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Re: Cordless drills

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Subject: Re: Cordless drills
From: Ralph Forsythe <rf-list@centerone.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:45:51 -0700
I dunno about the Sears ... but I have a Dewalt that's rock solid.  Unsure 
of the voltage offhand, but it's one of the bigger ones.  Don't think I 
payed more than $85 for it, might have been on sale though.  That was a 
while ago.

At 10:20 AM 1/13/2003 -0800, Steve Dillen wrote:

>I need some opinions on cordless drills.  My old Makita 9.6 may be getting to
>the end of its days -- after all, it's probably 12 years old now, and
>batteries run about $50 each here.  The other night I saw that Sears has a
>19.2v 3/8" cordless drill on for $100.  Is this thing any good?  It comes with
>a light/screwdriver (probably "junk cabinet" fodder) and 2 batteries.  I'm
>assuming that the 19.2 number is pretty much marketing hype and the innards
>will look very similar to their 18v variant.
>
>The $100 price tag is attractive because after taxes/exchange rates, it still
>comes in at about the same price as a Canadian sourced 9.6v.  18v drills here
>are about $350. Of course, if it's junk it doesn't matter what the price is!
>
>Thanks.
>
>Steve Dillen

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