Cordless Drill Advice

[ezdays]

I've got several of those drills from Harbor Freight. Some of them I've had over 15 years. The only problem I have against them is the chargers. The transformers have a tendency to open up if there's a short or if you leave the battery charging too long. There is a fuse link inside the transformer housing that hard to get to. It is also easy to overcharge the batteries if you're not careful, and that's the end of that. That being said, their 18 volt drills are in the $20 range when on sale (which is most of the time), batteries run about half that.

I've also got a Craftsman drill set that I bought from Sansone online for $30. I got it because it had a right-angle drill that I could have used in the past. You guessed it, neither battery can hold a charge for very long, and replacement batteries run about $35 for even an after market one.

The next drill I buy will have a lithium-ion battery.