When I was shopping for a drill last year, I was told by several dealers that
Bosch was in a big push to gain marketing share. They have redesigned several
of the drills to be more droppable :) and have had a couple of promotional
sales lately. I got one. It works great. But I haven't dropped it yet.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: ext Ralph Forsythe [mailto:rf-list@centerone.com]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:46 PM
To: ShopTalk
Subject: Re: Cordless drills
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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