Bosch GBH 187-LI One Chuck review / presentation - FLOP? :)

[@Gretehelios]

Thank you for the detailed review of the products, i was looking to buy the one chuck for home and hobby use but it appears that the fast start can cause issues.

[@BikeGremlinUS]

Yup. I swapped mine for the regular chuck one, and am using an adapter for the non-SDS bits. It works fine (the standard head version). Relja

[@PetrKrenzelok]

Need to drill down the terrace pedestals to the concrete (almost one hundred) and then attach pergola to the wall. Deciding between the 187-li and 18v-28 cf. Thanks for the review. So in the end you returned one-chuck version and got the regular one?

[@BikeGremlinUS]

Hi, I put the answer on the bikegremlin.net forum - I think it may help more people that way (easier to find compared to searching KZbin comments): www.bikegremlin.net/threads/bosch-gbh-187-li-one-chuck-hammer-drill-problem.232/post-1419 Relja

[@PetrKrenzelok]

@@BikeGremlinUS Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I have not sufficient rights to reply to the forum post, so will try here. I am a kind of guy, who spends some money because of incorrect tool selection 🙂 I have first started witht he 12V devices, and very quickly realised, those will not the heavy job. Then I moved to the opposite (almost) extreme - decided to buy a bit above the middle tier of devices - GKS 18V-68 GC saw, GWS 18V-180 grinder, and aku drill GSB 18V-150 C. As usual, there are pros and cons - those devices are a bit more heavy, and if you need to work with them for a longer period of time, it could get tiresome. A bit slower result is not a problem with lighter device, but its eventual inability to do the job, is. You have to buy / rent new tool, or ask someone to do it. I also prefer the newer tech. So - my preference initially was gbh 18v-26F. First - the unit is 7 years old, tech wise. Second - I am upset at Bosch here - they either provide a cardbox version, or the combination with battery or chargers I don't need / want - I buy them separately. I can get gbh 18v-28 CF cheaper, thant the 26F version, if I want an L-boxx. So was lately deciding between the one-chuck 187-li and 18v-28 CF. I don't mind the larger size probably, but asking myself, if cca 0.5 kg difference is an argument, and if 18v- 28 CF is not an overkill for a hobbyist.

[@BikeGremlinUS]

Hi, I've just approved your forum registration. :) That must be done manually for preventing spam (robots or even people registering to post silly adverts).

[@LucasJaluL]

How can I deactivate this rapid auto-turn that occurs when every activation starts? thanks

[@BikeGremlinUS]

What do you mean exactly? If you mean the rapid start of the one-chuck drills, I think that's a feature that can't be disabled for the one-chuck models (normal chuck drills of the same model work normally).