I've not been impressed with these. I'm a head of D&T at a secondary school, bought 2 for the department. Found them to be poor. Worst thing is the chuck which slips far too easily. In the department we have 2 of these, a budget £99 makita and an Aldi Drill. Even the Aldi drill is far better than the Ryobi. Whem I look for a drill to pick up at school, I go Makita, then Aldi, then Ryobi. It annoys me when I have to use a Ryobi one. Would not buy again in a million years.

I think the modular nature of the Ryobi would be a better investment. You'd be able to add another of their tools and buy just the bare unit without a the batteries The Bosch one you are looking at is not one of the rugged professional range, whereas the Ryobi can compete on a semi-serious level, albeit the batteries aren't great.
I'd personally choose the Ryobi and build on it if / when I could.

At this price the Ryobi is a better drill.
If you are willing to increase your budget by £30 then go for the Bosch drill AzeemB mentions from Screwfix. Maybe overkill for DIY, but a good bit of kit used by the trade.

yes but it's 40% dearer - I'm sure for another £40 or so on top someone could find one better than the Bosch

I, too have a collection of Ryobi One+ tools and rate them well for 'extreme DIY' use. I know professionals who use them with good results too.

This is a very good deal though you do need to bear in mind that it includes the basic 1.3Ah batteries. Fine for drills and similar lighter draw tools but you'll soon become very frustrated with them if you use them on a circular saw or other more demanding tool. They do One+ lawnmowers now - I don't think you'd get far with a 1.3Ah battery!

Definitely hot at this price provided you know what you're getting.

OP: I can't see where to enter the code. Can you advise please?

Threw me too. At the bottom of the basket page +Add code, +add card and +add club or something similar. Click the + next to the code one and paste it in there.

bosch screwfix

£100 4ah battery

torque is probably higher on the bosch to.

yes but it's 40% dearer - I'm sure for another £40 or so on top someone could find one better than the Bosch

I'm looking to buy a drill, but I am torn between this Ryobi and this Bosch.

Any thoughts on which would be the better option?

That's a deal on its own.
Excellent drill for the money.
Only one battery, but it's 4.0ah so will do half a shift and charge over a break of necessary.
Bought another as a spare as my Hilti was stolen recently. Cheers AzeemB!

At this price the Ryobi is a better drill.
If you are willing to increase your budget by £30 then go for the Bosch drill AzeemB mentions from Screwfix. Maybe overkill for DIY, but a good bit of kit used by the trade.

Bought the drill and 2 battery combo last year and have since added a torque driver. Both have been used HARD (new house DIY) and not let me down.

Great kit for the money

Can this code be used if i want to go into the store and buy it now?

Thanks for that. To be honest I think the professional Bosch would be a bit overkill for me putting up a few shelves and general DIY. I've had an offer of £66 for the Bosch I linked to on Flubit. Would you still recommend the Ryobi at £3 more?

It all depends if you plan to buy more 'bosch' tools or more 'ryobi' ones like the impact driver. While the drill is on special offer check the prices of other tools in the range you might want and decide if they are reasonable.

The 1.3Ah batteries with this deal are cheap and nasty, and I don't think they will last as long as the 1.5Ah batteries. It seems to be a battery mostly bundled with drills to keep the price down.

I Love this drill made a great gift for my son this Christmas and he loves it the independence of no wires and ease of use.

had one of these now for around 5 years only the one battery though and it has had some abuse but still going strong and holds a decent charge.
Would highly recommend :sunglasses:

I have pretty much the whole bunch. They're not exactly Makita but they are perfectly serviceable, for the price there is not a lot to compare, the ole 1 battery for them all is brill.

I think the modular nature of the Ryobi would be a better investment. You'd be able to add another of their tools and buy just the bare unit without a the batteries The Bosch one you are looking at is not one of the rugged professional range, whereas the Ryobi can compete on a semi-serious level, albeit the batteries aren't great.
I'd personally choose the Ryobi and build on it if / when I could.

Thanks very much for that mate, you've been really helpful. I'll be picking this one up for sure.

Funnily enough I too am like you and looking for a combi drill and the bosch was my other choice. I might get this and bite the bullet.

Can you get the 10% Wednesday discount on this as well?

It's been a headache, but I've finally ordered the Ryobi. I've looked into the Ryobi further and it even trumped some big names in a popular mechanics test. It was only outdone by a $399 drill (out of the handful of drills tested).

thanks

Same for me in Swindon B&Q, ordered then ready for collect email arrived 19 minutes later


Helped me, Thanks Derby_Lad

Dont forget 10% Quidco!

Ordered!

Brilliant. Thank you OP! Just ordered one straight away.

seems legit :neutral_face: too bad

Derby lad, cheers. ordered. maybe Quidco will work too.

