Bosch Professional 061125A460 GBH2 -20D SDS Rotary Hammer Drill, 3 Mode, 110V, 650W, Navy Blue

The package arrived well on time. Was well packaged, with no damage. Checked over, plugged in and away it went. Seems slightly heavy, but OK with both hands. A good piece of gear and very reasonably priced.

I already have an impact drill, but bought this one too for £65, since I needed something more efficient for concrete and solid walls. I've used it already for a project in the garden and I have to say it's worth every penny. Drilling 20 mm holes in concrete and a bit of chiselling was very easy and fast. The drill is relatively light for its power and I had no problems using it for a long time. It looks and feels very well built, so hopefully its 3 years of warranty (if you resister online) won't be needed. I highly recommend it to all DIYers.There are cheaper Chinese hammer drills on the market, but if you find this one for £65, it's a real bargain.Don't forget to buy an SDS+ drill set if you don't have one. I picked the Silverline 633750 SDS Plus Masonry Drill and Steel - Set 0f 12.PS. I wouldn't pay £95 for it. The Hitachi DH26PX is a much better choice for this price.

I already had a rechargeable hammer drill which is most convenient for light/medium drilling work. Also a Titan SDS unit that can do heavy chiselling, breaking up, and drilling. I wanted something that would cope with heavier drilling than the rechargeable (a converter chuck allows use of non-SDS drillbits) and also be capable of light chiselling work such as carving chanels or removing tiles.This Bosch is ideal. It's hammer action is a nothing like as heavy and effective as the Titan's but quite enough for many jobs. Most importantly it weighs about a third as much and is far more easily handled and quiet and so can be used for more than a few minutes without a rest. Provided you don't expect it to be good for heavy masonry or garden work, you should be as satisfied with it as I am.

This is a good product good quality and worth the money

Absolutely love this drill. Goes through walls like butter! Very powerful and a smooth drive which makes it easy to make an accurate drill.Would reccomend a cordless on the side of this for smaller jobs but apart from that a fantastic price of kit.

I have been using this on a building site every day for about a year now installing electrics and plumbing, it hasn't been abused but does get a huge amount of work and it is still going strong! It is light and tough and professional in that if you hit a rebar and the drill bit jams, providing you are holding it correctly, the clutch cuts in and you don't break your wrist. I also have the 110v version that I have owned for 25 years, it's a bit of a Triggers Broom but its still just about going! Bosch have hit the correct balance between weight, power, robustness and reliability with this model. It will drill 22mm holes through 30cm of concrete all day (with a 20 minute cool down gap) and I would say I am operating it at its realistic limit. it complains, gets hot and is clearly not happy with 3" core cutters and concrete and is clearly being abused, for that I have the Bosch SDS Max version.

What a fantastic drill, I have used SDS drills for a long time now, if you have never used one before then you are missing out, the drill bits last forever, I have only ever burnt two out and broken one in about 10 years.As for drilling through brick or concrete, then this will be like putting a knife through butter compared to struggling on with a normal masonary drill.I can guarantee that you will not be disappointed.Money well spent in time saving alone.

... I was trying to fix a 3x3 (appx) wooden gate frame to a concrete fence post. I was using a decent quality 8mm concrete bit (Bosch) with a fairly standard rotary hammer drill. The bit cut in about 3mm and went no deeper. All it did was get red hot. Even hammer made no progress. I tried another location but still no progress. I was beginning to think that I'd hit metal reinforcement but there was no sign of this. I don't like to be beaten so I ordered this Bosch drill which arrived in a day or so complete with the SDS bit that I also ordered. I read the instructions (thousands of pages in a million languages and about 6 in English - but hey!) What you do is lubricate the drill shank and push it in by hand until it clicks. You can then pull it out and in a little way (a bit) but not all the way out. This is the way it is supposed to be. I invited my lovely, but critical, wife to witness my new drilling skills. It laughed at the concrete as it cut through it as if it were polystyrene and I nearly fell off the ladder. Quietly and with no drama the remaining 3 holes were drilled in a similar fashion. My wife also laughed and wanted to know why I could not have done this in the first place. I'm still waiting for her to hang the gate! If you drill concrete or brick or similar hard stuff I would say that this drill would be a good bet - early days though.