Scheppach AB1600 1600W SDS-Max Demolition Hammer, 50J

The Scheppach AB1600 is a corded demolition hammer — a breaker rather than a drill — and it sits third in our guide. The listing puts it at £159.00 with 4.4 out of 5 from 946 ratings, a 1,600 W motor, 2,000 blows per minute and a 16 kg body, supplied with one pointed chisel, one flat chisel and a metal case.

The reason it deserves a page of its own is what its own specification table does. The same sheet gives 230 Volts and 16 Amps — 3,680 Watts on the calculator — and then, a couple of lines further down, a maximum power of 1,600 Watts. Both cannot describe the same motor. The fitting is described two ways as well: SDS-Max in the title and in the special features, a 30 mm hex SDS chuck in the bullet list, and those are not the same shank. The table even lists a 2,000 RPM rotational speed and a 10 mm drilling capacity in wood and metal, for a tool the bullets describe as a concrete breaker with a single speed. Where the listing agrees with itself — the price, the 16 kg weight, the 946 ratings, what is in the box — the numbers are usable. The 50 J impact figure sits at the top of a spread the guide already flags, where the same brand lists 20 J, 7 J and 50 J across three breakers, so treat it as a claim rather than a like-for-like figure. Everything on this page comes from the product's Amazon listing, not from any test of ours.