Battery vs Plug-in Hand Tools

[chruler]

Like most other people, I've been using portable hand drills for years now and haven't touched the old Ryobi VSR in a long time.

Well, I had to use it yesterday to drill a few holes in mild steel and WOW! I forgot how much balls this thing has for a cheap hand drill. Way more powerful than the battery powered drills I've been using lately. This thing has some grunt!

 

[espyking83]

Corded/pnemuatic drills are great if you're working around your shop. I prefer them as well because they have a more constant RPM and seem to last forever. But if you work in a shop a damned good cordless is invaluable.

 

[Arkansas COB]

I love the cordless for anything that screws in but for drilling in anything i prefer corded.

 

[chruler]

True, I love cordless for all those remote uses and simply for the convenience, but I had forgotten how much power even a cheap plug-in hand drill has.

 

[Conductor562]

The power and quality of cordless drills these days have totally killed my taste for corded versions. Other than mixing thin set, I can't imagine anything I'd need to do than the Milwaukee Fuel, Dewalt DCD995, or any other quality drills won't do.

 

[diggerrick]

More torque from cordless than corded:

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/cordless/2763-22

vs.

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/corded/9071-20

go figure...

 

[AceofSpad3s]

More torque from cordless than corded:

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/cordless/2763-22

vs.

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/corded/9071-20

go figure...

If they wanted to they could get more torque out of a corded, but I bet the market does not exist for them to do so.

 

[ovilla]

Ever since I bought my RIDGID 18v lithium tool pack I never really use my corded tools anymore. At first I had my doubts about the 18v circular saw, but that quickly went away when I was able to cut several stone pavers and then a ton of rebar with it. Cutting lumber is super easy too. Heck I can work the whole day and only have to change batteries once.

 

[drink]

Like most other people, I've been using portable hand drills for years now and haven't touched the old Ryobi VSR in a long time.

Well, I had to use it yesterday to drill a few holes in mild steel and WOW! I forgot how much balls this thing has for a cheap hand drill. Way more powerful than the battery powered drills I've been using lately. This thing has some grunt!

I have owned both corded and battery operated power tools. However, most of my power tools are corded. Years ago I had a battery operated drill/driver and I used it a lot. When the batteries would no longer hold a charge I priced a set of new replacement batteries and learned the new batteries cost almost as much as the drill when it was new. What a turn off. When I needed a drill/driver again I found a Makita on sale and bought it rather than sink more money into a really worn out looking tool. Now I still have the original tool with dead batteries taking up room in my workshop but I do use its case to hold bits and other related stuff.

A few days ago I had to saw up some wood and I whipped out my corded Skil saw. My corded saw was ready to work as usual and got the job done as usual. The Skil saw is about 25 years old and it keeps on running. No dead batteries to charge, or replace here.

 

[chruler]

More torque from cordless than corded:

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/cordless/2763-22

vs.

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/corded/9071-20

go figure...

What's interesting in those links is that the battery powered version will do 100 ft/lbs on setting one, and 700 ft/lbs on setting two.

The corded version does 300 ft/lbs on it's only setting. If a "setting two" were added, wouldn't it be much higher than 700 ft/lbs?

I'm not really comparing these so much to say one is better than the other. Just that I was surprised by how much more powerful my corded drill feels than the battery powered ones I've used.