mx842
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I have a stack of cordless drills of all shapes and sizes from 9V on up. Every time I would buy a new drill soon after they would come up with something better. I don't know how many cordless drills I have bought over the years but they all seemed to have one thing in common, the drill motors were too much for the power supply and you needed to have at least 6 batteries and 3 or 4 chargers to get by til lunch time. Then after charging them 8 or 10 times you needed to replace them.
Then came the 18V models. These seemed to be a great improvement over the earlier drills and the batteries did hold up a lot better but you still need to have a couple extra batteries if you had a lot of screwing to do like screwing down medal roofing or drilling a lot of holes. I had a 18V dewalt almost a year that was still on the original batteries and it had really been used hard. That one grew wings and flew away so I was in the market for a new one.
I really think most of these new drills are about the same but I had just bought a couple of new Bosch tools and was impressed at how well they were made so I was thinking about trying one of their 18V drill sets to see how they did. I went to Lowes and was looking at the many different brands they had on display and although I had really good service out of the last dewalt I picked up the Bosch and was headed for the check out. When I was walking down the isle to the check out, somewhere between Hardware and the electrical/lighting section I saw this dewalt display and something caught my eye and I slowed down to take a look. It was a display of their new 20V drill sets and one feel of this new smaller frame drill motor I was hooked. As the new Bosch drill set slipped from my hands and crashed to the floor my hands wrapped around the new impact driver and it was so sexy I knew I was going to have to try one of these out. With my right foot I gently tried to slide the new Bosch drill set under the counter hoping no one would see but something was in the way. I tried not to be so conspicuous with my efforts and had thoughts of just letting it stay where it was at but I had to at least try to complete this cover up and I'll assure you Tricky Dick Nixon would have been proud of my efforts. My keys slipped from my hand and as I picked them up and a few adjustments of the items under the counter my plan came to order as the blue box slid under the counter like it belonged there. I couldn't help but notice as I was getting back up that there were two other competitors drill sets hidden away next to the one I had just placed there and a sigh of relief came over me when I realized I wasn't the only person that was too lazy to haul their first choice back to it's original space once they had lay hands on this new sexy 20V ION drill.:ashamed:
I bought the whole set.....$579.00+ tax. I had looked at those little circular saws before but never thought about buying one because they looked so cheesy but this thing rocks! When I got it home that was the first thing I tried out because I had a bunch of rafters and joist to cut and I wanted to see what this bad girl could do. I cut out 36 rafters and the angles on 38 joist plus I don't know how many other cuts to 2x4's and 2x6's I made with this little saw before it was quitting time and it was about this time I realized that this was with the one battery right out of the box. I used it again the next day just to see how many cuts I could get out of this one charge and it started to get a little weak just before lunch time.
Things I found out, the little 1/4" impact needs some kind of torque setting on it to calm it down a little because it will ring off 5/16 stainless bolts like they are soft butter if you are not careful. The drill motor is light but powerful and the smaller frame makes it easy to handle. Don't look directly into the light that come in the kit unless you have on a welders mask. The sawzall is light and powerful and I love the new blade changing setup.
I am so hooked on this new 20V drill set from dewalt. Finally there is a cordless drill set that you can use as a tool was meant to be used. The 18V system was a mock improvement over the past attempts at providing cordless power tools for places you don't readily have power to. But these new 20V kits are kick azz and at least for now I am free from the electric cord that binds me.
Then came the 18V models. These seemed to be a great improvement over the earlier drills and the batteries did hold up a lot better but you still need to have a couple extra batteries if you had a lot of screwing to do like screwing down medal roofing or drilling a lot of holes. I had a 18V dewalt almost a year that was still on the original batteries and it had really been used hard. That one grew wings and flew away so I was in the market for a new one.
I really think most of these new drills are about the same but I had just bought a couple of new Bosch tools and was impressed at how well they were made so I was thinking about trying one of their 18V drill sets to see how they did. I went to Lowes and was looking at the many different brands they had on display and although I had really good service out of the last dewalt I picked up the Bosch and was headed for the check out. When I was walking down the isle to the check out, somewhere between Hardware and the electrical/lighting section I saw this dewalt display and something caught my eye and I slowed down to take a look. It was a display of their new 20V drill sets and one feel of this new smaller frame drill motor I was hooked. As the new Bosch drill set slipped from my hands and crashed to the floor my hands wrapped around the new impact driver and it was so sexy I knew I was going to have to try one of these out. With my right foot I gently tried to slide the new Bosch drill set under the counter hoping no one would see but something was in the way. I tried not to be so conspicuous with my efforts and had thoughts of just letting it stay where it was at but I had to at least try to complete this cover up and I'll assure you Tricky Dick Nixon would have been proud of my efforts. My keys slipped from my hand and as I picked them up and a few adjustments of the items under the counter my plan came to order as the blue box slid under the counter like it belonged there. I couldn't help but notice as I was getting back up that there were two other competitors drill sets hidden away next to the one I had just placed there and a sigh of relief came over me when I realized I wasn't the only person that was too lazy to haul their first choice back to it's original space once they had lay hands on this new sexy 20V ION drill.:ashamed:
I bought the whole set.....$579.00+ tax. I had looked at those little circular saws before but never thought about buying one because they looked so cheesy but this thing rocks! When I got it home that was the first thing I tried out because I had a bunch of rafters and joist to cut and I wanted to see what this bad girl could do. I cut out 36 rafters and the angles on 38 joist plus I don't know how many other cuts to 2x4's and 2x6's I made with this little saw before it was quitting time and it was about this time I realized that this was with the one battery right out of the box. I used it again the next day just to see how many cuts I could get out of this one charge and it started to get a little weak just before lunch time.
Things I found out, the little 1/4" impact needs some kind of torque setting on it to calm it down a little because it will ring off 5/16 stainless bolts like they are soft butter if you are not careful. The drill motor is light but powerful and the smaller frame makes it easy to handle. Don't look directly into the light that come in the kit unless you have on a welders mask. The sawzall is light and powerful and I love the new blade changing setup.
I am so hooked on this new 20V drill set from dewalt. Finally there is a cordless drill set that you can use as a tool was meant to be used. The 18V system was a mock improvement over the past attempts at providing cordless power tools for places you don't readily have power to. But these new 20V kits are kick azz and at least for now I am free from the electric cord that binds me.
