Cordless drills, opinions?

[harvey b davison]

As i said before, i have 2 fein drills, both have been brilliant but now just about dead after about 6 - 7 years hard site work. If i carnt get to replace them, then i will be looking at makita. Incidentley work has provided me with an 18v 4amp metabo drill. Its not a bad piece of kit at all.

[muttley9050]

Dewalt xrp 18v is what I have used for years, work them hard and don't have any conplaints, accept that makita May now have the edge but I have 9 cordless tools running same batteries so hard for me to get away from them. Plus points for dewalt is there old tools are compatible with there new batteries, but this is not the case for makita. I like dewalt but as with most brands

They do do cheaper versions of there tools, and they should be avoided.

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[Commando]

Makita 18v Liion all the way!! Buy cheap...buy twice!!

[likeitorlumpit]

Had DeWalt 18V system Ni-Cad for about 10 years now. 3amp batts.

Everything fits the batteries from impact driver /drills/big drills/circ saw/jig saw.

Never any issues and tough as old boots.

They have a cheapo range- steer clear

Now they bringing out a lithium ion nailer which I HAVE to demo as that woul;d be perfect. Trouble is- not compatible with our batteries. Maybe we need to move Lithium.

[Al Baker]

I'm leaning more toward Hilti products these days.

[egnsean]

The most common probs with rechargeable drills are failed batteries, they are really easy and cheap to recondition see the link.

 

How to repair the battery pack in a power tool

[WoodED]

I'm leaning more toward Hilti products these days.

 

good man

[WoodED]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgYXW5k0dcE]Compact Cordless Lithium Ion Drill Test ---- 3 of 3 Hilti SFC-18 Compact 1.6Ah Drill - YouTube[/ame]

[WoodED]

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[harvey b davison]

Now they bringing out a lithium ion nailer which I HAVE to demo as that woul;d be perfect. Trouble is- not compatible with our batteries. Maybe we need to move Lithium.

 

Please put up a report if you do demo this nailer, as i am interested in it aswell, due to me already having the pin nailer.

 

cheers.