I have a few 18 volt dewalt tools, a drill, recipro saw, circular saw and a flash light. I just bought a dewalt cordless grinder off ebay as well. I find these tools really work amazing and they are all I pretty much use. I almost never use corded tools unless I have to. having a pile of batteries helps as well, I have 3 chargers and about 8 batteries.
Yes ,I have the same setup but one of my chargers got smoked during a thunderstorm, the batterys are getting tired after 6 years, pricey but I would recommend them..jim
I own an 18v impact and drill and use the 20v all the time at work. I have not managed to smoke out the 18v xrp with a hole saw but the 20v xr on the other hand is like cheech and chong rolled in, although I find the 20v impact to be quite nice.
20v dewalt here and like it
stay away from ridgid. bought one, 18v, do to the name as dad was and brother is a plumber and it was/is a big name in that trade. it screwed up, drill, after about the 4-5th use. checked and there is a dealer real close, bonus. took it in and still didn,t have it back by at least 4 wks. got mad and bought the 20 dewalt at 1/2 the size and a lot more torque. gave the riggy to rose for her tool box. the poop is ryobie owns ridgid now. that would explain the b/s.
I've had an 18v rigid for years and it works great. But one of the batteries pooched out recently and they are so expensive that I might as well buy a new drill. I guess they don't like being dropped from a 14' ladder. Who knew??
We have two 12 volt, four 18 volt, and a 20 volt with a impact driver. The 12 volts, we use for doing above ground pools. Have used the 18 volt for this, but found them heavy. The new 20 volt ones will solve the weight issue. They are the cat's meow.
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i just bought a rather neat thing off ebay, a battery adapter and battery that is fitted into a belt you wear, it gives you 5000 amp hours. it will be handy for the wrecking yard adventures when i need alot of battery
i just bought a rather neat thing off ebay, a battery adapter and battery that is fitted into a belt you wear, it gives you 5000 amp hours. it will be handy for the wrecking yard adventures when i need alot of battery
Does that mean that it will knock you on your a$$ if it shorts out??
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They were opening a new lowes in burlington so I went to check it out and there was the dewalt guy giving out good deals so I asked him how much for a 12 volt something lite for the wife to use around the house he said deal today 125 bucks gets you a drill charger and two batteries ok I says I'll think about it. Next day i'm in home depot and ask the tool guy he says just a minute looks up his cost and says I'll do one better how about a 100 bucks so I took it I love how it stops when you release the trigger not like my cheapo one that keeps running.
I've had an 18v rigid for years and it works great. But one of the batteries pooched out recently and they are so expensive that I might as well buy a new drill. I guess they don't like being dropped from a 14' ladder. Who knew??
brother the plumber says rigid is lifetime. if they drop one they get a new one. i can't see it myself but maybe they are just doing it to keep the business, union plumber. if yours hadn't of been dropped the battery might of been replaced, maybe.
I checked on this. HD will only replace batteries from new drills that were registered at the time of purchase and have a bill of sale. They will not replace dead batteries that were just purchased on their own, outside of a kit.
So if you buy a Rigid, put a copy of the receipt, inside the plastic carrying case and go online to register your kit.
By the way, have you ever opened one of those batteries up? It's really like a small computer in there. Unreal amount of electronic bits. No wonder they cost so much!
-- Edited by MANCAVER on Thursday 20th of March 2014 08:02:37 AM
All battery packs use the same size cells (sub Cs) These are available from any hobby shops in different capacities. They are fairly easy to rebuild at a fraction of the cost.
Be warned that Dewalt has several grades of cordless tools, especially the drills. The contractor grade use the aluminum gear housings, not plastic. Different gear speeds and clutching.
Rigid was being manufactured by Metabo. Mill-W are also excellent
I love how it stops when you release the trigger not like my cheapo one that keeps running.
