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good argument for buying 3 different drills
My main drill is the Makita DTP141, a very handy 4 in 1 - drill, driver, impact and percussion. It's obviously a light duty tool, but very handy only needing one thing when bashing a frame together with 4 inch 10s - pilot, bang screws in, and then drill small holes in masonry.
Paid £147 bare, brand new second hand. Spendy, but paid for itself no worries. It also has the advantage that because the impact mechanism is smaller than a dedicated impact driver, it's a lot quieter.
Nef-
Would be interested to see how long it lasts or how much work it does as that's the only way to really understand the value proposition. I had a Festool CXS for 10 years and it took me a year or 2 to decide to buy a TXS which I did a few months ago. If I started listing the drills I have it would be embarrassing.
Regarding the quality of work that goes on in property maintenance, I've got used to looking at other peoples work and thinking about all the tools they must not have had available when they did the job. I get it when you are working on a 4th floor flat in Chelsea and the tools in in the van parked 2 streets away and you don't want to spend a fortune on parking just to go and get something from the van. I don't work that way but it does mean I'm not attractive for some jobs.
I've been putting together some running around bags that I can carry on the Brompton and the Mafell A10 was on my list for that reason. I enjoy making up 'ultimate' lightweight toolboxes and trying them out in the real world but it's rare you have everything in those cases.
Airhead
I suppose you could make a good argument for buying 3 different drills for the same money since that would speed up any job more than having just one drill. Then you have to store 3 drills and most people seem to struggle to find space for a toolkit.