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.
That makes sense, I was at a hardware place so they just scanned some of the Makita stuff as store use. We were mostly using attachments to remove/put on various things to metal beams so I can’t speak to their quality for anything wood related.
Was it an older one at the pawn? Not to sound like a boomer but tool quality really has plummeted over the years. I have some corded Dewalt stuff my grandpa left me and the new stuff is worse.
In hindsight I was biased because many of the use cases I was using it for were high up or in very awkward positions inside bays.
Yeah, it's a Dewalt, there's a number on the side that starts with 2006.
I'm not going to pretend like I do the most work with it or that my carpentry skills are anywhere near top-notch. But I do like an old tool. And I promise I'm not atavistic or anything, I just like simplified supply chains and appropriate technology.
Simple supply chains are pleasing, none of that just in time shit.