I should have known.........

Goose · Dec 25, 2013

My main cordless drill is a Ryobi with a matching cordless circular saw.

But, I do like to have a couple of cheaper ones around 'cause sometimes when I'm working in my shop I'll have a drill bit in one, a socket in another, and a Phillips bit in still another.

About a month ago, my wife and I were in Menard's and happened to see a display of cordless drills. I commented that I had a couple that the batteries were going kaput in and I couldn't find replacement batteries, and we walked on.

About a week ago, I was in Menard's and saw they had the drills on sale, so I bought two. Then last night when we were opening gifts, I found out my wife gave me three more.

But--since I'm in a transition between two shops, I can keep one at the house and two in each shop. They'll all be put to good use.

wvfarmboy54 · Dec 25, 2013

cool 5 beats none merry christmas

HenryO · Dec 25, 2013

Harbor frieght sells an 18 volt(?) cordless for 15-16 dollars amd spare batteries for 14$ so I have them all over the place. some are getting to be four years old and still going strong. Not a real b-ll buster and sort of light but they do the job.

Greg K · Dec 25, 2013

Sweet! If it was me I still wouldn't be able to find one when I needed it lol.

fixerupper · Dec 25, 2013

A couple in the house is better than a couple of trips to the shop across a sloppy/snowy yard to get the dirt encrusted shop drill or drills. Just did that this morning. Jim

Chuck (CA) · Dec 25, 2013

It's tape measures and hammers for me.

ShadetreeRet · Dec 25, 2013

A man can never have too many tools!

Teakettle · Dec 25, 2013

No such thing as too many cordless drills, especially if they all use the same batteries. We have five scattered among house, barn, and shop. Not having to go out to the shop at night when it's snowing or when it's mud season makes up for having to keep all the things recharged. I've found it's a good idea to keep a good-quality socket wrench set in each of the places we park a drill, too.

Which raises the question of how many places do people keep sets of tools? Besides one in each car or truck (and in tractor tool boxes too), we have tool boxes in the shop, in the barn, in the basement, in the kitchen pantry, and on the 3rd floor ('cause sometimes I don't feel like going down two or three flights of stairs and back when some bit of plumbing or wiring upstairs needs tweaking).

Ken Macfarlane · Dec 25, 2013

We cleaned the house and shop and counted at least 15 tape measures - a year later I was out in the shop and had to use the 4 ft level to measure no clue where they all have gone

I should have known.........

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