<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><div>On Apr 10, 2016, at 11:52 AM, steve hochschild <<a href="mailto:steve-hochschild@att.net">steve-hochschild@att.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;">How many dead batteries and useless chargers have we all accumulated in our shops, anyway?? Just an alternative opinion, feel free to ignore...</span></blockquote></div><br><div>A valid concern, but I've had my B&D 14.4v drill for at least 20 years. Replaced the batteries once along with the motor, and the batteries are dead again, and the plastic housing is cracked and held together with safety wire. I's day that's a good lifetime.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the timely thread, I'm also in the market. </div><div><br></div><div>jim</div></body></html>