Cordless Drills

[mustang8998]

So, what is everyones thoughts, about the best drill for the money. I'm thinking around ~$200. Don't need it for work, but tired of putting a freshly recharged battery, in either of my two drills, only to get a little grunt out of it. One is a B&D and the other is a Craftsman.

Thoughts?

[R825OH]

Been using DeWalt forever , pretty good stuff.

[mustangboy]

I've been borrowing my buddies 1/2"14.4V Rigid and it is pretty much kicking ass. Compared to my little thing it runs forever and has all the balls I need. In fact I used it today to drill out a broken bolt and I leaned on it pretty damn hard and it did not phase it.

[Rick93coupe]

We use dewalt at work, and I've had a 12v dewalt drill for the last 10yrs at home and its never had a problem, I've ported intakes, used various other brushes and burrs to do all sorts of stuff, I can run the battery all the way down, throw in the spare and keep going. They have my vote for sure!

[stroked4eyes]

I love Dewalt as well :bigthumb

[facemelter71]

Been useing DEWALT for about 6 years now.(same drill).

[Black Hole]

I have a 14V Ryobi that has been perfect for me for over a year. If I'm doing a bunch of drilling I can kill one of the two batteries sorta quick, but it's fine for me for now.

[mustang8998]

Compared to my little thing it runs forever and has all the balls I need.

Not something I want to know Kenny!

I'll leave out the part, about your buddies rigid! :rolleyes:

Thanks for the inpu........... no, thanks for the review. :bigthumb

I think Dewalt, Makita, Bosch etc, all make good choices. I just want to spend my money wisely.

[bobtsgt]

Dewalt & Makita have been my choice in weapons.

[Rick93coupe]

Dewalt & Makita have been my choice in weapons.

Forgot about the makita, have a 9.6 that I used to use at best buy back in the day, still works good.

[92coupe]

I have a 18.volt Ryobi this thing kicks ass!

[Kevin Doe]

My experience with corded drills sucks. They're good for wood, but drillin 1/2 or 5/8" holes in 1/4 steel competely sucks with them. I bought a 1/2" chuck Bosch. It doesn't use those crappy keyless chucks either. It uses a keyed chuck, and the bits NEVER slip. That thing absolutely has enough torque to break your wrist if you're not holding on tight enough. I belive its a 15A model. It was pretty expensive though.

[mustangboy]

Not something I want to know Kenny!

I'll leave out the part, about your buddies rigid!




I guess that did sound a little ghey:rolleyes::flipoff:

[Grey Wolf]

I have a 18.volt Ryobi this thing kicks ass!

+1 I have had mine for 9 years and that thing has taken a beating. Too many large projects to list, and still going strong. Just layed some tile backerboard with screws today with it and it never balked. A lot cheaper than the major named brands. But Makita and Dewalt are pretty much the gold standards.

[92BlackStang]

18 volt dewalt is the best

[Pops Fun]

Hi
Iam happy with my makita, wore one out (my brother has it now) and bought another.

[satan jamez]

My experience with corded drills sucks. They're good for wood, but drillin 1/2 or 5/8" holes in 1/4 steel competely sucks with them. I bought a 1/2" chuck Bosch. It doesn't use those crappy keyless chucks either. It uses a keyed chuck, and the bits NEVER slip. That thing absolutely has enough torque to break your wrist if you're not holding on tight enough. I belive its a 15A model. It was pretty expensive though.

I couldn't agree more. I'm very hard on my tools and my cordless 12v Dewalt
lasted for 3 years. I went back to the old school corded model and will never look back. It's a pain lugging the cords around but I just remember all the times i'm knee deep in a project and have no battery juice to finish the job (and that's with 2 batteries)

Plus the corded version is alway cheaper than the cordless.

[WhiteT]

I use a cordless drill everyday for work. From 1999 to 2001 I used a Dewalt 14.4 volt drill. Worked good but was underpowered for heavy duty everyday use. At the time I used a Hole Hog to do my main drilling (wood, new house construction.) In 2001 I stepped up to a 18 volt Dewalt drill/hammer drill. I used this same drill from 2001-2006. I still had to use the Hole Hog for the big jobs. Every year I had to have the drill rebuilt and purchase at least one battery (around $90 for a batt.) In 2007 I went into Home Depot to buy 2 new Dewalt batteries. Instead of spending $180 on 2 batteries, I bought the Rigid Lithium 24 volt drill/hammer drill. 8 months and counting....so far so good. It has twice the power of my old Dewalt 18 volt, plus the batteries last at least twice as long. The Rigid drills also have a lifetime warrant and this includes free replacement of the batteries too!!!! The best thing is the fact that I barely use the Hole Hog anymore.

[Maximus]

Well I went to RENT a hammer drill (again:mad:) and I ended up looking at cordless drills. I was set on a Rigid. (Home Depot uses Rigid for their Rental fleet so I figured if it holds up to a bunch of weekend guys, it should hold up fine)So I looked over on the shelf, BAMMM get the same drill, Sawzall, Light, two Batts and charger.....$20 ($269) more than the drill itself!!! DUH!!
Snatched that Biotch up and an hour my (2) Lithium batteries are charged and ready for tomorrow!!

[Mista Bone]

when it comes to cordless products...

CraftJUNK!

[RACEME]

I have a 10yr old 14.4v dewalt, and it is decent. I also have the whole dewalt 18v family thing with skill saw, sawz all, light, and drill/hammer drill. It has been great but is a little heavy if you are running alot of fasteners for drywall or a deck or whatever. Those new lithium things are supposed to have alot more stamina, and are lighter. I am definately a dewalt guy, but I hear good things about rigid stuff.