Which 18V+ cordless drill does the forum like?

[Grateful11]

I started with a Dewalt 14.4V about 30 years ago and was fine with it until I had a battery meltdown, glad I caught before it burned my FIL's house down. It's still permanently melted into the charger. Then I switched over to Craftsman C3 19.2V line and it was fine except the batteries didn't last and the C3 line was cancelled when they sold the Craftsman name.

I switched to Ryobi 18V and couldn't be more pleased. I now have a brushless drill, brushless 1/4" impact driver, 1/2" impact for impact sockets, brushless 7 1/4" circular saw, brushed recip saw, tire inflator, leaf blower, weedwhacker, pole saw, flexible shaft dremel like tool, I think that's it for now. We probably use the leaf blower and pole saw more than anything.

Ryobi Days starts sometime this week with some decent deals.

If I were using this stuff for a living I would probably go Dewalt but it still gets used quite a bit around the farm and so far so good. For the money and the sheer variety of tools they have I don't think it can be beat.

There should be better deals coming this week supposedly June the 11th. Rumor is you buy a the two 4.0Ah batteries with charger and a carry bag and get a free tool up to $79.95. Not the best deal they ever had but not too bad.

Current deals.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Special-Valu...vZc3zwZm5d

RYOBI DAYS Promotions, there's some details in the fine print.
https://www.homedepot.com/collection/Too...=312965532&irgwc=1&cm_mmc=afl-ir-1406248-456723-&clickid=T2ZRY5WrmxyOWDxwUx0Mo36nUki3Qjz0K2WbSU0&fbclid=IwAR24pISQy3_C6jpKBFa2y8P89cns65y5Dy1KQ-E9x1hyJ1CTHT0JWphZL1E