"Manster" wrote in message
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I have a 12V Porter Cable cordless drill and 2 re-chargeable batteries. I'd say
the unit is approx. 6-8 years old and it has performed well. The batteries are
going kapoot but I use the tool so seldom anymore that I don't warrant a new
drill. I checked for batteries online and the cheapest I found them were $53 +
s&t, putting them around $60.
http://www.realdealtools.com/product...roducts_id=499

I got to wondering about the quality of the Harbor Freight brands (not Makita
or DeWalt) of cordless drills, primarily due to their low prices. I realize
that for the most part one gets what they pay for, but do these $20-$100
drills have much quality to them?
http://tinyurl.com/2n3eep

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

I am guessing that the really cheap units contain really small batteries. i.e.
no real capacity to keep going for a long time. Does anyone have any experience
on this.

There are people out there that rebuild old tool batteries with new "improved"
cells.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...tool+batteries

Bob