Is this a good deal?

Stan in Oly, WA

Well-known Member
Opened an email from Amazon.com this morning which was an advertisement for a today only sale of a DEWALT 18-volt lithium-ion hammer-drill kit with cordless fluorescent area light for $168. It includes 2 batteries, the charger, and a case. 90 day money back guarantee and 3 year warranty.

The florescent light means nothing to me, so the deal has to be good without counting it. What experience does anyone have with this specific Dewalt drill or other Dewalt 18 volt drills?

Thanks,

Stan
 
If it is the one with the 1/2 inch chuck I have that drill . So far[after a good few years] it has been fine. I sent my wife to the store and she paid 250. I din't realize it was a hammer drill so when I complained she just said " I thought you didn't like cheap tools " . Can't really argue with that. It is good for setting plastic anchors.
 
Hi dr.,

Would you say it is good as a heavy duty, general purpose drill? I have an SDS rotary hammer and a light to medium duty hammer drill already, so that function is not important enough to me that I would be willing to pay much extra for it. Does the hammer function interfere with the normal drill function in any way when you're not using it (the hammer function)?

Stan
 
Stan, It is as good as a non cordless with a good battery. You turn the part behind the chuck for hammer so once it is off hammer it doesn't interfere with use as a screwgun or standard drill.If you don't need the hammer drill then I think you can get one alot cheaper.
 
If you do not need/want the hammer drill or the fluorescent light then it is not a good deal. You can buy just a standard drill for less money. Usually about $125 for just a drill,battery,charger set on sale.
 
Stan,
What model number?
Is it 3/8 or 1/2 inch?
When you compare the price to others, don't forget to add the price of a second battery, which can get expensive.
Tom
 
It is heavy if all you are doing is screwing drywall all day. The hammer does mess with you a little because the chuck moves a little when you press the screw down.
 
I realize that you're providing an estimate, and this is going to take some research on my part, but if you mean $125 for a regular drill with one battery, then another battery would almost surely bring the price right into the $168 range. If that were the case, this this offer would be, by comparison, like getting the hammer function and the florescent light free.

Thanks for the input,

Stan
 
Hello Stan in Oly, WA,

Mine has served me well. Low setting pretty good torque, XPR model with 3 speeds.
Lithium battery is not my choice. Mine is powered by NiCads.

Guido.
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Stan, could you please post the model number. I have looked through Amazon but cant find the one you are talking about. Tom
 
Tom,

I think I may have missed out on it already (with still 7-1/2 hours of the calendar day left here on the west coast). I still have the email from Amazon with the offer, but now when I try to follow it, it doesn't lead to more information about the drill deal. It goes to the next offer which is an occupancy sensing room switch. I also deleted the information about it which I had copied and pasted to a notepad for the purpose of making quicker comparisons on eBay, etc.

My email address is katstan at q dot com. If you change that to a normal email address and email me, I will forward the original Amazon email to you, and you can see whether you have any better luck with it than I've had.

Stan
 
That was my first DeWalt. Got it and one battery and charger, Later on I found GREAT deals on just the tool. A sawsall. A Skilsaw, a vacumm, and the impact wrench. Finally bought two batteries when the one original wore out after 6 yerars of hard use.!
 
I bought a cordless Black and Decker hammer drill, and it works fine as a drill, but the hammer feature is a disappointment. Took quite awhile to do four 1/4" holes in concrete. I had to do some bigger holes for another project, and just rented a commercial grade hammer drill- much better. I think a cordless just doesn't put out enough power to do a good "hammer" job.
 
Hi Mike,

In my opinion, an SDS rotary hammer is one of the (few) really good tools that Harbor Freight sells. Used to cost about $60 on sale. I've used mine for dozens of holes in 50 year old concrete, and put extra hours on it using it to break up concrete where a finer touch than a sledgehammer was needed.

I was so impressed that I bought a second one as a replacement for when the first one wears out, which, it being a Harbor Freight tool, I expected to happen sooner rather than later. But it gives no signs of giving up so far. My backup could be like the backup Milwaukee Sawzall I bought fifteen years ago, figuring that with the decades of hard use I'd gotten out of the first one, it was only a matter of time. Apparently it's more time than I anticipated.

I'm not saying the H/F rotary hammer would stand up to continuous hard use. If that's how a person was going to be using it, they would be better advised to buy a Hilti, or equivalent. But for drilling holes in concrete a few times a year, I'd say this one can't be beat.

Stan
 

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