<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Rememebr you're buying a platform unless you're from another planet and will only ever buy the drill :-)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For home maintenance hobbyist car stuff the Ryobi will be fine. For "I'm putting an addition on my house" then I like DeWalt 20v stuff. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ryobi had a 4" or so circular saw an ex lent me and it was great for cutting cedar shingles while on a pitched roof. Anything heavier/stronger would have been unusable. Ryobi also has a line of garden tools that might share a battery platform. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">jim<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 2, 2023, at 3:20 PM, john <<a href="mailto:jniolon@att.net" class="">jniolon@att.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class=""></font><font face="Segoe UI" class="">what is the consensus on a decent cordless drill for a homeowner/shop tinkerer/classic truck owner.</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">I finally let the smoke out of it (literally) yesterday and the torque setting ring is just about stripped...yea I overworked it</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">the internet likes the Dewalt 20v DCD771C2) for around a hundred bucks and that's pretty much in my budget. It seems that Dewalt has</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">at least 576 models of 1/2" drill depending on whats included and what month it is.</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">Won't be used daily and certainly not trades type work...Just an above average shop guy at home</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dewalt-DCD771C2-Cordless-Lithium-Ion-Compact/dp/B00ET5VMTU?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1" class="">https://www.amazon.com/Dewalt-DCD771C2-Cordless-Lithium-Ion-Compact/dp/B00ET5VMTU?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1</a> </font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">you recommendations are always appreciated but keep them under 150.00 don't need all the included gizmos and bits and screwdrivers and carrying case...just a basic drill/charger and a</font></div>
<div class=""><font face="Segoe UI" class="">couple of batteries</font></div>
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