Makita HP1640/2 240V 13mm Percussion Drill

Good: solid construction; easy to control drill speed; proper chuck with key; seems a very professional piece of kit; NOT made in authoritarian China. Bad: Ideally it would have been slightly lighter - but you make your compromises

Great drill

Built like a Soviet era tractor with probably the same electronics. Lots of power to drive 16mm masonry drill through brickwork but the speed control was strange. With a little trigger pull it slowed down under load. More pull solved the problem but as soon as it hit a void it went up to max speed in a fraction of a second. This made it unsuitable for using as a screwdriver. On the odd occasion releasing the trigger left the drill rotating very slowly. To sum up it's a solidly built, powerful drill with odd speed control. Returned mine as possibly faulty.

Add on handle and dept stop, variable speed and reverse with 13mm keyed chuck was my requirement. I like Makita and needed a replacement for my battery Makita drill. Amazon has not stocked Makita in the past. Please to see it.

I like the proper keyed chuck and the hammer action feature, also it has reverse and variable speed on the trigger.

A good well balanced pistol drill, very powerful.

A great drill with a reasonable level of hammer action when required. Half the battle is to also have a good set of drill bits to go with the drill. I find the chuck works excellently with no slipping and is still easy to remove the bits when finished. It does the job! No complaints.

Superb Makita drill.. Perfect for jobs around the house and outside. Very powerful but not to big.. Very pleased