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I had a Titan-equivalent from back in the days when they were £50.
Burnt it out trying to remove concrete footings of fence posts. They are only rated at 8J per impact.
The Draper is (now) 25J, which is my limited experience is beyond a cohesive threshold of site mixed concrete.Given CYOA's hourly rate, with a spade chisel or scutch set, he will save the cost of the Draper on this wall alone, let alone the pain of bone bruises from a hammer/bolster attempt.
mespilus-
on this wall alone
Yeah you're right. I mixed them up with someone else.
IMO for that wall you don't need anything crazy, as I bet a lot of it will come off easily. Personally I'd buy something similar to what I posted as it has wider usage. Even a small SDS is a bit of a lump of a thing. But yeah it doesn't seem worth renting.
I presume the filer in CYOA's link means they have dewalt batteries - which was my situation. When I was looking Dewalt cordless weren't great VFM and you have to factor in buying an assortment of bits.
Idk how long a battery will last on a job like that so can't comment as to how worth it having cordless is.
I know it may sounds minor, but for DIY (for me at least) boxes are quite important. Most of the bare units don't have them.
This one has two batteries and a box which makes it pretty good VFM. Chisle function, 3kg so manageable for holding all day, and 2J should be enough right?
https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dch033-3kg-18v-2-x-4-0ah-li-ion-xr-brushless-cordless-sds-plus-drill/675fj
hugo7
With big fuck off ones for DIY I can't help but feel it's one of those specific job purchases.
Ie you have a whole house to renovate so you deliberate endlessly over buying a decent one. Or you have a single use scenario like breaking up a concrete slab so you just buy that cheap hench Titan one from Screwfix.