Interesting post as I too have struggled with various cordless tool brands . Way back in the day I bought the 7.2V Makita drill/flashlight combo it was very good quality and powerful for its battery size . But replacement batteries at that time were stupid expensive so about 5 years ago I bought a 12V Hitachi drill , worked fine but battery life was horrible and same deal with the batteries . Then bought a 18V Crapsman on clearance with two batteries............. I can see why Sears is in the toilet
. Now to be fair all of these were Nicad batteries . This past Friday I was in H.D. and they were running a promotion on several Rigid brand cordless tools . I bought a drill/torque driver combo with two 18 volt 1.5 amp/hour lithium ion batteries .
But another part of the promotion is you also got two 18 volt 4.0 amp/hour lithium ion batteries as a bonus ( a 99.00 value ) . So in total FOUR batteries and the kit price was $179.00 . And the last extra is Rigid brand has a lifetime warranty which covers the tools , chargers AND the batteries !!! You have to register everything online which I have done . The electrical contractor that wired up my new man cave told me about the warranty . He said he had a switch go bad and he wore out two batteries all replaced for no charge . So I am hoping that these Rigid tools perform as advertised and any issues in the future to be taken care of . Time will tell .
