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HomeHome & GardenKitchen & DiningDeWalt DC720KA 18V 1/2" Cordless Drill/Driver Kit |
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 Work Horse Drill Jul 22, 2010
Excellent price, includes 2 batteries, so when one is charging you have the other ready to use.
Doing home renovations this summer has been the perfect tool for any job we needed it for.
Worth every penny and then some.
Awesome Service Jul 21, 2010
I had to cancel my order on this product in the last minute, and the salesperson was exceptionally considerate. He was able to cancel the order right before it was shipped and refunded my payment. I am certain that the product would have been as excellent as the customer service.
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 over paid by $65.00 @ amazon Jun 24, 2010
The drill is nice - but I paid $164.oo and now I can get the same drill for $99. I paid way to much at amazon.com
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 Lots of torque and excellent chuck Jun 23, 2010
There are few things more frustrating than to be drilling away and all of a sudden find yourself making no headway because the chuck has loosened up. Even worse is when you are up on a ladder and the bit falls out of the chuck and down to the ground. This is a common occurrence with the Makita and Milwaukee and in particular the Hitachi drills we use but never with the DeWalt drills.
We started out with the NiCad and they work well but you only get a 1-year warranty on the batteries so we have found it less expensive in the long run to buy the 20 volt lithium-ion battery powered version of this drill, the DeWalt DCD760 (not sold on Amazon but easily found elsewhere). For an extra $40 we can buy the DCD760 with two of the lithium-ion batteries which have a 2-year full warranty from DeWalt - longest provided by anyone.
The clutch is smooth and the adjustments are evenly spaced. Some drills make it hard to make a quick adjustment when you want 30% more or less torque with the clutch setting. The forward and reverse selector is placed where it is easy to find but difficult to press by accident. We have a couple of the Makita 452 compact drills and the selector is much too close and we hit it all the time while drilling and like having the chuck come loose it is a pain to find the drill has stopped drilling and have to stop and figure out what is wrong. The people at Makita on the engineering team in Japan must have small hands or just not realize the size of the average American hand.
This drill has lots of torque and none of the battery overload problems that I find with some lithium-ion drills (Makita and Hitachi in particular). It is a good idea to not make it work any harder than it needs to and avoid old fashioned bi-metal hole saws and selfeed drill bits. With a modern hole cutter the holes can be cut faster and the battery charge lasts a lot longer - win win as they say.
As many others have already realized cordless drills are a great substitute for a cord drill so long as you use modern high efficiency hole cutters as well. We started using the Hole Pro adjustable hole cutters to make 13" holes for solar tubes using 18v cordless drills and now make 6" holes in lumber using the Blue Boar tungsten carbide hole saws which surprises people on the job site the first time they see them in action. After that they want to know where we got them. I tell them Amazon.
HOLE PRO X-425 Kit 1-7/8" to 17" infinitely adjustable Twin Tungsten Carbide Blade Hole Saw Cutter 12" 13" 14" 15" 16" and fractional holes in wood sheetrock plaster plastics MDF cement board. Use ΒΌ torque of hole saw cut twice as fast
BLUE BOAR 4" (102mm) Self-Feed TCT 2-1/4" deep multipurpose Tungsten Carbide hole cutter outperforms self-feed bits & bi-metal hole saws. Cut wood, MDF, OSB, laminates, Hardie & chipboard, plaster, drywall, brick, Formica
The charger is of average size and about 2/3 the size of the Makita chargers which makes it easier to have more than one going at a time. The charger fits neatly into the DeWalt case which is about as crude as they come. DeWalt spends the least amount on designing and manufacturing its cases and it shows. On the other hand they do not cut corners with their drills and this shows as well in their power and durability.
We have lost quite a few Makita 18 volt drills with blown gearboxes and yet not a single Milwaukee or DeWalt drill. The DeWalt gearbox is built like a tank. Not refined but incredibly solid. New patented design and easily the best available. Prefer the 3-speed gearboxes but they are not used on the compact drills. If you do not really need a compact drill and want the most powerful 18 volt drill get the DeWalt DCD760.
We had a lot of problems with Milwaukee's NiCad batteries and Milwaukee was very very slow to issue a recall and start replacing them. After that we tried to get only lithium-ion drills even if they don't produce the same amount of prolonged torque as the Nicads thanks to the overload protection. Glad that DeWalt has at long last started producing some top quality drills with their high capacity XRP lithium-ion batteries.
Something to consider if trying to decide whether to get a drill with NiCad or lithium batteries in addition to the warranty period is the convenience factor if you only use your drill a couple times a month or less. A lithium-ion battery will hold its charge for a month or two so as long as you charge it before putting it away it is likely to have more than enough power for whatever job you have. With a NiCad you will need to remember to charge it the day before you need it.
This compact 18 volt drill is a good compromise between size and power. There are lighter drills you can buy but they are not as well built and they do not provide as much power. Unless all you need is a 12 volt drill this should be the least drill to consider. At the price it is a great buy though I would expect most people to be happier with the DCD760KL version with the lithium-ion batteries.
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dewalt 18 volt drill Jun 12, 2010
dewalt drill has plenty of power,batteries seem to last awhile between charges. I like it alot better than the makita I owned before.
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