If you need an inexpensive hammer drill for your home and you do not plan to use it in a busy mode, then you should definitely look at the INTERSKOL P-18/450 ER rotary hammer.
This domestic instrument, of course, is inferior in many respects to instruments of foreign manufacturers similar in this class, but they are also more expensive.
The described model of the perforator has a very low power - only 450 watts.
For this power, in our opinion, it has a large weight - 3.25 kg, which, if used only occasionally, is not critical.
To reduce the cost of the product, the designers, when developing this model, left only 2 modes of operation.
That is, the puncher can work in the main mode: impact drilling, which is required in order to
make holes in various stone materials such as brick, natural stone, concrete, wall blocks, etc., as well as in normal drilling mode like an electric drill.
In the second case, you must additionally buy a special adapter cartridge.
The fact is that any classic rotary hammer is equipped with a chuck for SDS + shank. Drills for this cartridge have special grooves, due to which they are securely fixed in the cartridge and do not pop out during operation. At the same time, the drill can be very easily and quickly replaced with another one. But such a cartridge is not suitable for conventional drills for wood or metal that do not have grooves - grooves. They need a classic chuck with clamping jaws. This is what you need to buy.
If you equip a hammer drill with this cartridge, then you will get an ordinary powerful drill, although for the 450 W model described, this certainly does not sound quite correct.
The Interskol P-18/450 ER perforator is sold in a special plastic case, in which it is convenient to both carry this tool and store it.
At the same time, the main functions and mechanisms are present in the described model.
So there is a protective clutch that will protect the mechanism from breakage in case the drill is jammed in the hole, and it will be easy to remove it when you turn on the reverse function.
The rotary hammer has electronic speed control, which is also very important.
If we talk about the durability and reliability of this tool, then it is quite good. For many people who are professionally involved in construction and repair, this hammer drill is often the main tool. Of course, it will not work for 10 years, and the performance will not be the highest, but before the tool finally breaks down, it will pay off with interest. This is what is calculated when this puncher is purchased by the indicated people. As they say, the main thing is that the tool is, but the fact that it is not quite professional is nothing, the main thing is cheap.
Technical characteristics of the INTERSKOL P-18/450ER perforator
Perforator power: 450 W
Number of operating modes: 2
Number of speed modes: 1
Electronic speed control: yes
Safety clutch: yes
Availability of a case: yes
Maximum speed: 1650 rpm
Number of strokes: 7500 beats/minute
type
: SDS+ 1.2 J Maximum drilling diameter:
- metal: 13 mm
- stone: 18 mm
- wood: 24 mm
Weight: 3.245 kg
Warranty: 24 months