Best masonry drill bits for the chuck you own
Updated: October 2026
Several boxes in this amazon.co.uk batch sit near 4.5 stars, and they are not the same tool. The best masonry drill bits for a given afternoon are the ones whose shank fits the chuck in your hand and whose reviews describe the brick or concrete you are about to drill. This page says who each carbide set and the one SDS set are for, and who should leave the box on the shelf. Prices for the whole batch sit on the [stone drill bit comparison](/hub/drilling-and-accessories/stone-drill-bit). Products Compared used those listings on 15 October 2026 and did not run a lab test.
Several boxes in this amazon.co.uk batch sit near 4.5 stars, and they are not the same tool.
Several boxes in this amazon.co.uk batch sit near 4.5 stars, and they are not the same tool. The best masonry drill bits for a given afternoon are the ones whose shank fits the chuck in your hand and whose reviews describe the brick or concrete you are about to drill. This page says who each carbide set and the one SDS set are for, and who should leave the box on the shelf. Prices for the whole batch sit on the stone drill bit comparison. Products Compared used those listings on 15 October 2026 and did not run a lab test.
Our top picks
| Badge | Product | Shank | Diameter | Amazon rating | Note | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall |  Bosch Bosch Professional CYL-3 concrete set, 4–10 mm | Cylindrical | 4–10 mm | 4.7 (19,730) | 9.4 | about £16.52 | View offer |
| Alternative |  WORKPRO WORKPRO SDS Plus set, 8 pieces | SDS-Plus | 5–12 mm | 4.6 (1,361) | 8.1 | about £16.99 | View offer |
| Best value |  toolant toolant masonry set, 4–10 mm, 5 pieces | Brace | 4–10 mm | 4.5 (2,220) | 7.7 | about £9.99 | View offer |
On this page
What best can mean for a masonry bit
A high star line only helps if the bit fits the drill and the comments are about your wall. A three-jaw chuck can use a cylindrical, three-flat or flatted round shank. It cannot use an SDS-Plus shank. Ordinary brick is a carbide job with the hammer on. Hard concrete is the job reviewers hand to an SDS hammer. A diamond box does not belong on a masonry shortlist. How to match a shank before you look at stars is on the stone drill bit buying guide.
Carbide sets for a three-jaw chuck
For a combi drill and ordinary brick, Bosch Professional CYL-3 is the top pick: 4.7 stars from 19,730 reviews, 4–10 mm including two 6 mm bits, at about £16.52. Do not paste Toolstation’s five-bit CYL-3, part 2607017081, onto this listing. Bullitt at about £14.49 runs 4–12 mm on a three-flat shank, and the PGM line remains a claim. Camdios at about £11.98 has 4.3 stars from 6,225 reviews, and small bits bend or snap.
The only SDS-Plus set in this batch
WORKPRO at about £16.99 is the only SDS-Plus set in these listings: eight bits, a case, short 110 mm bits and 5–12 mm at 160 mm, with 4.6 stars from 1,361 reviews. Buy it for brick or concrete on an SDS-Plus hammer. Leave it for a three-jaw combi. The seller excludes tile, glass and mirror. One review lost a carbide tip after seven holes, and the next after four. The chuck choice is on SDS-Plus or a masonry bit.
Who should leave these sets on the shelf
Leave these carbide sets if the first surface is porcelain. Bullitt has a review that calls the bits useless on that glaze. YESHLiky is 4.7 from eight reviews and is a diamond set. GZCYMY is 1–2.5 mm rotary points, not a wall bit. Porcelain is on drilling porcelain and stone tile. toolant at about £9.99 for 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 mm is the best value for a spread of diameters if you accept that its 2,220 reviews are the same sample as the 6 mm ten-piece.
Match the chuck, then the wall
If the chuck is a three-jaw and the wall is ordinary brick, the top pick is Bosch CYL-3. If you want several plug diameters for about £9.99 and you accept a shared review sample, the toolant five-piece is the best value. If the chuck is SDS-Plus, buy WORKPRO. A qualifying purchase through our links can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Common questions
Which set is the sensible carbide buy for a combi drill and ordinary brick?
The Bosch CYL-3 seven-piece, at about £16.52, is the sensible carbide buy when you want 4–10 mm on a cylindrical shank and 4.7 stars from 19,730 reviews. Reviewers describe home fixings in brick after cheaper bits had failed. The same reviews still point to SDS for heavy concrete, so the set is a poor match if that is the whole job or if your chuck is SDS-Plus. It is a different box from Toolstation’s five-bit CYL-3.
Why do Bosch reviews still mention SDS for heavy concrete?
A three-jaw carbide bit and an SDS-Plus bit do different amounts of hammer work. Readers who liked the CYL-3 for brick still reach for SDS when the concrete is hard and the holes keep coming. That is a split by material, not a laboratory ranking. Homebuilding makes a similar split for engineering brick, holes around 10 mm, and long runs.
Is the cheaper toolant or XLLGYL1 set enough for one shelf?
toolant’s five-piece at about £9.99 can be enough for one shelf in brick or light concrete if you clear clogged flutes and you know the 2,220 reviews are shared with the 6 mm ten-piece. XLLGYL1 at about £6.69 has 62 reviews, a 5 mm bit that melted after about 1 cm in ordinary brick, and packs that arrived damaged. A single picture hook is a fair trial. A row of fixings in hard brick is where that saving disappears.
Why must the 2,220 toolant reviews not be counted twice?
The five-piece and the ten-piece 6 mm listing both show 4.5 stars from 2,220 reviews, and the captured texts are the same sample. Adding them would pretend there are 4,440 independent opinions. Use the figure once. Judge the boxes by what is in them: five diameters at about £9.99, or ten copies of 6 mm at about £11.99.
Who should buy the WORKPRO SDS set, and who should not?
Buy WORKPRO if you own an SDS-Plus rotary hammer and you want 5–12 mm, including short 110 mm bits, for brick or concrete. Do not buy it for a combi drill, because the shank will not lock in a three-jaw chuck. Do not buy it for porcelain, glass or mirror: the seller excludes those surfaces. One reviewer lost carbide tips after four and seven holes in brick, so a large site run is a weaker reason than a few domestic holes.
What should you do if a new bit arrives bent?
A bit that arrives bent, broken, or looking used fails section 9 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which requires satisfactory quality. Tell the seller and use the refund or replacement route, rather than trying to straighten a carbide tip. toolant and XLLGYL1 both have reviews of that kind of arrival. A bit that snaps only after you lever it sideways is technique, not a fault in the pack.
Related pages
Sources
Sources are the public UK pages and the twelve amazon.co.uk listings used for this comparison. Figures were taken from those pages for the October 2026 update.
- HSE CN3: drilling controls (retrieved 16 October 2026)
- HSE INDG463: silica dust, workplace exposure limit (retrieved 16 October 2026)
- HSE CIS36: construction dust and RPE (retrieved 16 October 2026)
- Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
- PGM and ISO 5468 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
- Bosch Professional CYL-3 concrete drill bits (retrieved 16 October 2026)
- Homebuilding: drilling into tile (retrieved 16 October 2026)
- Toolstore UK: drill bits buying guide (retrieved 16 October 2026)