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fks sake, have i bought the wrong drill? i think it's fine for what i need it for, but can't help but wonder whether the link you posted was a better alternative? i don't know anything about the specifics and how they compare....just seemed like a good drill and it was cheap
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I would say different rather than better! Obviously nearly double the price so going to get slightly better spec for that. Yours will be lighter, and for the majority of jobs would say they would be on a par, guess the Makita would win when it came to drilling into masonry or steel.
Yours looks a really good deal for the money!
Sam_w
Just went through the same buying process as you, with exactly the same criteria...
Some of the reviews I found for the 453 said it was a touch underpowered. If you can swing it you can get the much higher rated 456 for £135 delivered, in the anniversary edition from here, I literally bought this exact drill from them last week, and have since put down 500 decking screws, and done a shedload more on one battery charge, the 3 amp battery is brilliant.
http://www.fastfix.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000009.pl?WD=bhp456&PN=Makita-BHP456RFWX-18v-LXT-Anniversary-Combi-Drill%2ehtml#aBHP456RFWX