electric vs. battery drills

[steven Durham]

Well when using saber point sheet metal screws by the thousands I went to just a meek little 9 Volt Makita impact drill it is small and compact and will go between floor joist it only has the 1/4 inch disconnect and I use it for socket adaption for tearing down just about any thing it turns 2000 RPM and hits 2200 Time per minuet.
I have 5 of these and I tried a friends 14 Volt like drill and it is the same just stronger.
I also have just about all of the Dewalt 18 volt tools and have for 9 years tons of use installing heating systems and yes you do have to keep the battery's up for drilling I use the DeWalt's but for all the rest the compact Makita. I also have a bunch of Milwaukee corded drills and they have there place but the first reach is the cordless .
Steve

[xdomhnallx]

For quick work I prefer a cordless. But if I am stripping rust or anything that is going to take alot of force or time ...a corded power drill is the only way to go. I haven't used air drills too much.
But on a side note....Dewalt drills are actually made by Black & Decker. The old drills (when they first came out) you could interchange the batteries from one to the other. You could also pop an 18V battery into a 12V drill and make it an 18V drill on the cheap. Probably tear up alot faster, but it did work. I am pretty sure you can't do that anymore. The battery was so huge that it would stick way out in front of the hand grip part of the drill. Now they mold little tabs into the battery and the socket so that they wont fit.

[gbones]

no one has mentioned milwaukee. i have an 1/2" electric drill, sawzall, and my 18v cordless drill that ive had for about 4 years now. one of the batteries finally sh!t the bed. to cheap to buy another batt but i will when the other goes.

[jeep2003]

Im a carpenter and i only have chorded tools. I have one craftsman battery drill and it stays in the basement in its case :) I use other peoples battery drills alot mainly dewalt but also rigid and milwaukee. They seem to work well but they always need a new battery and it gets annoying i usually end up pulling out my drills. I have two dewalt 3/8 drills and a milwaukee 1/2" and a hammer drill. The one dewalt has a crappy chuck i think its a newer model with a plastic chuck it wont clamp down hard enough bt the older one with the all metal chuck works great and i beat the snot out of those daily. Thats the thing with dewalts they always make that dewalt burning electric smell but never die I would love a milwaukee battery sawzall and/or grinder for the junk yard though :)

[oldsledz]

Originally Posted by jesse8931

i use a drill master 18 volt 16 bucks used it for over a year alot have a extra battery got it from harbor freight

I have the same one and am happy with it but they are not the one to get if you use them every day.


You guys with the high dollar ones how long do you have them before the battery will not hold a charge vary long?