DaMaN
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My Dad's birthday is coming up and am looking for suggestions. He has no other battery operated tools so he has no loyalty to any brand due to other tools / chargers. Suggestions?
Battery Operated Hammer Drill
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Well I am going off what I have, and I have a milwaukee v28 1/2inch and I love it, I bought the set and the blow mold cases. If that is two much money, I have used the ryobi it had a metal jacobs chuck and worked fine for 18v. Just depends how much you want to spend, but the milwaukee has a great 5 year warranty.
Do a search on here, someone said the warranty is ****, as they don't replace a failing battery, just a bad one. So if it only holds a small charge, they might not fix it. Milwakee is also lithium ion, and the batteries are covered also.
boiler7904
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If he doesn't have other cordless tools, I'd be looking at a corded drill. In any case, it's hard to go wrong with Makita, Milwaukee, and Bosch tools. DeWalt and Hitachi would be other decent choices.
Moose-LandTran
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I'd go with a DeWalt, those things are rugged and take a beating. I'm looking for an 18v hammer for myself, they're excellent tools.
I have a DeWalt DC 988 18 volt hammer drill. I have had it for two years and have used the helll out of it. Drilled about thirty 1/2" anchor bolt holes in a hard 50 year old slab one day no problem. Since I bought this drill I have aquired several more DeWalt 18 volt tools including a reciprocating saw, circular saw, 1/2 impact, right angle drill, grinder, small impact driver and a flourescent work light. Seems like every time someone mentions DeWalt on here someon puts them down. I am here to tell you they are full of **** these tools are tough. I have a friend who has an 18 volt Ryobi (he bought is because it was cheap) and I have worked right beside him with the DeWalt and the Ryobi is okay I guess. I did come the the conclusion that the reason the DeWalt is twice as high is because it is twice the drill. Let the flaming begin!!
nissan_crawler
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My preference would be Bosch, I'm slowly switching over to them from Milwaukee/Dewalt. I have a Hitachi 1/2" sds, but I haven't used it yet. It was only $25, so I couldn't pass it up.
KraftwerkMk1Jetta
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My father has a Bosch hammer drill, but it's not battery operated, its corded. I swear it would rip your arm off if you're not careful 
Hi, I'm an electrical contractor, and I use mine all the time. Its a milakukee, cat.#0724-20. I think around 300.00 maybe less. I've had makita, long time back though, was OK, more recent a bosch, witch was nice, except when I drilled up into cement ceilings, the concrete dust would jam the speed selector, and wouldn't work at all. NOT GOOD. The milwaukee is AWSOME!. 28 volts. If you get it, he'll love it, trust me.
Mr_fixit
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I love my Milwaukee v28 stuff I have, mostly because the batteries have a fuel gauge on them so you know how low you are before you start..
Graham08
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I have a Milwaukee 18V hammer drill that I have had for about six years and can't seem to kill. Hole saws, big drills, whatever, it just comes back for more. I would definitely buy another or a 28V Milwaukee.