Hello, I'm thinking of buying a solid cordless driller for personal use

My budget below rm200 if possible

It can be from physical shop in klang valley or nearby bandar utama
Or online shop but must be trustable

Thank you

Bossman

Cordless? Below RM200? And reliable some more? If you found one, let me know.

What do u want to drill first and foremost coz the drillz u buy need to be suitable for the material

I want to drill screw for furniture etc
On wood and on walls

Also want to drill holes on walls (maybe wood too maybe not, not sure yet)

wood no need expensive tool.. any made in china drill also can handle wood easily.. drilling holes in wood is easy.. screwing into wood AFTER predrilling a small hole 1-1.5mm also doable.. screwing directly (no predrill) into balau or other super hard hardwood is another story

but walls.. this is where it gets interesting.
concrete walls, no cheap way, use rotary hammer else u will spend 5-10 min per wall plug hole.

brick walls (orange clay brick/sand brick), cordless one for 200 bucks tool-only will work (with hammer mode)..you're looking at the bosch GSB180Li and similar.

This post has been edited by ceo684: Sep 7 2020, 03:14 AM

many people in kopitiam suggested i should go for corded with hammer function with this budget
do you agree?

if so is there any equivalent driller but corded that does this?
thanks

Those are two different power tools for different working purpose.

Battery hand drill (cordless) - mainly function as a replacement for manual screw driver, drill holes on wood/timber, assemble ikea simple furniture. Pick any 12V or 18V model should be sufficient. No need to go for high power model because those models usually are more heavy/bulky.

Rotary hammer (corded) - mainly for drilling holes in concrete/ brickwalls/tiles. Heavy duty works like drilling hole for mounting mirror, cabinets, towel hanger, those kind of stuff. You can't really use it to assemble Ikea furniture as its too bulky. For rotary hammer, it's better to check out branded one like Bosch, Makita, etc. https://www.cthardware.com/ is a good place to explore.

There is cordless rotary hammer but totally unnecessary for home use. It costs upwards of thousand ringgit easily.

Go for 12V 2.0ah brushless motor cordless drill.
Worx wu-130 is one good brand, RM300.

Ohh good to know
yes I need something like how you described as battery hand drill
cause i need assemble ikea furniture

but i also want to drill hole on my wall because i want to put curtain rail

so what can you advise?

i prefer 1 tool

GSB120LI will suffice for your usage. It just won't do concrete wall.

https://shopee.com.my/Cordless-drill-GSB120...6591.7938867979

Max. drilling diameter in wood: 19 mm
Max. drilling diameter in steel: 6 mm
Max. drilling diameter in masonry: 8 mm (brick walls only)


Note:
For concrete wall you need rotary hammer - cheap one will do

https://shopee.com.my/BOSSMAN-Rotary-Hammer...2919.1018827468

This post has been edited by ceo684: Sep 7 2020, 02:21 PM

2 cheap tools that do one correct job is better than 1 expensive tool that do half of the job.

If you insist on one tool, impact driver can do a little bit of both.. but it could be too strong that destroy you ikea furniture and at the same time not strong enough to drill fast in concrete. And branded impact driver is very very much expensive. Plus, you need to buy quite a few different accessories to work.

i agree with the above quote.
i would get a corded impact drill for wall/concrete heavy duty stuffs.
and get a cordless portable drill for lightweight stuffs e.g assembling furniture, wood drilling.
but so hard to find affordable good one nowadays..even bosch is made in china now. questionable.
my dad's german made bosch is 20 years old and still working fine.

Good point
Part of it is that for someone like me who has no idea would feel that only one is necessary

But youre right
Any recommendation if 2 tools then?

Impact driver is using a trailer to go tapau burger.. overkill for ikea stuff/home use.. TS not using for shipping crate packing usage

Impact drill not equal to rotary hammer.
For brick still okay coz the material not that hard.
For concrete need to smash with sufficient force otherwise its the same as using toy balloon hammer ("impact drill").. thats why prison cells made from concrete.. almost impossible to break by hand.

You can start with the GSB120-LI. It will work great for holes not larger than the old school 2B pencil size.
For Ikea furniture assy I use the bigger GSB180LI on the lowest torque setting (no.1) so you don't really need something very powerful.
Please note there is a difference between GSB and GSR. GSB, B for Bang (got impact function).. vs GSR, R for Reversible (NO IMPACT) - don't terbeli the wrong version coz GSR is cheaper

If you need bigger toys then ascertain if you're landed or high rise (concrete walls)

This post has been edited by ceo684: Sep 8 2020, 11:02 PM

My Bosch GSB 10 RE is 15 years and it's Made in Malaysia. Only changed carbon brush and re-grease once myself. Still going strong.

nice

I hope it stays that way for another 15 years...
The only thing I need to change is the chuck...i think it's wearing out soon.

i think good maintenance, oiling it etc, keeping it in dry and out of dust, and use it once in a while would do the job.
hard to find good quality stuffs nowadays

Yes, totally agreed!