Dave wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2012 17:27:45 -0700, Mike M
For me I'm content with
the Dewalt 18 volt for what I'm doing now

Maybe I'm guessing wrongly, but since you've had it awhile, I'm
assuming it uses an XRP battery. Your arm ever get tired holding up
that drill Mike? Mine does with it's XRP battery and I can pretty much
guarantee you with thirty years of pushing my manual wheelchair
around, my arms are NOT weak.

An so, the next question is have you looked at one of the new DeWalt
20v Li-Ion drills with battery? If so, the first thing you would have
noticed is how much smaller the battery is and how much lighter the
drill is. If you did notice, did you say to yourself how nice it might
be to have one of those instead? I sure did.


Did you happen to notice the amperage of that 20v battery Dave? My gun
originally came with the smaller 18v batteries (1.5A or something like
that). They didn't last more than a couple of years before they started
misbehaving. Took them in for warranty replacement and received the 3A
style because they did not have an 1.5A. Huge difference in performance!
Kinda soured me on the smaller batteries.

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-Mike-