here is some free and unsolicited advice. agree/disagree?

situations you will want a cordless drill:

  • you are working where there is not guaranteed convenient electricity available
  • you need to be extremely mobile and a cord would be hazardous or very inconvenient
  • wet environments? idk

examples: rough construction, outdoors, drywall racing

benefits of a corded drill:

  • no batteries to charge
  • no batteries that can be stolen
  • no batteries you can lose or break
  • no need to plan around charging batteries
  • no batteries which allow the manufacturer to twist your arm into buying a new device when the old one works just fine; less susceptible to planned obsolescence
  • no batteries to weigh the tool down: lighter and more comfortable to use the tool and better balance
  • tool is smaller and easier to use in cramped situations
  • don't need a case, charger, extra batteries or other junk
  • one less thing to go wrong; more repairable if it does
  • more powerful

you are in a comm called "DIY" = you are probably always working near a power outlet and not going very far. consider a corded drill instead of mindlessly going cordless.

Make sure you get a decent extension cord. I used heatshink tubing to add an extra 6ft to my cord, that makes it long enough for many applications. Sometimes I tie on an extra one.

    • glans [it/its]
      hexagon
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      7 months ago

      Having wireless stuff in your home is very weird. You're gonna have to charge it eventually.... Just figure out how to run an extension cord so it's not in the way. semi-excepting stuff you wear on your body like headphones as you may want to move around I guess. but personally I only got into wireless headphones because my phone battery was so shitty I had to charge it all the time.

      lately i've been plugging my laptop into ethernet because I am having some wifi problem I'm too lazy to fix... it's fine. ethernet is fine.

      it's like 2005 over here.

        • glans [it/its]
          hexagon
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          7 months ago

          what kind of chromecast type thing do you have? I had one of the older chromecasts and I really liked except for the part where you have to sign in to google for some reason to set it up. so I gave it away.

          I was thinking of getting a $10 miracast device on aliexpress. they run some kind of android but I haven't looked to see if they can be flashed with totally open source android.