[TheForge] Cordless drills

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Milwaukee no longer appears to honor it's "guaranteed for life" claim, 
and for good reason as their new stuff doesn't stand up, for me anyway. 
They kept failing long before the brushes were worn and wanted to charge 
big time for repair. My old ones still work fine.
A distinction should be made between consumer grade tools and industrial 
tools. The former won't last under our dainty mitts for very long..
With any tool, how far you drop them onto what surface and what part 
hits first matters for some reason....i speak from experience 
unfortunately......Pete F

The Millers wrote:

> Most of the construction tradesmen I work around swear by Milwaukee, 
> Porter Cable or Metabo.
>
> I had an old Makita that was semi-indestructable, and currently have a 
> couple of DeWalts.
>
> Or if you want to make a habit of being hard on them go the Central 
> Electric route...........just kidding..
>
> Ray
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 26, 2005, at 02:55  PM, Kevin D wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> My cordless Dewalt drill took a three foot fall (on concrete) 
>> yesterday and
>> just pretzelled something bad.  I recall seeing some add for a brand 
>> that
>> was dropped from 12? feet and still useable.  Anybody remembers who that
>> might be, or have some recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks, Kevin Donahoe
>>
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