Cordless drill help

[superuke]

I need to buy a good cordless drill. One that will put screws through 2 x 4 one that will replace my electric drill. The cordless drills that I have now will nor put screws through 2 x 4 lumber. I bought new batteries 20V but the drills are simply too weak to do the job.
Looking forward to your professional advise.

[Maghunter]

Get a Milwaukee 18v. It will do the job.

[dmcbride]

Get an impact driver.

[gordfishing]

I used Dewalt 20V and always had two batteries
Charging seems to take it's time in my experiences

[ghfalls]

Check out the Kobalt line at Lowe’s. Right now, you get a free 6 amp hour battery with any cordless tool purchase. The batteries are $130. Plus they have great reviews on YouTube.

[calgarygringo]

Lowes has left Canada. Maybe Rona who took them over has the same? Or just go get a Milwaukee 2900 series drill with 12 amp battery and hold on. I use it for ice auger and it will take you for a ride.

Originally Posted by ghfalls

Check out the Kobalt line at Lowe’s. Right now, you get a free 6 amp hour battery with any cordless tool purchase. The batteries are $130. Plus they have great reviews on YouTube.

[Grizzly Adams1]

I'm a De Walt guy myself, they've stopped making 18 v batteries but you can buy an adapter to use the new "20v" batteries, I'm still trying to figure that out. Whatever you chose, best stick with that brand or keeping up with batteries will drive you nuts.

[Maxwell78]

This is not a jab at you by any means. Milwaukee is top of the line, but pricey. If you plan on using these every day. Then go with them. I went with the ridgid subcompact brushless tools. They work for me. I use them occasionally. I bought them for their warranty. The batteries are also lifetime warranty. In my case, the batteries will rust out before I wear them out. When they do. I just get another. Thats why I went with ridgid.

[pikergolf]

Originally Posted by Maxwell78

This is not a jab at you by any means. Milwaukee is top of the line, but pricey. If you plan on using these every day. Then go with them. I went with the ridgid subcompact brushless tools. They work for me. I use them occasionally. I bought them for their warranty. The batteries are also lifetime warranty. In my case, the batteries will rust out before I wear them out. When they do. I just get another. Thats why I went with ridgid.

I too bought the Rigid subcompact brushless, for the home owner it is more than adequate, really good non commercial tools. Warranty is why I ended up there as well.

[Tungsten,]

Drills are for drilling,impacts are for screws.
I think all brands are pretty good now except of course Canadian Tire brand or Princess Auto etc.

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by Maxwell78

This is not a jab at you by any means. Milwaukee is top of the line, but pricey. If you plan on using these every day. Then go with them. I went with the ridgid subcompact brushless tools. They work for me. I use them occasionally. I bought them for their warranty. The batteries are also lifetime warranty. In my case, the batteries will rust out before I wear them out. When they do. I just get another. Thats why I went with ridgid.

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THIS. Milwaukee is definitely top of the heap for pros or serious amateurs. For the rest of us, Maxwell is spot on with Rigid as they guarantee their batteries forever and that is usually what craps out on the cordless tools.i originally bought Makita. Good tools but replacement batteries cost more than the new tool with a battery. Have been switching to Rigid as the batteries go bad because it is cheaper to buy new Rigid than just a new Makita battery.

[Tungsten,]

Originally Posted by Dean2

^^^^^^^^
THIS. Milwaukee is definitely top of the heap for pros or serious amateurs. For the rest of us, Maxwell is spot on with Rigid as they guarantee their batteries forever and that is usually what craps out on the cordless tools.i originally bought Makita. Good tools but replacement batteries cost more than the new tool with a battery. Have been switching to Rigid as the batteries go bad because it is cheaper to buy new Rigid than just a new Makita battery.

KMS tools in Calgary, Makita 3ahr 18v are usually $70-$80When on sale which is quite often.All of mine have come from there.Used daily, no issues.

[stob]

Originally Posted by Maghunter

Get a Milwaukee 18v. It will do the job.

X2 ... buy once cry once

[6.5 shooter]

I have DeWalt and they work just fine. I have the older style (18v) with the 20v adaptors as well as the newer models with 20v batteries. I like to use the impacts/hammer drill for driving screws.

Only warranty issue I've had was with my 8"chainsaw/ trimmer. It cost me $30 bucks to send it in for warranty work in Edmonton (shipping). They replaced both the motor and the trigger so I am pretty happy with that as well.
Look for batteries on sale but be mindful of the knock offs as they are not as good as the real deal.

[sewerrat]

I have Ridged, I bought them because they have the best warranty.
Even on their batteries.

[Tungsten,]

With Dewalt I know you have to check model numbers,the home depo drill driver kit will be slightly different \ cheaper then from say Calgary Fasteners .
Not sure if Milwaukee is the same.

[Moe]

I've been using the Canadian Tire brand, 20V for years now. Plenty powerful and batteries are really standing up. I put up fences and a flower box of 6 X 6 pumping in some big lag bolts. No problem

[Okotok]

Milwaukee is decent /Chinese made stuff. Bosch and Makita are my choices even though there are plenty of Pacific rim parts. Dewalt has failed for me more than once so am disillusioned.

[dewalt18]

I run dewalt, always have and haven’t found something that’s better enough for me to make the switch. My current set up includes (all 20v) Impact & drill combo, 4.5” angle grinder, sawzall, hand held bandsaw, and hammer drill (like real hammer drill for professional use in concrete, not a drill with hammer feature). These tools are worked professionally in the HVAC trade. Around home I have a second set of impact and drill, jigsaw, 5” RO sander, leaf blower and weed whipper.

For the drill and impact combo, I legit buy the Canadian tire package, goes on sale for about $180 a few times a year. Abused daily impacts last me about 3 years, I’ve never burned out a drill, nor have I ever had a battery fail on me, can’t even count how many I currently have, but it would likely be over 20.


The point of my long winded story, is my screen name should have been ryobi lol

[bezzola]

Go with the Milwaukee dual kit it comes on sale all the time from kmc
The 18v brushless drill and the driver

[W921]

Originally Posted by superuke

I need to buy a good cordless drill. One that will put screws through 2 x 4 one that will replace my electric drill. The cordless drills that I have now will nor put screws through 2 x 4 lumber. I bought new batteries 20V but the drills are simply too weak to do the job.
Looking forward to your professional advise.

Is there a clutch on the drill that you can adjust? Any drill should drive a screw through a two by four.
Clutch should be numbers on the drill chuck. Not the speed of drill but the clutch on the chuck

[KC1]

Just bought a Milwaukee cordless screwdriver with a 12 v,6a battery
Battery is more expensive than the driver, but they sure last a long time
So far, so good

[TrollGRG]

Originally Posted by superuke

I need to buy a good cordless drill. One that will put screws through 2 x 4 one that will replace my electric drill. The cordless drills that I have now will nor put screws through 2 x 4 lumber. I bought new batteries 20V but the drills are simply too weak to do the job.
Looking forward to your professional advise.

Here you go...

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by TrollGRG

Here you go...

Hey, that's the one I use as well!