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Ryland · 12-01-12, 01:48 AM

I have a makita drill that I've had for 5 years and two Makita impact drivers at work that we've had for 4 years each, they all get used hard, my drill I've had repaired a few times due to extreme use, using it with a hole saw, in an attic that was over 130F and around dust, sometimes all of those together, so I've melted the plastic in the motor a few times but the batteries hold up great! they do not stand being discharged 100% dead, so when the motor slows to a crawl STOP!!! do not nudge it along to finish the screw or you will kill the battery, that is the ONLY time I've killed a battery.
Before this I owed two DeWalt cordless drills, one is dead, bearings are wore out, batteries are shot, motor runs hot, the other has batteries that are shot.. I've had the packs rebuilt and those last a year, new packs last two, I use my tools hard!
At work I even make an adapter so I could put lithium batteries on the NiCad driver, best idea ever!

12-01-12, 01:48 AM	#5
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	I have a makita drill that I've had for 5 years and two Makita impact drivers at work that we've had for 4 years each, they all get used hard, my drill I've had repaired a few times due to extreme use, using it with a hole saw, in an attic that was over 130F and around dust, sometimes all of those together, so I've melted the plastic in the motor a few times but the batteries hold up great! they do not stand being discharged 100% dead, so when the motor slows to a crawl STOP!!! do not nudge it along to finish the screw or you will kill the battery, that is the ONLY time I've killed a battery. Before this I owed two DeWalt cordless drills, one is dead, bearings are wore out, batteries are shot, motor runs hot, the other has batteries that are shot.. I've had the packs rebuilt and those last a year, new packs last two, I use my tools hard! At work I even make an adapter so I could put lithium batteries on the NiCad driver, best idea ever!