On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:17:08 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:04:07 -0600, the infamous Steve Ackman
scrawled the following:

In , on Wed, 26 Aug 2009
06:10:42 -0700, Larry Jaques, novalidaddress@di wrote:

I would have but the investment for a new charger to go with it was
the killer. Hell, I only paid $100 for the Ryobi kit (drill motor,
5-1/4" circular saw motor, 2 batts, charger, and a case.)

I went in to HD a couple months ago for the one and
only purpose of buying two new Ryobi 18v batteries.
The package you cite above (but replace case with tool
bag) was on sale that day for $89. So, $59 for two
batteries, or an extra $30 for a drill motor, saw, and
charger? Do you even have to ask? Not like I *needed*
an extra drill but the chuck jaws on the old one are a
bit uneven, so another one wasn't *exactly* redundant.
;-)

Cool. I just wish the batteries lasted better in the little saws.
they are handy for paneling, but two cuts kills 'em. (14.4v, are the
18v any better?)

The DeWalt 18V XLR (2.4 AH) tools are beefy enough to do real work
with. I've been beating on an original 18V 4-pack for 10-plus years,
no failures. (Well, the batteries flake out after a few hundred
cycles, but that is normal.) The drill has a crack in the casing that
might be a problem eventually.

The drill's motor has been replaced once because the brush holders
flat-out melted - then again, they make no claims on swinging anything
near as big as a 1" Ship Augur bit or a 1-1/2" Selfeed wood bit - but
it does it without complaint.

(Gets rather warm if you do more than one at a time, though...)

And most important, DeWalt has a wide selection of tools that all
take the same batteries. You don't need to bring a dozen different
batteries and a half-dozen different chargers to do one job.

-- Bruce --