Top lad from Gods City.

I found out after I bought my Milwaukee drill, but the higher output batteries also give the drill more torque because of the way the batteries cells deliver power. So bigger batteries can sometimes be better than 2 smaller ones.

Quidco just tracked @10%...

Purchase amount: £84.00
Cashback amount: £8.40

I've not been impressed with these. I'm a head of D&T at a secondary school, bought 2 for the department. Found them to be poor. Worst thing is the chuck which slips far too easily. In the department we have 2 of these, a budget £99 makita and an Aldi Drill. Even the Aldi drill is far better than the Ryobi. Whem I look for a drill to pick up at school, I go Makita, then Aldi, then Ryobi. It annoys me when I have to use a Ryobi one. Would not buy again in a million years.

bought one, will see. thanks op

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/milwaukee-12v-lithium-ion-compact-combi-drill-86-06-with-code-inc-delivery-c-c-2615899

was available for £86 recently, compare the two

Heat added, great find and a bargain at £69. Fairly similar package on Amazon over £120 just now only obvious difference being a 45min charger as opposed to this 3hr one and has a tote bag.

At this price (even better if Quidco tracks) it's more or less price of the batteries alone.

I've quite a few of the one+ tools, my current drill CHI-1802 is just starting to show its age, owes me nothing had it for years and used for some pretty intensive DIY along the way

Really good piece of kit for having in the house, have done loads of DIY in the last 2 month with it. Absolutely no complaints, i got it on sale in store for £74 and thought that was a bargain

I've had this drill for about 2 years now. I find the torque good enough to never need a cord impact drill or anything like that, but I'm an occasional user.
Things like power tools in private hands are used less that 1% of the time, so save as much as you can, and one+ you can share the batteries, but I agree 1.4ah is a bit small. On the bright side it's lighter than the 4ah battery.
I usually use the 4ah and we use the two 1.4ah from the deal for portable vacuum cleaner and portable pump.

I've had loads of drills, and other corded and cordless power tools, from all the big names, buying the ones i needed at the time, which where at the best price. I've got work zone and parkside tools.
I'm currently in the process of changing over to one plus. There are better tools out there, but not at these prices, and the battery compatibly is worth the slightly​/possibly worse performance. For serious DIYers it's not even worth nothing with, get the Ryobi's

It is, but the Ryobi's torque is still good at 50nm.

It is, but the Ryobi's torque is still good at 50nm.

If you get anything from Quidco , you will be lucky .

Think the 10% Quidco was a 12 hour flash offer & was only on until 2100hrs

Was just going to say mine hadn't tracked yet but checked when typing this and now see it is tracking at £8.40, will see how it goes but expect it will drop a bit as only paid £69 in the end

Can these batteries be used in the Robi cordless mowers?

What about the £99 dewalt at wickes?

dewalt cordless drill wickes

another £30
just another option for people :smiley:

Hi Tom, can you confirm that the Aldi drill is ok for the occasional use> My Ebauer batteries have died after 8 years of on and off use (i am not a professional DIYer). Looked at the cost of replacing the batteries but it's not worth it. I went to Aldi this morning and saw their cordless hammer drill and for £25 I was not sure about it. Any feedback would be great, thank you
J

Don't know the specific drill you're looking at but anything with Ni-Cd batteries is to be avoided (needs to be Li-ion) and needs to be 18v for any serious work. Also consider the availability of extra/replacement batteries.

Thanks, it has apparently a Li-ion battery but it's only 14.4v, but like i have said i am an occasional DIYer, and can't really justify to spend too much. It comes with a 3 years warranty too

Got one, 69 notes delivered to N.I., cheers OP

Seems to have dropped back to 1% now... maybe was only 10% over the weekend?

​Yep, its fine. I bought that one for home a couple of weeks back. I got it more as a screwdriver, its only 14v or so, but should be fine for what your want. Its a Li Ion battery

I have a couple of different Aldi drills as well as Worx ones. The Worx 20v one is fantastic but the Aldi 18v one i have to say for what it costs is brilliant. Not only that but the 3 year warranty just makes the Aldi one my personal best choice as i can always take it back or get a replacement for a good while into its life.
Often there are some stores still with stock of some of the aldi drills but they tend to pop up every 4 months or so in-store

i have an extra offer of £5 off too, don't ask me how.
£64 but do i really need it?
Is B&Q not on Topcashback?

This is 12v - I have heard the Milwaukee ones are as good as Makita, but.....12v - 18v for Ryobi one ?????

Milwaukee and Roybi are owned by the same parent company - Ryobi is aimed slightly further down the market, but then Makita has their consumer and pro ranges.
As it goes, I've got a drill from the Milwaukee 12v Range and Ryobi 18v.
The Ryobi will definitely handle bigger jobs better. But, if you don't need to do large diameter drilling or aren't doing lots in metal, the Milwaukee will do fine too and is more compact in the hand etc.
But I'm pretty sure that code in the deal no longer works.


My Ryobi is now over 10 years old I think - I kept looking for an excuse to update it to a brushless one, but so far I've failed to find said excuse (the gear selection did stop working, but alas that was just the selector and fixed with a dab of superglue.) It's seen quite a lot of (ab)use in those years too.
A while ago I did get some 1.4ah lithium batteries I think they were and they were fine for drilling, but their protection cut in really early with an angle driver.

Quite likely they won't limit torque however - lithium tend to have much higher discharge ( C ) rates than NI-CD.

anyone know of decent current deals for home diy drill bit sets?

looking myself...found this
http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/bosch-70-piece-x-line-set
am buying with bosch drill...10% off with STUDY10...

Not that hot, prefer the bosch with 2ah batts

I love my Ryobi impact driver, not a specialist but when looking through all the stats the Ryobi seemed to blow others out. Power behind it is silly.

My combi is erebeur but if this combi is anything like there impact drivers then it's a steal.

I have several Ryobi units. They are first class. I also have top end & cheaper. The Ryobi have taken some punnishment over the last four years & have been first class.

My Ryobi drills have seen quite a lot of action over the last 3 or 4 years. Recommended. I've also added a hedge trimmer and a strimmer as cordless is very convenient.

Check out at £69 with code but when proceed to pay it checking out at £74 with code, am i missing a step?

It's not how often you use it - it's what you use it for. If it's not up to the job it's no use to you. This is likely to be OK for very light duties but you'll struggle to make a hole in a lintel for curtains or similar.

Might be worth pointing out that you can get the drill with 2x 2.5 ah batteries for £90 with the same code - £21 extra for nearly double the battery capacity.

http://www.diy.com/departments/ryobi-one-cordless-18v-25ah-li-ion-percussion-drill-2-batteries-llcdi1802-ll25s/1506002_BQ.prd

Could be useful for bigger jobs or if you intend to purchase some of the bigger bits of Ryobi One+ kit in the future.

Is that with delivery? Deal is for c&c...

ive just tried for c&c, and its in stock at my local b&q initially the discount comes off but when you get to the pay page its showing £84

​just try again, type it rather than copy and paste. took two attempts for me.

scrub that on the third try it worked, how odd!

for both! i dont want to miss this deal, doing DIY this summer :smiley:

my account automatically apply club10 discount at 10% at £50 spend! can't seem to change it. Used a different email address, works for home delivery.

Dont bother with either! - Get to your local branch or go on- line to screwfix.com and get a TITAN 18v 1.5amp cordless hammer drill for only £49.00!

I used one and accidently dropped it from 6ft... Kept going strong. Fantastic tough magnesium shielding BETTER than a Bosch (dont know about Aldi's verson) - With case, extra battery and charger. Grab one before they sell out!

Just bought the Dewalt here for £94.80 less Quidco (just tracked at £4.34) = £90.46:

https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/Dewalt-18V-XR-Brushless-Hammer-Drill-Driver-1-x-1-5Ah-battery/p/769752

I think it should be a Hot Deal itself but I've no time to post it (Happy for someone to do this). Only a single 1.5ah battery but with a charge time of just 30 minutes the casual DIYer can have a tea break while it charges. Brushless motor, exceptionally light, metal chuck, metal gearbox, great reviews, etc, etc. HTH

Used this ryobi gear for years and it's great value! This deal is worth it just for the 2 batteries! I regularly use the 18v impact driver and sds hammer drill on site, there's plenty of other bit of kit that you can use the batteries with as well - radio, DustBuster, multi tool, sander etc...
it's not quite as good as the Mikita gear but it's almost half the price
Cracking deal

Cheers OP a couple of friends jumped on this after letting them know, great little drill for a DIY'er. Heat.

£64 for me but still fighting the temptation.
i have 4 drills already :-)

Good offer, but before you drop your money see if any of the dewalt kits are on offer in B+Q (usually store specific)

I picked this up on offer, with a second battery discounted and after the usual voucher you get for money off when you have a B+Q clubcard it only cost me around £75 at the time.

I have that - it's a great drill. Mine came with 2 x 2aH batteries for £149, discounted to £135 as an opening offer in new local Screwfix.
£100 (or £95 as someone else paid) it's a good price, but I personally wouldn't want to just have the one battery. But you can always pick up a second off ebay for around £30, when funds allow.

Is this a better deal than using the discount code on the Bosch (http://www.diy.com/departments/bosch-cordless-18v-2ah-li-ion-combi-drill-2-batteries-psb1800li-2/1131623_BQ.prd)? The difference in price is £3 only and the Bosch has 2 x 2A batteries instead of the 1.3A on this. I know that the Bosch has been cheaper (whe the code stacking worked before Christmas) but even the non reduced price seems to be comparable especially with the better batteries.

I have one of these owned for nearly 6 years now. I bought this as I used one for work for about 9 months or so and liked the idea of being able to swap the battery from tool to tool. Soon after I bought the combi drill I bought the cheap driver. I already had a spare battery from 2009 and it still goes well. I bought the 4.0Ah battery at christmas which lasts and lasts. My only criticism of the current offer is Ryobi no longer ship these with the quick charger. Doesn't matter if you have more than one battery but mine did come with the 30 minute or so quick charger but it was a bit more.

I have used the 1.3Ah batteries driving in No. 12 x 3.5" screws and they will last best part of a day. The deal posted offers good value with the code and it's just about worth it for the batteries alone. Heat added.

That was about the same price as I paid 6 years ago but mine only came with one battery. If I was looking for a drill I would go with your option just for the bigger batteries and quick charger. It's well worth the extra £21.00.

Paid £94.80 today for the Dewalt online at Travis Perkins less Quidco (tracked at £4.34) = £90.46.

Extra XR battery is £28.99 delivered by Amazon FBA. HTH

I have an old dewalt with the chunkier NiCd batteries..either the batteries are near dead or there's something wrong with the gears/chuck/motor, such that I don't get a lot of torque now. I'm looking to replace it with something decent. Will this Ryobi be a step down? I'm a keen DIYer so usage will be mixed, but by no means professional every day use.

Edit: worth mentioning that I prefer spending a little more and buying once if the quality is justified

The Dewalt DCD795 is brushless with the many perceived (and well documented) benefits that brings. Max torque is 60Nm v 50Nm on the Ryobi. The Dewalt has a metal gearbox (Don't see that on the Ryobi website but check). Comes with a 30 minute charger - the Ryobi is 45 minute. The Dewalt has a proper case, not a soft bag. The Dewalt is the better technically. At £90.46 it's a great price for what you get. But I chose it because in 3 years time I won't be thinking about what I paid. Nevertheless, the Ryobi is a stonking deal if it's the right drill for you.

The Dewalt DCD795 is brushless with the many perceived (and well documented) benefits that brings. Max torque is 60Nm v 50Nm on the Ryobi. The Dewalt has a metal gearbox (Don't see that on the Ryobi website but check). Comes with a 30 minute charger - the Ryobi is 45 minute. The Dewalt has a proper case, not a soft bag. The Dewalt is the better technically. At £90.46 it's a great price for what you get. But I chose it because in 3 years time I won't be thinking about what I paid. Nevertheless, the Ryobi is a stonking deal if it's the right drill for you.

has anyone considered this one?
Looks like a profesional version from Bosch with 3 batteries "Bosch Cordless 18V 1.5Ah Li-Ion Combi Drill 3 Batteries GSB18-2LI
http://www.diy.com/departments/bosch-cordless-18v-15ah-li-ion-combi-drill-3-batteries-gsb18-2li/1267516_BQ.prd

There's been a lot of posts on that deal. Original Post. Duplicate Post

damn!, you snooze, you lose. I had it in the basket for 30 minutes and its gone now :disappointed: oh well, Bosch PSB it is in that case.

Anyone else having an issue with the code? The code initially takes off £15 but this changes to £10 when you try to checkout. When you go back to the basket, its subtracted £10 off and at the top says "£10 off £50 spend" but if you look in the apply voucher section, you can see the £15 off £75 spend is entered. Just me?

​no, mine went through at £15 + another £5 which was in my account for some reason.
£64 for mine collected...my wife is going to kill me so I'm already trying to figure out an excuse for buying another drill.
Is there such a thing as a Toolaholic?

Does the code CLUBDCWY5 exist as a printable voucher/email?

B&Q's website is showing that the drill is in stock at a relatively local store, until I try and checkout, and then it says it isn't . I called the store and it is in stock and they're holding it for me. However I presume I won't be able to enter a code in store?

Thanks OP :sunglasses:

This was the same for me.
On my phone is wouldn't let me add it to the basket, however on a laptop using the desktop website it would. Worth a try.

Great find. Ordered for collection tomorrow £69 plus 1% TCB

Stupid question... Do I have to enter a B&Q Club membership number as well?

It's accepted the discount code, and shows £15 off when you spend £75 or more, but it's not deducting it from the total amount. Still wants me to pay £84 at the payment page.

I didn't. Just put the code in and out sorted itself out

Is this code still working does anyone know as it accepts it but doesn't take any money off for me