Cordless drills ?

[69_500]

Love all of my Milwaukee tools. Have cordless drill, hamer drill, 1/2 inch impact that rated at 400 ft lbs of torque, band saw, sawsall and grease guns. Every one is 18V. Batteries last quite a while on a charge. Built my deck on three batteries. Using them to cut, and screw boards.

[dual fours]

I heard from multiple people that since Dewalt was purchased by Black and Decker, nothing but problems....  I had a cheap Ryobi and it lasted through a whole remodel of a house.  I replaced with a Dewalt and the motor died within a year of virtually no use.....

In my research I might either get a Milwaukee / Makita.

MY vote, these's two make me money, $$$.

[chargerboy69]

We use cordless drills in my shop daily.  We have had several brands and I prefer DeWalt over anything else out there.

[green69rt]

I've used and broken a lot of power tools over the years.   I use to buy a lot of Craftsman stuff, I always considered Craftsman better than B&D (is Craftsman now made by B&D??) Seems that the Craftsman stuff now breaks too fast, especially batteries.  Now all Dewalt or Makita.  If Dewalt is now owned by B&D then I guess I will stick with Makita and try some Milwaukee.

I currently have a 18V Makita drill with the LI batteries and it seems to do very well, lighter than my old Craftsman 14V and more powerful.

[sunfire69]

I love my Royobi...I had the orginals rebuilt at primecell about 6 years ago....I use them randomly...sometimes a little sometimes a lot...they are NiCad....I may try rebuilding a set of batteries myself...nothing complicated about it...simple soldering, I can do a battery for about $20....

[Old Moparz]

The two brands that I have used & liked a lot are Makita & Dewalt. The Makita was back in the mid 80's & was built solid. It had been dropped off scaffolds & ladders many times & kept on going. The Dewalt a friend had, had so much torque it felt like an industrial, 1/2" electric drill.

For ones that I had own/owned, I had a cheap Craftsman that was okay but when I had to replace the battery it was discontinued. The Skil that I got to replace it was on sale & the battery didn't last a year before it wouldn't hold a charge. The replacement was more than the cost of a new drill so I decided to try Ryobi. I like the Ryobi for the price but one of the two batteries isn't holding the charge long & due to be replaced. It's a few years old so I will stick with this brand for now & get the better battery they offer.

If I didn't have my 1/2" electric drill, a 25+ year old Industrial Craftsman, I'd have bought a top of the line cordless.   

[moparnut]

Milwaukee tools for me for a long while now. Im a contractor and every warranty was toast in 2 years Just sent in a 5 year old drill and milwaukee sent me a new drill.Ive even got a milwaukee heated  camo coat .Have a few Dewalt but the battery life is not near as good.

[moparsr2fast]

I have had awesome luck with Snap On cordless screwdriver.  Bought over 8 years ago with 2 batteries, and still using the same batteries.