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i"ve had very good luck with hitatchi (from lowes).....one drill motor went out after much abuse and i discovered (by a call to hitatchi usa, not lowes) that they all have a 5 year warranty.
imo makita is nothing like it used to be, i went through 3 makita drills over the past 5 years.......10 years ago i held a different opinion about them.