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Bosch Professional GSB 18V-110 C Brushless Combi Drill (Body Only)

This is the blue line, not the green one: GSB is Bosch Professional, it runs GBA 18V and ProCORE18V packs, and a Power for All battery from a green EasyImpact will not fit it. What it buys you is headroom. Bosch publishes 110Nm maximum torque, quoted as 47/85/110Nm across its settings, against 65Nm for the DeWalt below it, and pairs it with 0-480 and 0-2,100rpm gears, a 31,500bpm hammer rate and a 1.5 to 13mm full-metal chuck. The published drilling capacities are 82mm in wood, 16mm in masonry and 13mm in steel, which is auger and hole-saw territory rather than shelf-bracket territory. KickBack Control cuts the motor when the body starts to rotate instead of the bit, which is the thing that breaks wrists on a 100mm hole saw, and Electronic Motor Protection and Autolock sit behind it. There are 25+2 torque settings and an optional Bluetooth connectivity module. The costs are real: at 1.9kg without a battery it is the heaviest body here, Bosch publishes no sealing rating for it, and the scope of delivery for the bare tool is the drill and an auxiliary handle - you supply the pack and the charger. Worth knowing that the GSB 18V-55, the blue combi most UK trades reach for first, currently shows no Amazon offer in either of its listings, which is why this larger model is the blue-line pick.