer mode. But a part from that I have power tools. And with the coronavirus the wife is expecting me to do millions of jobs around the house.

This tool is perfect for fitting decking at home. Yes the battery won't last all day but it will get the job done easier than just with a combi drill. It's not going to be much use for hanging blinds unless you have already drilled the holes with something else. Another listing has the drill and impact for about 55 , unfortunately though it looks like it doesn't have an hammer mode so it wouldn't be much use for masonry work. Do you have any kit at the moment?

Bugger, I missed that!

16.5% topcashback.co.uk too

Is the drill any good? 14nm seems quite low. Only need it for the odd jobs around the house and installing loft storage baords

Question not directed at me I know, but personally, when using larger screws, l would drill a clearance hole, slightly smaller than the diameter of the screw I was using, in the top piece of wood and a pilot hole in the bottom piece. Prevents splitting, fastens the pieces together tight, and also makes lighter work of driving the screw home. With smaller screws I would just use a pilot hole through both.

Duratool just one of several own brands of Farnell like Multicomp and Tenma. Think there's also a Duratool Pro now. They will just buy in and badge. See OBM (as against OEM and ODM)

"ideal for fast and fluid screwing" Ooooooooooooooooh naughty

My comment was aimed more at the comments regarding lack of torque. Just add a 1/2-inch x 1/4-inch Impact Adaptor to the wrench and it'll drive large screws into wood etc twice as fast as the impact driver.. I have two Ryobi impact drivers but always end up using the wrench with adapter instead. One of my best Ryobi purchases, and I have many, too many I'm told.🤭

I have the brushless impact driver and drill driver. The impact driver is LOUD but works well. Sounds like a prehistoric woodpecker. I started using the drill driver in the evening to drive screws as the other one's clicking is so loud but it nearly took my hand off at the wrist a few times! Made me appreciate the impact driver (y) P.S. I have the glue gun - got it in one of the Ryobi promotions and it's really useful but not sure I'd pay over the odds for it. Keep an eye out for their promotions

It's a completely different tool for a completely different job.

Looking for one also, found £32.95 but have to pay shipping on top.

Cheers, been looking for a cheap impact driver for a while.... this will do nicely

I've already looked and they don't.

Cheers ordered

Why not email the company directly, with a photo of your Worx battery and ask them to confirm if they would work or not?

I think so. There's an unnecessarily long video about it here But reading further it seems there are 18v and 20v versions of JCB tools. I have Worx power share batteries and would like to know for certain if they would fit.

Are these really that good a deal for a brushed motor? Often seems to be a DeWalt offer of twin pack brushless impact driver and drill with batteries for about 70 more which seems a better deal. Though I guess this is alright if you purely want the driver.

No, this is not a drill (well, you probably could but I wouldn't recommend it)

I need to drill into a brick wall (to hang a dyson charger / cradle thingy in the garage). Will this be able to drill a few holes into brickwork?

I’ve been told a lot the dewalt shave an aggressive stop and manage to undo the chuck in their own. I really like the erbauer set I have, I’m not sure it’s up to the job of progressional tools but it’s perfect for what I needed

The problem with own brand labels like Erbauer is that there are fewer deals around because it's only one shop. You can often pick up good deals on Ryobi stuff through hot UK deals. Also you don't have to worry about them being discontinued like you do with own brands.