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You work,you need a drill to do your job.THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT DRILLIt doesn't have a power,battery running time is amazingly low.I'm doing carpentry for living and this tool is resting in my basement for last six months,after 2 days on the job site.
It is reasonably light too, for the amount of driving power it offers. The two sets were what the neighbor got to replace my old drill. I'll pick up another set. The drill worked well for driving screws. On the plus side, a new pair is only $26 at WalMart. I went through the first pair, put them in the charger and used up the second set before the first was fully charged. I loaned my cordless to a neighbor and he lost it.
I spent the weekend building a foundation for a greenhouse and put up some fencing around the new building. I even joined 4x4's with 5 1/2" screws without pre-drilling. Since he couldn't find the same brand locally (Hitachi) he bought me the Black and Decker VPX1212 to replace it. That's the cheapest I've seen for any cordless drill batteries.Oh, my wife thinks the three color design looks like it was done by Nike. I'm satisfied. This baby has serious torque, as much as my middle aged wrists can handle.The drill seems well made and well balanced. She has a point; though I like the small amount of orange, enough to find the drill easily but not obnoxious.
The only down side is how fast I use up batteries.
Oh, don't do any flashing -- just go from steady yellow to green.In the future I would like to see some form of optical leveling assistant that would tell me the drill is in perfect vertical or horiz. I like the auto (keyless) chuck and the clutch. Using the drill for allaround tasks about the house. There is a funny noise when the drill starts to spin up, which I actually got to like as I have some feedback when the drill starts to go as you keep squeezing the trigger.One thing I dislike very much are the lights on the charger (I know this is a drill review but the charger is part of the "family.") The lights (LEDs) are bright red and they flash during charging as if something bad is about to happen. position. Okay, so the Chinese like red but that's not the case here.
This new technology drill has plenty of power at a reasonable price. I've only used it a couple of times so far, but I'm very pleased with it, and with the service I received from Amazon.
I depleted the batteries, allowed them to cool (they were just a little warm), placed them in the charger, and they have not yet recharged some 4 hours later. It is all contained in the unit, and all drills spark, but this seemed out of the ordinary. The 1212X comes with one set of batteries, so there is no using the drill when the batteries charge. I bought the VPX1212x and ran it through its paces. Run time was reasonable, able to drive as many 3" screws as my Makita - about 90. I was rather alarmed by a visible spark when I released the trigger in low gear. With my Makita I can recharge one battery pack with using the other battery (1-hour charger), and unless I am building a deck I have never out-paced the charger. By the time one would buy a second set of batteries to increase the drill's run time one might be better off with a stronger tool.
The drill felt like it had a little more torque than the drill it is replacing, my trusty Makita 12v NiMH. The performance was even more questionable when I ran the drill in high gear - the drill would stop with an unpleasantly loud metallic clank as the drill stopped quickly. Bottom line, I can see this drill being used effectively for light duty applications but it does not appear to be a workhorse.Jim All this has me questioning the designed life-span of the tool, and I do not perceive that this unit is intended for more than infrequent use for lighter-duty jobs.Another problem I have with the drill is the charger.
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