Your cordless drill should lasy you years and so finding the right one for you is extremelly important. It will depend on what task you want to perform and so here are 5 tips which should point you in the right direction
1. The Makita LCT300W is a great cordless drill for the professional.

Cordless Drills utilize one of three battery technologies which are worth knowing a bit about if you are researching which drill to buy. Each technology has it’s strengths and weaknesses and anyone who has used a cordless drill for any length of time will tell you how important the battery is.

So let’s get right down to it and see what all this battery technology can tell us:

NiCad Cordless Drill Batteries

NiCad have been around for years and are the workhorses of the cordless drill industry. They are cheap, reliable and are not as sensitive to heat distortions as other batteries and so will work well in hot and cold conditions. But they are the dirtiest of all the batteries and are not very kind to Mother Earth – the cadium in the batteries is nasty stuff. They also have some recharging annoyances and don’t react well if fully discharged.

NiMH Cordless Drill Batteries

Li-Ion Cordless Drill Batteries

Lithium Ion batteries are common nowdays in portable consumer products because they have a great energy to weight ratio. This means that they can pack a real power punch while still remaining relatively light. See our Makita LCT300W review for an example of a cordless drill which uses a Lithium Ion battery while still remaining nice and light.

Another advantage that Lithium Ion batteries possess is that they have a very slow discharge rate when they are not being used – this saves you from the all too common problem of getting excited about a project, getting out your cordless drill to start work and then realising it is as dead as a doornail because you haven’t used it since last summer. So your stuck while you put it onto charge and kick your heels.