Agreed. We use heaps of DeWalt battery drills on ships, Antarctic bases
and the like. They work, keep working and can handle a lot of abuse
without dying on you - good feature when the nearest replacement is
thousands of km away. Second choice for me is Makita but I just bought
an 18V Makita drill for myself as it was $100 cheaper than the DeWalt
and was capable of doing all I wanted it to do. I've been driving
roofing screws with it.

Cheap tools have their place tho. I just bought a cheap Chinese 7.5"
circular saw to use with a metal cutting blade rather than get the
metal dust into an expensive saw. Damned thing works well and cost
little more than the replacement switch for a Hitachi which I broke
by.... dropping it off the roof! Damn. Mind you we run on 240V power so
our tools can generate decent torque without massive cable thickness.

Thing about battery drills is the torque they can develop and the
amp-hours of the battery. For cheap ones, these are the 2 areas where
they cut back and it only matters if you need that extra torque that a
better motor can develop in the same weight factor. Lots of other
features in better drills but unless you're using them a real lot, the
extra dollars mightn't be worth it.

Peter Wiley

In article , The Carrolls
wrote:

Geeze, what a bunch of crap, get the most powerful De Walt you can justify
paying for and a pocket inverter. Also get an extra battery. I use them
every day in my job, you cannot beat De Walt for service, availability and
initial quality.
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Boats-r-US has a Seafit 12v drill on sale. Is there a 12v drill which
will
run and/or charge off your boat batteries?

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__