Ingersoll Rand IQv battery question

[e34john]

What I wanna check out is Metabo.

Supposed to be the best in the world, dunno.

Never ever even seen one piece.

I was looking at those online and was thinking of getting my dad one of their cordless drills. I probably will with my next paycheck, his birthday is next month. Fan cooled battery chargers, batteries with charge level guages, made in Germany, cool stuff.

[StereoInstaller1]

I was looking at those online and was thinking of getting my dad one of their cordless drills. I probably will with my next paycheck, his birthday is next month. Fan cooled battery chargers, batteries with charge level guages, made in Germany, cool stuff.

Yeah, seems to be the BMW of cordless shit.

i-screw?

[parkerbink]

My IR charger covers all of their batteries, 7.? to 19.2 and has a fan, it also does "renew" whatever that is.

I have been using the ratchet with no problem all weekend. Liking it!

[Atreus]

craftsman drills are bad? i saw a 19.x volt, and it looked nice, but i don't know enough about that kind of stuff.

[nando]

I don't know if they are bad but I doubt they are good

never seen any professional use a craftsman power tool.

spend the money on something decent, you won't regret it.

[e34john]

craftsman drills are bad? i saw a 19.x volt, and it looked nice, but i don't know enough about that kind of stuff.

Will work fine for the average guy building junk at home. We had the 19.2 and 14.4. They both lasted probably 5 years or so and I abuse the ones we had, so for the price not too bad and replacement batteries are cheap I think somewhere around 50 bucks for 2 if you get the Diehards, thats less than half of what Dewalts cost.

[b*saint]

a 14.4v 3/4" impact? 3/4" is a huge ass socket. The smallest average socket for 3/4" drive is 7/8" (21-22mm or so). Im suprised they only give you 14.4 volts. Must be a deep cycle battery.

[delatlanta1281]

. DeWalt FTW!!!1!

Made in mexico and china. Just like every other power tool besides Bosch. Buy Makita or Bosch. End of discussion
Let me break it down for you guys
Metabo is owned by TTI/One world, they also manufacture Ryobi , Ridgid Power Tools, Crafsman, and Miluwakee.
Dewalt is crap,
Bosch still makes their own stuff
Hitachi makes their stuff, along with some Lowes stuff
Makita makes their own stuff,
Hilti makes their own stuff.
Out of these I would choose Makita and Bosch. I own both Dewalt and Ridgid, my people are given the choice of what to use, and the ones that use Bosch and Makita never have any problems, the ones that use Dewalt end up replacing in @ 1.5 years at their expense, and the ones that use ridgid have less problems but also end up replacing (for free, lifetime warranty) within 4 years.
This is the way it has always been.
The perception that Dewalt is a reliable cordless tool company comes from only one thing, it's marketing. Many marketing strategies are modeled after Dewalt's in the mid to late 90s. Perception of quality and brand recognition are the two things that made Dewalt what it is today.

[b*saint]

I say Panasonic. Best drill I have ever own when I was doing contracting work.

[e34john]

I say Panasonic. Best drill I have ever own when I was doing contracting work.

My friend always recommends Panasonic, he used to be a cabinet maker. They don't cost as much as the other high end brands but I've never got to mess around with one.

[mrsleeve]

Panasonics are huge POS's they used to make all that crappy craftsman stuff

[b*saint]

Panasonics are huge POS's they used to make all that crappy craftsman stuff

Youre fucking kidding me right? You obviously have never owned one. Or if you have it was the cheapo department store line. You could only buy Panasonics in specialty wood shop stores around here. Every drill Ive owned has fucked itself except for the Panasonic. The chuck is awesome. The batteries are awesome (NiMH not shitty NiCads.) The clutch is awesome. Ive taken mine part to clean it. Metal gears where they need them. When I turn on a dewalt it smells like plastic burning. When I look at a Hitachi it looks like a toy. No to Skill. No to Craftsman. No Milwaukee and Porter Cable. Ryobi are good value for a house owner. Makita and is my only other choices. When my Dad built yachts at Hinckley Yacht Co. all the master carpenters swore by those 9.6v long battery makitas.

[nando]

NiMH - LOL

come back after you've used a few Li-ion drills. ;)

[delatlanta1281]

NiMH - LOL

come back after you've used a few Li-ion drills. ;)

QFT
No charge memory, and the same tourque until the battery dies.

[416stroker]

Youre fucking kidding me right? You obviously have never owned one. Or if you have it was the cheapo department store line. You could only buy Panasonics in specialty wood shop stores around here. Every drill Ive owned has fucked itself except for the Panasonic. The chuck is awesome. The batteries are awesome (NiMH not shitty NiCads.) The clutch is awesome. Ive taken mine part to clean it. Metal gears where they need them. When I turn on a dewalt it smells like plastic burning. When I look at a Hitachi it looks like a toy. No to Skill. No to Craftsman. No Milwaukee and Porter Cable. Ryobi are good value for a house owner. Makita and is my only other choices. When my Dad built yachts at Hinckley Yacht Co. all the master carpenters swore by those 9.6v long battery makitas.

carpenters LOL they dont even use there tools hard.
Pansonic Ive never seen anyone use on in my life. If you walk on a comercial job site everyone has makita LIthiums.