Which 18V+ cordless drill does the forum like?

[Grateful11]

RAMd®d wrote:
I've got some Ryobi One+ kit and need some batteries.

The jig saw and two battery combo seems MIA this year. Makes me sad.

I'll probably get the two battery and charger for $99.

The charger is a little thing, and I still have the larger (single battery) charger from the blue kit.

Are the older charger and newer batteries compatible?

The older yellow batteries I believe are all Ni-Cad's and the old charger won't charge the newer Li-Ion but the newer chargers will charge the older batteries as long as it's listed as a Dual Chemistry charger.

One great thing about Ryobi is the newest batteries will still power the old blue Ryobi 18V stuff. Everyone else has changed battery designs and left the older tools hang out to dry.

Here's a comparison of chargers. It's not completely up to date as it doesn't show the newer wall wart charger they put in a lot of these sets.
http://toolboyworld.com/eBay/Ryobi_Chargers.htm

[Grateful11]

Ombligo wrote:
[quote=RAMd®d]
I've got some Ryobi One+ kit and need some batteries.

No need to wait for the $99 sale -- https://smile.amazon.com/LITHIUM-Battery...B07TYHLNH7
There's no free tool with that battery kit. There will be sometime this week at Home Depot. A few HD's across the country have already started Ryobi Days but not all yet. I've still got one of those kits still sealed in the box as I have about 8-10 batteries already, might sell it.

[Ombligo]

Reading through, this isn't my fathers tool list... no suggestion of Skil, Craftsman, or Black & Decker. It wasn't that long ago when those were the goto brands for home us.

[C(-)ris]

Milwaukee hands down. I have a set of a half a dozen Fuel tools for work. They are AMAZING.

I also have a ton of Ryobi 18V tools at home. You can't beat the price or the sheer number of different tools Ryobi has, but the quality, battery life, and power is only fair at best. Doing a basement remodel and the Ryobi isn't up to the task. They work fine for occasional work, but if you have a large project go with the Milwaukee.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....threads about tools.....and bidets......get the most responses..........

[steve...]

Thanks for all the great comments.

I'll be near a Home Depot and Lowes in Oregon on Thursday and can avoid the 7.5% CA sales tax. Hopefully there will be a good buy when I'm there.

That Milwaukee 12v brushless drill sounds great. Do you think It would be OK on my backyard studio/office that I'm going to build? I don't know about "brushless" but they must be better since they cost more. Lots of choices and I'll need to watch my budget also.

My 12V drill is a Craftsman Nextec model and I have the matching impact wrench and two batteries also. It's been great for several years but lately seems to have trouble with what should be easy driving and it's also making a strange noise.

[lost in space]

modelamac wrote:
Festool

Indeed, if you have the $. Nothing touches their stuff.

I like my 12V Milwaukee for small jobs

[deckeda]

The batteries always die first for me. Next round, I’ll trying buying Ridgid at a HD store for the lifetime warranty on batteries.

I have a little Hitachi 20v I really like. Except for dying batteries.

[Paul F.]

A buddy of mine is a contractor, and I listened very carefully to his advice....
He uses a mix of DeWalt and Milwaukee cordless tools. His "heavy use" tools are Milwaukee, except for a few that are DeWalt because Milwaukee's offering in that tool don't quite fit his work habits, or they take a different battery. He's big on as few different battery types as possible (which I totally get...).

I bought a set of DeWalt tools (Sawzall, Circular saw, impact driver, and drill), all 20v.
Single best tool investment I've ever made except maybe my metal lathe.

If I was looking to replace 'em all, I might go with Milwaukee, because since I bought the DeWalts, my friend has raised his opinion of the Milwaukee tools.... I gathered his mentor had some problems with early generations of their cordless tools, which kept my friend away from them. The current generation are worlds better. Hey, let's face it, the early generations of MOST cordless tools kinda sucked!

[C(-)ris]

Paul F. wrote:
A buddy of mine is a contractor, and I listened very carefully to his advice....
He uses a mix of DeWalt and Milwaukee cordless tools. His "heavy use" tools are Milwaukee, except for a few that are DeWalt because Milwaukee's offering in that tool don't quite fit his work habits, or they take a different battery. He's big on as few different battery types as possible (which I totally get...).

I bought a set of DeWalt tools (Sawzall, Circular saw, impact driver, and drill), all 20v.
Single best tool investment I've ever made except maybe my metal lathe.

If I was looking to replace 'em all, I might go with Milwaukee, because since I bought the DeWalts, my friend has raised his opinion of the Milwaukee tools.... I gathered his mentor had some problems with early generations of their cordless tools, which kept my friend away from them. The current generation are worlds better. Hey, let's face it, the early generations of MOST cordless tools kinda sucked!

I had the Dewalt 20V still and sold it to get Ryobi Set when I needed a nail gun. The Ryobi drill wasn’t as nice, but the cordless nailer is great. The Milwaukee Fuel is better than the DeWalt by a lot.