Cordless Drill

scooksc

From a Milwaukee Guy, Panasonic doesn't make the tools, Milwaukee does. In good ole Mississippi.

pbrad911

I have three dewalts two 18V and 1 12V I have had some trouble with the XR battery packs going bad five in the last year but I think it has to do with dewalts new chargers it tells me they are in hotpack delay when they haven't even been used. One of my guys got a Ryobi 18V with 2 Batts for $89 and it seems two work great my batts for the Dewalt cost me as much as his whole kit

Raelynn

I have read about three different test reports and they all rate these tools by the amount of screws they can drive on one charge.The only real test would take too long. Durabilty In the field over time

MasterStrokes

That’s exactly why I didn’t renew my subscription. Something’s seriously wrong with that magazine!

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Teetorbilt

Master, I found and bought one shortly after that post. It sees daily use and has enough torque to snap a 1/4" Tapcon. I'm not sorry that I bought it.

Speedy Petey

Not exactly. Most tools are made here but many of their cordless drill motors are made in Germany with the batteries made..over seas (?). Some of their other tools are made in China. I know their metal chop saw is.

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Speedy Petey

I don't understand. Do imply the magazine is wrong? Because you haven't seen these drills. Everyone I know who has these tools, myself included, loves them.

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MasterStrokes

You sir are 100.748% correct. I’ve never used one. All these years I’ve been using a Panasonic cordless razor to drill and screw. I learn something new every day on this board. :Thumbs: No… Consumer Reports didn’t sit right in my britches when they rated Behr paint #1. That’s all. I use a 12V Black&Decker FireStorm. Not by choice. It was cheap and used for light duty.

Speedy were you aware a fellow named Steve Warren broke the land speed record recently of 330+ mph. On a crotch rocket? Can you imagine the adrenaline rush.

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JohnToolGuy

The new Milwaukee v28 drill has a 28 volt lithium ion battery and they say it can last all day without charging. Saw it at a distributor when Milwaukee brought in the big red truck. No heavier than the 18 volt but lots more torque and oomph. On the website www.v28power.com they say it has 600 inch pounds of torque.

Teetorbilt

"On the website www.v28power.com they say it has 600 inch pounds of torque."
That'[s 50 ft/lbs. I hope that it comes with about a 2ft. cheater bar.

carpentermikeal

Does any body have a opinion on festool ive allways wanted one but there so expensive. they look cool like something nasa would make http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Teetorbilt

I now have one battery that is getting pretty sickly and is only good for about 2 hrs. The other one is showing it's age but will still hang for 4-5 hrs. Everything else about the drill is fine other than some cosmetics.

Expensive up front but in for the long haul.

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genecarp

makita, good reliable tools

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Joining_heads

Panasonic are the best in comfort and run-time. My first employer had a fleet of 15.6 drills that lasted for years- unlike my coworkers POS dewalt. I would say a Panasonic is a lexus and Dewalt is a pinto.

nailman

I see no one here like Ryobi, cheap yes but my wife bought me the ryobi set a year ago and they have been working flawless sofar. Tore down a house and left the drill inside by mistake found it 2 days latter under all the debris and it still worked fine. I have a dewalt kit and got tired of buying batteries for it, about 80$ a pop.

ChainsawCharlie

Ryobi=great for the DIY'er.

WarnerConstInc.

Festool C12 kit, last drill you will buy.

MALCO.New.York

As per Warner:


Festool link http://www.festoolusa.com/products/c...ll-564178.html

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Teetorbilt

Has anyone checked the date of original post on this subject?

I must have picked the 'good' battery today. I rebuilt the outhouse and added some thru-bolted roof supports out at the hunt camp today AND it's not close to being dead.

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hughjazz

I have the ryobi nicad set with 6 batteries. they all work good. have for years. I even bought the impact driver for $45 as a display with no box. works fantastic. as good as any makita or dewalt I've used.


The only reason I bought the set was, way back was because I needed a cheap drill for my wife. Cost like $80 and ended up bringing it to work and liked it.
Ryobi works for me.

However if you try the lithium set keep the receipt.