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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is the best cordless drill I've ever owned
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2015
If I could give it 6 stars, I would. Hell, 11 stars.
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This is the best cordless drill I've ever owned. I've owned 4, this is my 5th. I had (still have) the "baby blue/turquoise" stalwart Makita, Milwaukee, Black and Decker, and another I can't' remember right now.
This is by far the most powerful cordless drill I've ever owned.
It is the easiest to use.
It has great clutch points with a WIDE range.
It has a work light pointing at where you are drilling (not powerful but very useful).
It has two torque modes.
It is very lightweight for its power, and perfectly balanced in the hand. Very well designed.
And, the thing that I still can't get over: I bought/received this drill and battery during the first week of Dec. 2014. I charged up the 20V batter with supplied charger fully before first use (hey, I follow the rules, man).
Then, I proceeded to use this drill on a "every third day" or so basis, doing a wide variety of jobs around the new house (purchased a new home last year and have been doing TONS of home projects), from heavy drilling jobs to a million dollar network upgrade project I used it for at work, to the normal "screw this, tighten that" type stuff. And I do mean, at least twice a week I've used this since owning it; doing runtime duty of 10 minutes (over a few hours) to an hour of continuous use.
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The battery didn't die until May 20th, 2015. That's over 6 MONTHS of continuous significant use without having to charge the battery, with no loss of power or effectiveness until it needed charging. Swapped in the 2nd charged battery and I was back up and running (and, btw, within a couple hours the original battery was charged fully again and ready to go).
I suspect I won't need to swap the other one in until my purchase anniversary / December.
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As a dedicated DIY'er, this is the best purchase I have made in years, and I expect, based on the workmanship/quality of this drill, that I won't need to replace it for a decade or longer (granted that they keep making compatible batteries).
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A very happy customer.
