You know this is rather timely. I have a four piece Milwaukee tool kit that uses 18-volt NICAD batteries. I was checking into what it would cost to get the Lithium-Ion packs and learned that all three battery packs were recalled. Of course switching to the Lithium-Ion was goin to cost me a small chunk, like $250 for two packs and charger from a distributor. Still going to check into this elsewhere. Now what all the babbling means is that I started looking at what an entirely new set of tools would cost me since in the end it would be more economical to purchase new tools if I wanted to go with the Lithium- Ion batteries. I found that Ridgit who is a pretty decent brand, has 24-volt Lithium kits for around $379 which gives you if I remember a hammer drill, drill driver, recip saw, and a flashlight. So, what was attractive with Ridgit is that they provide a life-time waranty on the tools and battery packs. That exceeds even Milwaukee who makes soem fine tools. So, gee, maybe I'll get those new NICAD packs and sell off the Milwaukee on Ebay and get me the Ridgit. See I don't use those tools everyday so I found more time than not my packs would be dead when I did go to use them and I didn't like keeping them on the charger. So for me the Lithium-Ion would actually make sense. I wonder though if there's much difference between 18-volt and 24- volt. Obviously 36-volt woudl be best. Also, one other question, what is the real difference with having a hammer drill and jus a drill driver. The drill driver obviously has a different chuck and isn't suited really for drilling holes do to its speed and torque. I understand that a driver really isn't all that necessary unless your doing a massive aount of screw work, but curious what others think.
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