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Based on a sample of one, I fall in the "leave 'em discharged" school of thought. About 12-13 years ago, I bought a DeWalt 18V drill driver that came with two NiCad batteries. For no particular reason I used and recharged the same battery for about ten years, until it wouldn't hold a charge long enough to run a couple of screws.
I had gone so far as to mark the one I was using so I could "save" the other one. When I charged the previously-uncharged batter I figured it would be bad just because of age. Here I am about three years later still using my "saved" 13-year old battery. My drill driver receives occasional homeowner use. I charge the battery either when I know I'm going to be away from the charger to drive a lot of screws, or when the battery gets weak.
Increasing my post count so people will buy stuff from me
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+4 or is it +5 on the Milwaukee M18
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I still say someone needs to make a conversion kit for all these cordless drills where you take the actual batteries out of the unit and replace it with components for a DC converter with a short chord and plug on the end so a guy could use hiss cordless drill as a corded drill when he wants to. Personally I think all the drill mfr should provide a converter as part of their drill package.
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Li-ion. Look for the newer 4AH batteries.
I like the Bosch tools I have. The biggest thing to compare isn't the drill itself, but the batteries.
+1 on the Bosch....I have one....the Batteries last for ever...Pick it up after 3 months without a charge and it is still ready to go.
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If you're driving screws, get an impact driver!!
They don't break screws or driver bits like a drill does and are much easier to control!
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You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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Do I have to come back to this thread and start knocking heads? Milwaukee ! My dad would say g dam it what the heeeelll is wrong wit u , then a smack to the back of the head sumed it up ....😁
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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As I stated earlier I ditched my Ryobi stuff after suffering through years of poor battery life and such and changed over to the Milwaukee line. Granted I've got a great friend who is an engineer with Milwaukee and got my tools at cost but even if I had to pay regular prices it would've been well worth it. There's just no comparison between the two brands. He sent me a newly released metal cutting circular saw and you cant believe how that thing goes through metal. Like a hot knife through butter!!
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Home Depot has a promo going till end of the month. Buy certain Milwaukee, dewalt or makita sets and get up to $150 in free accessories or bare tools.
SWEET BABY! Hadda go to HD this weekend anyway for new carpet in a bedroom. Think I'll just tooodley-ooo over to the 'tools' area and see what happens to fall into my cart... 
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I've been using Dewalt 20V everyday for the past year. Awesome tools.m durable, battery lasts awhile. Buy them factory direct not at a big box store. They're not the same.
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