!'ve had a dewalt 14.4 or so volt cordleess that gets a ton of use. I've had it for about 5 yes, only have one battery and it still works like it was brand new. The 18 volt vesrions appear to be more weight than I would wnt to carry around all the time.

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles