What I got is an ancient Black and Decker 550w corded driver cum hammer drill. It serves me really well for many years. Recently I got myself Bosch GSB 1080-2 Ll pro cordless driver with only one battery. I don't mind since I am very much a weekend diyer. These combo serves me really well.

Managed to get this Bosch with one battery at around RM280? Around there. I have no complaint.

Just realised that there's really not many choices for a corded Impact Driver around, other than the Makita you showed in the first post.

Corded type. Are you talking about Rotary hammer ? I am looking at Impact Driver though..

Corded is cheaper thats why

Even the cheapest Cordless Impact Driver of 10.8V variant cost more than RM500. Corded will be good for weekend diy purposes.

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This post has been edited by peter32: Mar 1 2016, 04:26 PM

My take is:

If you are into wood working, you will need something to perform precision cut. Being a new DIY'er myself, I found the following tools very very important:

1. Circular saw - corded type, because they are more powerful, so able to have higher speed for clean cut. This is very important for straight line cut.

2. Jigsaw, perhaps the one with 10.8V like you mentioned. I happened to have one such cordless jigsaw to make occasional curve cut.

3. For cordless impact drill, the one you just showed is not that useful. I would think you should look at the GSB 10.8V impact drill, for versatility. This unit will share the same 10.8V bosch battery system.

4. I strongly recommend a sliding Mitre Saw ! The cheapest one is by Skil which cost about RM800 or less ! Sliding saw can make really long cut, almost to about 11 inches long. If you have a passion for woodwork for a long haul, this will be one of the best powertool you can dream to get really. It makes perfect precision cut in all angle. And that really matters in wood work .

5. Multicutter - I have no experience in using one, but its almost certain to be able to make a cut in odd angle, but I am rather sure its not going to be a precise cut.

ps: pls avoid GSR bosch which was only meant to be just a screw driver. If money permit, go get a fabulous Impact driver, which uses the same 10.8V battery system. Solo unit without the battery can go as far as RM500+ per unit. I think its not compulsary but its great for screw driving ! I have one and I can tell you that I now use only this for screw driving in all circumstances.