"Mike Dodd" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:


Why choose dewalt when they are just up rated B&D?


I've owned a B&D and now a Dewalt. I can assure you from real life
experience, the two are very, very different beasts.



They aren't that different, I could fit my B&D batteries to a Dewalt by
filing a couple of notches (not all of course as they use different shapes
on some drills).
Likewise I have cut the wings off to make batteries fit the B&D firestorm
drill (its light and it has the best hammer action of my drills not that I
use hammer since I bought the Bosh multi construction bits and the chuck
works. Maybe I am a DIY person that doesn't wear out a drill in three
weeks?).

When you start taking stuff apart you would be amazed at how much is common
between brands.
Its like laser printers.. many are the same with different bits of plastic
attached to stop them being interchangeable.
I have also cut bits off cartridges to make them fit too.
This is a DIY group. ;-)