Bosch cordless drill buying guide

Updated: 22 October 2026

You are looking at green and blue Bosch kits on amazon.co.uk, and the star lines sit in a tight band.

You are looking at green and blue Bosch kits on amazon.co.uk, and the star lines sit in a tight band. This Bosch cordless drill buying guide is the order of decisions before those stars: the batteries you already own, whether the wall is masonry, and whether the box contains a pack and a charger. Torque comes after that. The Bosch cordless drill comparison holds the eleven listings from the 19 October 2026 dumps. The Products Compared editorial team read those listings and Bosch’s UK pages. We did not run a lab. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Our top picks

Badge	Product	Battery family	Hammer	In the box	Note	Price	Offer
Best overall	Bosch Bosch EasyImpact 18V-40, 1 x 1.5 Ah	Power for All, green	Yes, 40 Nm	1 x 1.5 Ah, AL 18V-20, case	8.7	about £64.97	View offer
	Bosch Bosch EasyImpact 18V-40, 2 x 2.0 Ah	Power for All, green	Yes, 40 Nm	2 x 2.0 Ah, AL 18V-20, case	9.0	about £75.23	View offer
Alternative	Bosch Professional Bosch GSB 18V-25, 2 x 4.0 Ah	Professional / AMPShare	Yes, 60 Nm maximum	2 x 4.0 Ah, GAL 18V-40, L-Case	7.0	about £149.99	View offer

Best overall

Bosch Bosch EasyImpact 18V-40, 1 x 1.5 Ah

8.7/10about £64.97

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Rank 2

Bosch Bosch EasyImpact 18V-40, 2 x 2.0 Ah

9.0/10about £75.23

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Alternative

Bosch Professional Bosch GSB 18V-25, 2 x 4.0 Ah

7.0/10about £149.99

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On this page

1.Start with the batteries you already own
2.Hammer only if the wall is masonry
3.Kit or body
4.What the ranges are for
5.Figures that mislead

Start with the batteries you already own

Bosch sells two 18 V families that do not share packs. Green Home & Garden tools, the Easy, Universal and Advanced drills, take Power for All PBA packs. The blue GSB takes Professional 18 V packs under AMPShare. A green pack will not click into the GSB, and a blue pack will not run the EasyImpact. If you own neither, you are choosing a system, not a star rating. EasyImpact kits sit around £65 to £80. The GSB with two 4.0 Ah packs is about £149.99. Chargers that will not cross the families are on the EasyImpact or Professional page.

Hammer only if the wall is masonry

The next question is the wall, not the voltage. A drill/driver turns a bit and drives screws. A combi adds a hammer collar for brick and block. The EasyDrill 18V-40 has no hammer, and reviewers send brick work to the impact model. A rawlplug in brick does, within the diameter Bosch prints for that model. A higher newton-metre figure is not a concrete rating. Concrete needs a rotary hammer, because the bit overheats. If the job is a lintel, a floor or a structural fixing, read drilling masonry before you sort by stars.

Testsieger

Bosch Bosch EasyImpact 18V-40, 1 x 1.5 Ah

8.7/10about £64.97

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Kit or body

A body-only price is the tool. The EasyImpact 18V-40 body is about £38.00, model 06039D8100, and the scope is a double screwdriver bit and a carton. You still need a Power for All pack and a charger. Some buyers expected a battery. Others already had older packs. A body under £50 saves money only if the matching battery is already owned. One 1.5 Ah pack, charger AL 18V-20 and a case is about £64.97. Two 2.0 Ah packs are about £75.23. The EasyImpact 18V-38 with one 2.5 Ah pack is about £76.50, and its table prints a 10 mm chuck rather than 13 mm.

What the ranges are for

Easy is the first-home range. The EasyImpact adds a hammer, and Bosch’s sheet for the 18V-40 states 40 Nm, masonry to 13 mm, wood to 30 mm and steel to 13 mm. The older UniversalImpact 18 is listed at 34 Nm with a 1.5 Ah kit at about £103.21, and reviews include a chuck that lets the bit fall out. The UniversalImpact 18V-60 is a different tool: 60 Nm, a brushless claim in the bullets, body only at about £68.39. The AdvancedImpact 18V-80 QuickSnap is listed at 82 Nm, brushless, with one 2.5 Ah pack at about £139.00 and 4.4 from 26 reviews, so longevity is not established. The blue GSB 18V-25 is the Professional combi, with its own batteries, not the next green rung.

Figures that mislead

Several amazon specification rows contradict the title or the Bosch sheet. The 1.5 Ah EasyImpact kit prints a CR2032 battery type beside an 18 V slide-on pack. The EasyDrill title says 1.5 Ah while a table row prints 2 Ah. Bosch’s Professional UK page for the GSB 18V-25 states 35 mm in wood, 10 mm in masonry and metal, and 21 Nm soft, 56 Nm hard, 60 Nm maximum. Prefer that sheet when the amazon cell disagrees. The GSB body special-features line says brushless. Kit reviews call the motor brushed, and the Professional highlight list for this model does not list brushless.

Common questions

Do I need the hammer for picture hooks?

Not in plasterboard. A picture hook or a light shelf in a stud wall is a screw or a small pilot hole. You need the hammer when the plug has to go into brick or block, with a masonry bit, inside the diameter Bosch states.

Is 18 V enough, or should I look at 12 V?

For screws, wood, metal and small masonry, Bosch’s UK cordless-drill guide treats 18 V as the usual size. This comparison does not include a 12 V drill. Choose 18 V when you want one tool for furniture and the odd brick plug.

What is the difference between Easy, Universal and Advanced?

Easy is the starter green range, about 38 to 40 Nm here, with or without a hammer. Universal is either the older 34 Nm kit or the 60 Nm 18V-60 body. Advanced is the 82 Nm QuickSnap kit, with only 26 reviews. Professional is a separate blue system.

Should I buy the body if I already have batteries?

Yes, if those batteries are the same family and you already have a charger. The about £38 EasyImpact body is the clearest case. No, if you still need the pack and the charger, because the total can pass a kit at about £64.97 or about £75.23.

How small a battery is too small?

A 1.5 Ah pack is acceptable for a short DIY session of small holes and screws. It is too small when the work outlasts one charge and you have no spare. Two 2.0 Ah packs, or one 2.5 Ah pack, sit at roughly £75 to £77. Do not treat amp-hours as minutes.

Which amazon specification lines should I ignore?

Ignore a coin-cell type on an 18 V kit, a capacity that fights the title, and a speeds cell that says 20 when the bullets mean two gears and 20 torque levels. Ignore 10 mm wood on the GSB table when Bosch’s UK page states 35 mm. Ignore brushless on the GSB body when the kit reviews do not support it.

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