These days, with the electric drill voltage wars, even
Consumer Reports considers a 14.4-volt drill to be
low-powered.
In any case, I highly recommend a drill that has a
two-speed mechanical transmission. It gives you a lot
more flexibility. Also get a drill with two
batteries. It will be a lot cheaper to buy two
upfront that one now and another later.
Doug
--- "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> It's been about 2 1/2 years since we had a cordless
> drill thread, and I'm
> getting ready to buy a new one. I have had pretty
> poor luck with Makita,
> and the last thread seemed to favor Bosch. I'm
> planning on a 14.4 volt
> model; the 18 and 24 volt models are just too big
> and heavy. Probably 80%
> of the time it'll get used for driving screws, but I
> may actually drill
> holes with it, too. Any opinions?
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