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Originally Posted by bcraig
Looking for recommendations for a Cordless drill ..

Probably wont be used 3 or 4 hours a year.

Looking to buy relatively cheap

What you’re getting here is simply everyone’s favorite 🤩

If you have any other battery tools, get the same brand to maintain battery consistency.
Have a dewalt drill and impact driver. Both are great.

If it will only be used 3-4 times per year, brand is less important. The issue will be having enough volts when you go to use it!


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Old ridgid was decent. I have a table saw that was made in the USA by Emerson. It’s 25-30yo though. Still running two of their worm drives I bought maybe 10 years ago. Used to be skil 77’s, then Bosch HD77, now we’re running all DeWalt worm drives. Probably have 12-15 of them.
DeWalt makes certain tools that rule the roost, but Milwaukee has cordless wrapped up at present.



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Originally Posted by Godogs57
I switched all my Dewalts out for Makita. Better performance and much longer battery life.

I replaced my old old Milwaukee and Bosch w Makita. Great decision.


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Milwaukee m18 all of the way!

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All of my stuff is milwaukee. The older stuff is 18V NiCad
The newer stuff is 20VFuel 18VFuel

My employer supplies Dewalt cordless tools, and they're mostly fine. The dewalt drills I use are less ergonomic, as most guys I know inadvertently reverse the drills due to switch/handle configuration.

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Have one fuel and the cheaper with brushes.

The fuel will wear you out before you need to change the battery, while the brush model will need batteries before you finish your coffee.

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Originally Posted by gkt5450
Originally Posted by Godogs57
I switched all my Dewalts out for Makita. Better performance and much longer battery life.

I replaced my old old Milwaukee and Bosch w Makita. Great decision.


I've got a mix of lithium Dewalt, Milwaukee and makita.

I prefer the makita.

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Originally Posted by bcraig
Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad
What the hell you gonna do with it??



Anything that I might use a Regular Corded drill for without having to drag out extension cord or Move a Generator to get close enough to plug into.


Okay.

I bought several cordless drills over the years.


Turns out what I really wanted was an impact driver.

Just asking so you don't mess up like I did.


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Makita; if I can't find one of those to suit I'll be happy with Milwaukee.
I've always found the Dewalts to be too heavy and with poor ergonomics.


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don't matter

joe has 'em all built in china


Wrong

Well somebody has em made in China. Just checked a Ryobi and Rigid, Chink built.


No Dewalt handy but I am sure they are too.

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Originally Posted by plainsman456
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Have one fuel and the cheaper with brushes.

The fuel will wear you out before you need to change the battery, while the brush model will need batteries before you finish your coffee.


Wouldn't surprise me but I got the older brushed drill and impact driver with the little batteries for Christmas a couple of years ago and have enjoyed them. $200 bucks now, you might catch them for $150 on sale sometime at home depot. I use the impact driver way more than the drill. Its meant to drive screws but I also use socket adapters on nuts and bolts. Little driver can take off a lug nut if its properly torqued, but that is abuse of the tool......I just wanted to see if it could. No doubt the fuel is better but this is a nice little set for a homeowner to piddle around with occasionally.....actually probably over kill.


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Still working construction sites see alot of Milwaukee and Dewalt some others not near as noticeable. Been using Dewalt for ages if I were starting again I would probably go Milwaukee fuel as well.

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Originally Posted by 10gaugemag
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don't matter

joe has 'em all built in china


Wrong

Well somebody has em made in China. Just checked a Ryobi and Rigid, Chink built.


No Dewalt handy but I am sure they are too.

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My Dewalt tools say made in the USA from domestic and imported materials.


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Originally Posted by 10gaugemag
Originally Posted by SandBilly
Originally Posted by tikkanut



don't matter

joe has 'em all built in china


Wrong

Well somebody has em made in China. Just checked a Ryobi and Rigid, Chink built.


No Dewalt handy but I am sure they are too.

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Actually, quite a few of the Dewalts are “Made in the USA of global materials”. Not perfect, but a step above “Made in China”.

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First one I bought was a Dewalt batteries lasted about two years. I bought a new battery and the drill itself crapped out 5 months later .Next Craftsman lasted twice as long and the batteries crapped out.I have two Harbor Freight ones now. One is going on 6 years.The newest one has the Lithium batteries and the charge last much longer.
Dewalt you pay 20% more just for the name

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Originally Posted by bcraig
Looking for recommendations for a Cordless drill ..

Probably wont be used 3 or 4 hours a year.

Looking to buy relatively cheap




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Almost any brand will work for this.

have had a Rigid for 5-6 years and it has never let me down.
I do not use cordless tools daily or to make a living.

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I have a Bosch I buy from Menards. I do not need professional quality and the price is fair. Especially when they are on sale. Menards has had 11% off rebates for the last year. I have some rebate checks that I use to get more "stuff". The Bosch has worked fine for what I do.

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Originally Posted by stxhunter
harbor freight.


Exactamundo

For 3-4 hours use annually the poster said.

We have several Bauer cordless tools[drill/driver etc] and all have done fine and the batteries have been GTG for 2-3 years now.
Added the pole saw last month and was surprised how much cutting I could do on one charge.


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