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Best Cordless Power Drill for Bolting on Lead
 Pair this with the 6.0 or 6.3 battery and you only need to carry one battery in. Will easily drill 30 3/8x3" holes in granite. it's compact and light. I have been using and abusing it for a few years now and its still kicking. |
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BTW, I thought Ojai Alex was a bolting purist. |
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074BJWM4G/?language=en_US&th=1 |
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Whatever people end up getting make sure you buy a higher amp hour battery. That is where you get your extended power and battery life. The 2 or 3 Amp hour batteries are ok but don’t hold a candle to the 6ah |
Kevin Mokracek wrote: Whatever people end up getting make sure you buy a higher amp hour battery. That is where you get your extended power and battery life. The 2 or 3 Amp hour batteries are ok but don’t hold a candle to the 6ah ^ This |
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The Makita sub-compact seems pretty awesome to me after taking it for a test drive on a new route today. It can drill a 3/8" x 2" hole in limestone in about 10 seconds. Light enough to free climb with, and the drilling was super quick. https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XRH06ZB |
Cooper - wrote: The Makita sub-compact seems pretty awesome to me after taking it for a test drive on a new route today. It can drill a 3/8" x 2" hole in limestone in about 10 seconds. Light enough to free climb with, and the drilling was super quick. https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XRH06ZB Which batteries do you have? I'm looking at the 5 or 6 Ah packs. |
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I have the 18V, 6 Ah pack. I only drilled 7 holes, so not sure about how many holes you would get out of that pack. |
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With the 3Ah batt, my XRH06ZB gets me at least 8 3/8 holes in limestone. The 6Ah batt at least 12. Your numbers will go way down when the bit gets dull, so always keep a fresh one around. |
Cooper - wrote: The Makita sub-compact seems pretty awesome to me after taking it for a test drive on a new route today. It can drill a 3/8" x 2" hole in limestone in about 10 seconds. Light enough to free climb with, and the drilling was super quick. https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XRH06ZB I did end up going with this one. Comes with 2 2ah batteries. They're light, and although I haven't fully put them to the test, one happily made 6 holes in some very bullet sandstone for me. I did go ahead and buy a generic 6ah battery to go with it. Maybe I'll get back to y'all when I've seen how far that can go. Very happy with the Makita so far! |
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I used my 18v Bosch last week using a 6Ah battery. I drilled 18 holes 3/8 X 3” in hard granite and still had 4 bars out of 5 on the battery power indicator light. I’ve drilled 25 holes before with plenty of power left in that battery. I’ve actually never had it die on me before recharging it so I’m not sure what I could really get out of it. I always carry two 6Ah batteries with me in remote areas and that has always been more than enough. |
Jeffrey Constinewrote: ^^^ zzz I put up hundreds of routes I just don’t post them on Mountain project or put them in Guide books so I don’t care if anyone knows about them or where they are lol I just take my friends there also keeps the crowds away! I got a few on here but that’s about it The ONLY reason I publish my routes is so I don't forget what I've done. Many of my first ascents are gone to the depths of my memory never to be seen again because I simply forgot about them. Sure I could keep a journal, but I suck at that. So I started posting my routes so at least I have them documented somewhere. |
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RIGID 18V |
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Shouldn't this be in sport climbing? Best drill |
PNW Chosswrote: I have an old Pika hand drill that I've nearly beat to death. It's so short that the rubber grip doesn't fit anymore. Always thought about picking up one of these Petzls but just never pulled the trigger (pun intended). |
