| Re: Alternate Wed Chat for May 8th, 2013 :) |
Subject: Re: Alternate Wed Chat for May 8th, 2013 :) by teebee on 2013/5/8 14:41:51 OK, Marcus, here's what I use and own. I still have my very first cordless drill which I bought in 1988. Makita 9.6v (2 of them). They have served well I actually need some new batteries for them and I don't use them much because they don't have much power. I owned 3 Porter Cable 14.4v units, I love them good power to weight ratio, but all my batteries are dead. I own a couple 18v Ridgid (Li) drills/drivers. They have good power, but weigh a lot more than my PCs, they have the lifetime warranty on them. I own two Dewalt 18v (NiCad), these were reasonably priced and serve me well. At school we have/had PCs and Dewalt. PCs were 14.4 (like mine at home), one Dewalt 14.4 NiCad and one 12v Li With all that said, here's my recommendations. Stay away from the Ridgid. The lifetime warranty is a PITA to try and collect on. You must take it to an authorized service location, you must have all the components (drill, charger, batteries) with the one that doesn't work and it takes way longer than it should to get it fixed. I've got two dead batteries...again and I need to take it back to KC to get it fixed. Porter-Cable is my choice but in all honesty the Quality of these tools has declined dramatically since Black and Decker bought them. Consumer line products now, not professional.  Dewalt are the mainstream. Black and Decker has made Dewalt the professional line they sell. I really like the 12v Li set that I got here at school. More powerful than I really anticipated. The local guy where I bought it told me I'd like it and if I didn't he'd take it back...I still have it. I'd like to try the 20v version of the same. At home the 18v NiCads serve me well. I have 6 batteries for the two drills and the impact driver. |
