Makita DHR202Z 18V Li-Ion LXT 20mm SDS-Plus Rotary Hammer - Batteries and Charger Not Included

Strong and durable product, powerful and good functionality

In a world full of products with 5 star reviews I've come to expect to be slightly underwhelmed by products once I receive them and they don't live up to the hype. This drill fully deserves the plaudits.We have recently move into a house where everything is made of extremely hard stuff, and my regular hammer action corded drill wasn't really up to what should have been easy jobs. I chose this model as I already owned the required battery system so it was relatively inexpensive compared some of the other corded or cordless options.This is the first SDS drill I've used so I don't know if this drill's performance is typical of SDS drills or if it is in fact a stand-out example of what an SDS drill should be. In any case, it makes extremely light work of drilling masonry and concrete. As an example, even for a modest sized 6mm diameter hole to a depth of 40mm my standard hammer drill would often require the use of slowly increasing bit sizes and was taking many minutes per bit. The Makita is capable of doing to job with a single bit and in less than 30 seconds. The variable speed trigger is excellent and I found the slowest speed perfect for getting each hole started without any of the wander I would typically get from my old drill.I have a modest 3.0Ah battery which would rarely need charging when it was powering my Makita combi drill. The DHR202Z does appear to consume a lot of power: after around 5 minutes drilling on a fully charged battery the indicated battery level was already down to 75% (the level indicator of the battery is rather crude so it's difficult to say exactly what the remaining capacity was). If I were planning to use this drill for any more than light DIY, or if this was my first LXT-powered tool, I would definitely be looking to buy one (or more) of the higher capacity batteries available.

First class product and service...

Used to drill 80mm hole through brick walls, does this as good as any battery drill

got to replace old of 7 years hard graft stitch drilling openings, 20mm concrete bolt holes, 600mm x 25mm auger bits into sleeper stacks and thousands of 6mm red plug holes. this new one just seems a little less powerful than the identical old one. only time will tell

Makita quality, awesome tool. Not too heavy so easy to use. Didn’t try hammering yet. Would recommend.

The item was great as expected however the delivery was really good,ordered it mid morning and it arrived same day early evening,great service.thank you

Excellent drill, the last one was abused for 7 years before giving up