Some regard the Panasonic batteries as state of the art. If the Panasonic
drill and it's steel chuck are too expensive, you might consider Grizzly.
They came with Panasonic batteries when I gave one to my son last Christmas.
He said it s a good drill.
I use 14.4 volt Dewalt drills myself.
I've read a lot good comments about the PC drills.

"Henry E Schaffer" wrote in message
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Alan wrote:
I'm interested in buying a cordless drill/driver. My recent purchase
of a 12 volt Makita has left a very bad taste in my mouth, the drill
was very cheaply made (not the pro line) and it wouldn't keep a drill
bit or driver tight, no matter what I did. I've returned in under
their 30 day customer satisfaction policy and now I'm shopping again.

I think the Bosch 14.4 Brute-Tough will fit my needs. Any ideas??

I've had a Bosch 12V model for years, and it has performed very well.
However the keyless chuck is somewhat hard to close tightly enough to
drill large holes in steel - i.e. only for the worst cases.

I'm happy enough that I bought a new battery for it, and have just
sent the other one to PrimeCell for rebuilding.
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--henry schaffer