cordless drills

[kingjason]

I absolutely hate B&D and prefer to avoid Ryobi when possible. I prefer anything Porter Cable or Rigid.

Some of my Ryobi 18v stuff is going on at least 8+ years no issues. Not sure how they would work for commercial use but for home use they are great.

[forbes]

hilti FTW
i have a 15 volt i have been using daily for 10 years easily. i finally broke down and bought the dewalt and i like it for weight and battery life

[Rafa]

18v lithium ion Makita's here. Drill and impact and love the shit out of them. I have the green(Turquoise?)/black ones and in-law has the white/black. Not sure what is difference other than color. Mine are about 4 years old.

[krazy kris]

I have a ridgid 18V lithium and both the batteries crapped out on me about 2 months later

[ceyko]

Some of my Ryobi 18v stuff is going on at least 8+ years no issues. Not sure how they would work for commercial use but for home use they are great.

Yeah, a lot of people I know have good luck with Ryobi - but I've had nothing but failures from cordless tools to chainsaws.

Also, my list was not conclusive just the 2 best bangs for the buck that I've found.

[lowthreeohz]

Use dewalt and makita for work, ryobi is fine for handyman or medium use.. I dig their lithium series

[JimD]

I got the ryobi, but rarely use it for work.

[Hmbre97]

Bought a couple of Bosch 18v Lithium drill sets a while back when Lowes was clearancing those out. Got them for $45 a set. Drill came with 2 batteries and Bosch was running a promo at the time to get 2 more batteries by MIR.

I know this doesn't help you but had to solid barg.

[Torinoman]

not a fan of black and decker, i search the pawn shops for good deals now abd then. Dewalt is good; makita and milwaukee are awesome.

+100

[01svtboy]

I have a dewalt 18v impact been going strong since 07 or 08..

[woodstock]

18v lithium ion Makita's here. Drill and impact and love the shit out of them. I have the green(Turquoise?)/black ones and in-law has the white/black. Not sure what is difference other than color. Mine are about 4 years old.

+1 for Makita. The white/black use the 1.5amp batteries and the green/black use 3.0amp. I've heard you can use the 3.0amp batteries in the white/black set but not the other way around. The new Milwaukee stuff is supposed to be pretty good, alot of guys in my company use them. I like that the batteries have an indicator that you can see when they are getting low.

[CJ]

Fuck cheap ass drills man, that is one thing you need to work 100%.

I went out and bought one of the cheaper white/black Makita's 18V 1.5amp. It worked okay for a week, and then I bent the main shaft drilling (which is pathetic) and nearly caught it on fire (drilling a metal post with a 1/2" bit). So I returned it and bought their top of the line 18V 3.0amp green drill and impact. That thing is a beast. The set runs about $300.

[BMCSean]

I used Makita's for years at work, at home I have a Dewalt set and a lithium Hitachi drill. The Hitachi lithium tools are a great bang for the buck, Lifetime tool warranty and they work well for a homeowner.

[whitetrash]

guess i should have mentioned this will just be for basic around the house stuff mainly. nothing too crazy. maybe a hole in sheet metal here or there

[DriveWayBuilt]

I have restored 2 batteries for my Ryobi 18v and lasted nearly two more years. I wrote the dates on them when I did so I know it true. Used a MIG welder method. You can find how to's on youtube

going to look this method up, both my 18v ryobi batterys are dead.