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I was a factory rep for Milwaukee for 5 years. Here's my advice. Stick to a quality industrial brand. Dewalt, Milwaukee, Makita, Bosch, etc. Lithium Ion is the only way to go on the batteries. They have a much longer shelf life than nicad. Do not worry about the full charge-drain, memory thing. That is an old wives tale based from the old cell phone batteries. Power tool batteries have never had a memory effect. When you drain them you are just wasting a cycle of battery life. When you are looking to buy. Check the manufacturers web site and local industrial distributors. There is almost always a buy one get one deal going. You buy a tool and mail in for a free bare tool. They will also run a trade in deal from time to time where you can trade in a junk tool for a rebate. $100 off is pretty common. These usually go through local industrial distributors. Keep an eye out. If you can stack these promotions, it can turn out to be a sick deal.