My wife and I are finishing a shell we had built. Doing everything from
electrical, HVAC to cabinets and the deck. When this project started I had
an 18V Ryobi which had served me well for several years prior to this
"little" project. Of all things, the charger for it died. I decided to
replace it with the 18V Milwaukee and I have been very pleased. I compared
the Milwaukee and Bosch tools in two different stores and the chuck on the
Milwaukee in both cases was MUCH smoother than the Bosch. For me, the
Milwaukee just felt better in my hand. YMMV. In the last couple weeks we
built the deck which is cedar - not exactly the hardest of woods. This
drill could easily put the 3 1/2" deck screws clear through the 2x6 floor
boards if I would let it. Another thing I like is the feel of the trigger.
Makes starting screws one-handed in akward positions very easy. A final
thing I liked was that the high speed of the Milwaukee was a little higher
rpm than most other drills in this category. Comes in handy for certain
drilling applications. On the negative side (if you count this as a
negative) it nearly took my wrist off when drilling through some
exceptionally tuff material and catching on a knot. I don't expect to have
to buy another cordless drill for a very long time.

Just my $0.02

Bob


"Thomas Bunetta" wrote in message
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Just for added confusion I like my 19.2 Porter Cable!
Tom
"Ollie" wrote in message
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"Ollie" wrote in message
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Any strong pros or cons between these two tools?


Wow - mainly pros for the tools that people have. That is not making my
choice easier. Recently I have seen quite positive statements about
Panasonic. And, the Hitachi looks good on paper.

I had my 12V Skil for 10 years and it was reasonable, except the battery
life was quite poor. I was leaning towards 18V, but perhaps there could
be
smaller and lighter 14.4V models that would in practice do all the
things
than the 18V models.

First I had only two alternatives, but now there are 8 permutations - or
perhaps even more if the low cost Grizzly is a realistic alternative.

What would you do?