Ratings & Reviews for Bosch Natural Stone Tile 3-1/16-in x 2-in High-speed steel Masonry Drill Bit For Hammer drill

Purchase the lesser priced brand

Not impressed with this bit at all. We thought since it was Bosch, that it would handle better than the lesser priced one that we purchased and wore down. Nope, it cracked the tile around where we were drilling.

Wished I had gotten first

After buying two Rapcon bits and burned up a cheap 4x watt hammer drill, I bought this bit and a 7.8W hammer drill and things were much better. This bit went through conglomerate concrete like it was butter compared to the Rapcon. The better drill helped but I don't think it played a major role. The Rapcon's were having major trouble with the stones in the concrete on the cheap drill.

I don’t typically need to drill through tile

I don’t usually need to drill through tile, but this does the job. I used a medium pressure and sometimes a lot when it just seemed to be doing nothing. It does however takes a long time, but none of my tiles broke. I drilled 4 holes and the first one was the shortest time, the last being the longest to drill. Seemed to get dull, but still slowly drilled through the tile.

Not impressed

Not impressed. Used it to drill one hole through 1/2 inch Porcelain tile and it was dulled, the tip was gone. Couldn't use it anymore. Wen back to my Bad Dog universal bits which finished the project.

long lasting/stays sharp

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] used in bathroom remode/with stone/tile cuts very well

Buy once, Cry once, it was worth the extra money

The tile was unexpectedly hard and difficult to drill I tried numerous bits and bought this one. Worth the money, smooth a butter.

Enemy of tile!

I’ve had to drill several holes through a tile floor in my laundry room, to move th washer catch pan plumbing, and to run a propane gas line for my dryer. The diamond blade hole saws I had would never even have gotten STARTED without using this little baby to drill the pilot holes first! Use lots of water from a spray bottle and this thing will make short order of 3/8 inch tile and 3/8 inch concrete-like base!

Only good for about 3 holes!!!

As stated above, only good for 3 holes. I dipped in cold water after 10-15 seconds of low speed use but still only got 3 holes out of it. If you have more than three holes to drill, better buy more than one but. I had 17 holes to drill so ended up buying 6. At $12-$13 each, very disappointed... Plan accordingly.

Special drill for porcelain

I love my favorite store they always have what i needed

Tip failedpretty quickly

I was told at the store that this would work for floor tile. It did not. The package says for natural stone, so maybe I shouldn't have listened. Anyway, I did get one hole drilled. The tip burned out (even though I kept it wet) and I did not get a second hole drilled. It may work fine on natural stone, but don't expect it to work on floor tile.

Looks and Feel are decieving

"Complete waste of money" bought this to drill holes in newly tiled shower for glass enclosure, after the 1st hole, the bit was completely shot (even used water) went back and bought (2) cheap masonry bits for less than the price of this, and only used one of them to finish the job (9 More holes) No!!! it was not porcelain tile SAVE YOUR MONEY / NOT WORTH IT!!!

Terrible!

We bought two of these bits, praying that the first one was just a dud. No. Both of them were terrible for drilling through our backsplash tile (which was not porcelain). It took about an hour two get two holes. Ugh.

Not worth the money

Was able to drill 3 holes before smoking