Cordless Hammer Drills

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John Valdes

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Has anyone had any experience with cordless hammer drills. Not impact drivers. I would use this only for small jobs like conduit and boxes. I saw one at Sears for $74.00. It is 1/2" chuck, 8.0 amp motor.

Thanks for any feedback.......John
 
John Valdes said:
Has anyone had any experience with cordless hammer drills. Not impact drivers. I would use this only for small jobs like conduit and boxes. I saw one at Sears for $74.00. It is 1/2" chuck, 8.0 amp motor.

Thanks for any feedback.......John

8.0 amp motor for cordless ?? but with that much rating that is typically i did see that on corded verison all the time

what voltage that cordless you are talking about ?? if that is true .,, however i have 18 v yellow hammerdrill it been pretty good for me for quite a while but have to rebuild the chuck bearing/bushing area once due i been drilling it alot and got my money worth on that one.

Merci,Marc
 

brantmacga

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i have a ryobi cordless hammer drill. the drill is fine, the batteries won't hold up though for masonry work. typically i can get less than 15 minutes of actual drilling time out of it with a full charge. for hammer drills, i use a 120v milwaukee hammer drill.
 

Bob Kraemer

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John Valdes said:
Has anyone had any experience with cordless hammer drills. Not impact drivers. I would use this only for small jobs like conduit and boxes. I saw one at Sears for $74.00. It is 1/2" chuck, 8.0 amp motor.

Thanks for any feedback.......John
If that is the 19.2 volt version I wouldn't recomened it. I have that drill. I bought it before I bought a Makita 18 volt lithium ion battery combo set. I bought the Makita setup because I didn't like the Craftsman battery drill.
I only use the Craftsman hammer drill as a back up & home use.
 

jerm

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Tulsa, Ok
I've been really happy with my dewalt 18v cordless hammerdrill, and the batteries interchange with my saw and radio... ;)
 

blueheels2

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Raleigh, NC
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Electrical contractor
I have a 18 volt Dewalt and it works well. The only problems I have are withe really hard concrete. It does well on all other applications.
 

chris kennedy

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Miami Fla.
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60 yr old tool twisting electrician
I'm very happy with this. It's heavy and pricey, not very good as a screw gun, but drills and drives tapcons on one battery all day like a champ.
 

iwire

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jerm said:
I've been really happy with my dewalt 18v cordless hammerdrill, and the batteries interchange with my saw and radio... ;)

Yes, same here I have a DeWalt SDS 18 V Hammer drill and have been very impressed with it.
 

Ed Carr

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Location
way upstate NY
Makita 18v lithium ion for me-like it alot
good power pretty fast battery recovery
and fairly light
BTW guys I have found some great deals on ebay
for the bare tool only.Just replaced my old broke
Makita for $90.Probably would have cost $60-70
for a repair!
 

wireman71

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Used a Dewalt Cordless 18V hammer drill quite a bit. Seems pretty nice and if you already have the batteries you can probably find a good deal on one on ebay without bats.
 

c2500

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South Carolina
I have a few of the Dewalts. The long neck hammer (6 years old), the regular hammer (model 925) and the Nano hammer (replaced another 925 that was stolen) . I am not impressed at all with the Nano. I don't think the lithium ions last as long as the NiCd's.
As a whole, they work fine but tend to eat batteries when drilling big holes. They also take alot longer to drill when compared to a corded one.

If you have an SDS already, I'd suggest buying the Dewalt SDS cordless so you can use all the bits (they have it in a few battery types I think).

c2500
 

fishin' electrician

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Connecticut
Probably more than you're looking for but the Hilti TE-6A is the cat's backside.
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Buck Parrish

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NC & IN
I am a "Makita" guy. The cordless 18 volt hammer drill is great. I have three and the cordless saw saw, and radio. too. All the batteries are interchangeable.
My helpers use dewalt. I would not go less then 18 volt on either.
Look on ebay.
 

Bob Kraemer

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Ohio
Hey M.D.
I like your signature line (Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, ...."This is going to take more than one night.".) laughed my a$$ off. :grin:
Sorry for the derail gents, I now return you to your regularly scheduled programing.
 

Jim W in Tampa

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Tampa Florida
For what i have spent on Ryobi in last 4 years i could have ownd a set of dewalt.Last draw was #4 ryobi hammer drill 18 volt .Home depot wanted $69 just for drill and Rigid was $198 for drill ,2 bat ,charger and fantastic bag.Will never ever bhuy any more ryobi garbage
 

rexowner

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San Jose, CA
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Electrician
M. D. said:
I got this with [Milwaukee] two batteries a charger and a sawsall for $365.00 ,..Love them both.

I am also very happy with the Milwaukee. The metal-cutting
circular saw is also great for cutting pipe quick and straight.

I was thinking about the V28 right-angle drill.
http://www.milwaukeeconnect.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_27_40028_-1_735043_192147_192137

I have a corded milwaukee right angle, so I don't know
if it's worth the $$$ for the cordless for the
extra convenience.

Have you seen or considered the cordless right angle?
 
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