Help choosing cordless drill???
03-14-2007, 10:09 PM
#12
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 162
Whats your price range? I work at a canadian tire and we get free time to build and play with the drills in the back all the time. Lemme know if your price and whether or not your willing to try a 14v makita, they got some new stuff out now, a 14.4 drill+impact kit for $399 on sale at Can tire, rocks my socks.
03-14-2007, 11:56 PM
#13
Originally Posted by theif
Dewalt.......second to none.
Hitachi, Bosch, Makita, Milwaulkee, several others are all a lot better.
I just used the brand new Hitachi 18, it's awesome. The new Makita 18 is SO compact.
Dewalt is a great mid budget drill, I even own a 14.4, but there are better drills.
03-15-2007, 06:02 AM
#14
Originally Posted by Newb
Riiiight....
Hitachi, Bosch, Makita, Milwaulkee, several others are all a lot better.
I just used the brand new Hitachi 18, it's awesome. The new Makita 18 is SO compact.
Dewalt is a great mid budget drill, I even own a 14.4, but there are better drills.
Hitachi, Bosch, Makita, Milwaulkee, several others are all a lot better.
I just used the brand new Hitachi 18, it's awesome. The new Makita 18 is SO compact.
Dewalt is a great mid budget drill, I even own a 14.4, but there are better drills.
03-15-2007, 01:17 PM
#16
Originally Posted by Toddyboy
Sorry man i work at the Depot and we get bosch makita and milwaukee back all the time bosch the most always being repaired i have no experiance with the Hitachi so i cant say but rarely do we see black and yellow come back
Hitachi's are incredible tho, after seeing what my dad puts them thru as a contractor, and they almost never break. He had a 14.4 drill for 13 years that he just gave up on because the battery tabs don't hold the battery very well anymore. He beats the hell out of his tools too, used in the rain, dropped, always in the cold, and that thing was fixed maybe 3 times. Had the batteries recored at about 8 years, a new trigger, and something with the chuck.
03-20-2007, 11:33 AM
#18
Originally Posted by MR2NR
Drop the 18volt idea and go to the 14.4 volt Makita. The battery makes a great stand by power supply for all sorts of testing of various car audio items.
Totally agree, 14.4 is all you need and Makita has one of the lightest drills around. Much better when on your back under a dash. The Dewalt has been slided down hill for years.
03-20-2007, 02:34 PM
#20
Originally Posted by Smartass
Totally agree, 14.4 is all you need and Makita has one of the lightest drills around. Much better when on your back under a dash. The Dewalt has been slided down hill for years.
