I have the drill combo listed below. I bought it brand new and never used from Turtlewood less than a year ago for a very good price. No complaints there. The issue I do have is the batteries. About 3 months or so after getting it and using it very little, one of the batteries went bad. That is the pits, but I figured it is what it is, so I bought a new one off of Ebay for about $45. Now, another one has gone bad. Not sure if it is an original or one of the replacements, but geez..... I have 2 nicad drills and the batteries lasted for a few years before they got weak. Even weak, you could still try to charge them, but these Makita batteries will not charge at all.
I searched around some, and it appears there are quite a few people that have had issues with the batteries. There was some rumblings of "bad batches", but nothing confirmed.....
It is a good drill, light, powerful, but I am not amenable to spending $50 or so every six months on batteries. Anyone else have this drill or driver or use the BL1815 batteries? Any feedback good or bad????
http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hard...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
I searched around some, and it appears there are quite a few people that have had issues with the batteries. There was some rumblings of "bad batches", but nothing confirmed.....
It is a good drill, light, powerful, but I am not amenable to spending $50 or so every six months on batteries. Anyone else have this drill or driver or use the BL1815 batteries? Any feedback good or bad????
http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hard...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053