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How to Drill Into Concrete Without Destroying Your Drill

Concrete is not hard to drill. It is just unforgiving of the wrong tool and the wrong technique.

People spend $250 on a drill and $9 on bits, then blame the drill.

A hammer drill is brilliant in brick and mediocre in concrete. Knowing the difference saves you a tool.

Makita drills do not win spec sheets. They win the eighth hour of a long day. Here is the LXT range explained.

DeWalt sells too many drills that look alike. Here is the difference between the entry DCD777, ATOMIC and XR, and which one to actually buy.

A hammer drill taps. A rotary hammer punches. If you have ever cooked a drill on concrete, this is the tool you were missing.

They look similar, cost about the same, and do genuinely different jobs. Here is which one to buy first if you can only buy one.

An impact driver drives screws a drill can only dream about. Here is what to buy, and the bit mistake that wrecks half of them.

Twenty years of holes in wood, brick and steel taught me most people buy too much drill. Here is what to actually get.