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slownsteady said:
What about data points for durability, battery life, comfort, etc etc, etc.?
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No company tells you their reliability calculations or accelerated life test results.
Highly Accelerated Life Test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Battery discharge time is roughly the amp-hours divided by current draw, but they don't publish avg. current draw, either.
"High drain applications such as power tools may require the battery to be able to supply a current that would drain the battery in 4 minutes if sustained (e.g. 22.5 A for a battery with a capacity of 1.5 A·h)."

The original battery manufacturer [OEM] may tell you the charge/discharge cycles you can expect.
Lithium-ion battery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now that we're talking about it, the real hidden-cost-of-ownership for these tools may be the cost for replacing batteries & chargers.

Whatever they do publish that is important to you - torque, RPM, weight, hp [probably about 1/4 hp], etc., you can plot vs price and see who is competitive and who isn't.
 
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Another addition to the cost of ownership would be replacing parts for small repairs. Not to mention if you ever need extra bits. I recommend Ryobi or DeWALT if your looking for high quality drills with some good batteries.
 
slownsteady said:
I remember Mr. Wizard!!! He was cool!
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I'm too young to remember him. :p
And vacuum tubes! :D
And Ike! :usa:



I had some more thoughts on price vs. performance. The example below is hotel prices vs. number of stars they get.

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Picking by ratios alone you should go with the $34 hotel. But, it's out of the mainstream and the other ratios are not that far off, so you may want to go with more stars. I can't ever see going with the $121 hotel.

Same for drill price vs. performance; use the ratios and the graph to make your choice. Some drills may come out like the $121 hotel; a bad value.
 
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Excellent example! - It's too bad we still have so many people being sucked into the $121 dollar hotel or (Drill) - It's time to use our brains!

Thanks for the comparison Chart Wuzzat! :agree:
 
I recently purchased a Milwaukee 18v LI-ION from HD for $200 if I remember correctly. It definitely holds a punch for power and the LED light helps for bad lighting conditions. It came with 2 batteries and a charger so if one goes, the others waiting to be used, and vice-versa.

I think it would beat a craftsman, makita, or dewalt any day.
 
I go exclusivley now with Millwaukee. Mostly because my old man almost disowned me when I bought an 18v Ryobi Lithium. Made the holidays really freaking miserable.

I do like the Dewalts and hands down it is probably the best bang for the buck. I've never been on a construction site without seeing one sitting around somewhere.

Millwaukee IMO is just really well made, easy to get serviced (In my area), and I have seen them take some horrendous abuse and keep on ticking. I really like the new lithiums and the power meter on them.

The only downside to Old Millwaukee is it's the first tool to get stolen from a job site.

Oh- My Ryobi has worked awesome for the last two years. Especially when I want to rattle the old mans chains....
 
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