Pro Tool Reviews: It seems like new cordless drills and drivers are coming out every week. With plenty of brands to choose from, 12V and 18V classes, compact, heavy duty, brushed, brushless, drills, hammer drills, impact drivers, and all kinds of stuff in between, weekly updates are pretty much warranted these days. One of the most recent from the boys in blue is the Bosch HDS183 Brushless Compact Hammer Drill.
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Being the small, bum-wristed person that I am, I’m always excited to see new small powerful drills coming out at reasonable price lines. I don’t know that I’ve ever really needed a hammer drill for anything, but they seem nice? I’ve also not touched a bosch drill, except for the decrepit one that was thrown in the back room on a shelf at my summer theatre, so I don’t really have a nice and recent point of reference for previous models. However, according to the author, the highlight of this tool appears to be the lightweight and powerful composition. Putting more power into a lighter tool has definitely been the objective for many companies in these past years, and it appears that bosch is on par with everyone else, so they’re tools probably have significantly improved from that dinosaur I used in high school. I am looking for my own completely tool set soon, and this competitive price definitely ha me considering bosch.
I must say that Botch doesn’t exactly have the best reputation as far as build quality or durability. Every Botch tool that I have used has either broken on me or has just stopped working because of daily use. People that are in the market for cordless tools are looking for something that is going to be reliable and durable for the job site. As always I would recommend tools of this kind to your dad for Father’s Day or your kids 16th birthday gift but as far as commercial use goes I can’t see a shop buying this tool. Some would argue that tools of this nature are in a very particular market and are targeting people that need a drill for the occasional fix-up but if I were giving my advice on what drill to buy I would tell someone to spend the extra money and purchase the product that would last you the lifetime.
I like Bosch. Mostly because some of my role models in the building world rely on Bosch for everything, and I trust bosch if they trust bosch. But also because I am hard pressed to find a Bosch tool that I didn’t like. They are just as innovative as any other power tool company and have the same tools in a different color. Brushless motors are all the craze recently and I’ll be honest, I don’t get it. I have read articles about what brushless is and why it is so great, but is seems to me that there is sacrifice with brushless. Also, smaller and smaller tools are becoming the norm and I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, smaller is lighter and lighter is easier to hold for a ten hour day. One the other hand, smaller can feel fake and can feel either like a toy or at least not like a really strong tool that can do anything (like drill through concrete as this hammer drill should).
I can’t say that I use a hammer drill a lot in theater, but I have had the need for one. I haven’t used Bosch cordless drills in a while, but the last time I did, I liked them, but not as much as DeWalt. The technology in this hammer drill is great news for people who only occasionally need one. If I used a hammer drill all day, every day, this might not be my first choice. But it wouldn’t be my last choice either. The features on it are great for a drill of this size and the size itself offers both pros and cons. One the plus, it is lighter and less taxing, but on the con side it may not have the same power as larger, heavy duty versions – or corded versions. There are brands that I would or would not recommend, but for the most part any cordless drill on the market today will do the job. I would tell someone to take a look at it, feel it, lift it, and if you can, use it before you buy it. What the article doesn’t mention is the warranty, which could be a key point for someone looking to add another tool to their inventory.
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