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Anyone have experience with the drills/saws? Home Depot has a deal that looks pretty tempting. I'm a casual user so they will be used several times a year, not daily. I like the lifetime service agreement. I've read a few bad reviews for the LSA but most were positive.
http://www.homedepot.com/b/Featured-...d/N-5yc1vZcf2s
They're decent we don't have any problems
We had a big thread about power tools a few years ago that included discussion of Rigid and the lifetime service agreement. I can't find the thread though.
EDIT: Here it is. https://www.ar-15.co/threads/101691-...cordless+drill
Batteries are the weakness for cordless power tools.
My DeWalt set was great on the job being used daily. But when I went to work for a company that supplied cordless tools, my set got taken home for occasional homeowner use.
The batteries slowly lose thier ability to hold a full charge. I replaced them after the use life dropped off to just a couple of minutes, but the newer ones suffer the same problem of lack of use causing a slowly diminishing use life on a full charge time on the charger.
My dad works construction and used to use dewalt daily. He got rigid ones when his dewalt died on sale like you speak of and has used them for a while now and says they are better... who knows maybe his dewalt was just old and battery diminished so thats why he said rigid was better...either way he uses them a lot and likes them
I have a bunch of their tools. All of them are corded, no cordless stuff. They are good. Adjustments are easy, some have seen very heavy use and are still going strong.
The big box rigid brand is different than their professional line and the price change is extreme.
I prefer Milwaukee in both of my professional trade careers.
Ridgid is ok. I think the batteries are better in Makita and DeWalt, and that's one of the priciest things to replace.
Rigid batteries sucked in the beginning.
I won't be buying their cordless again. The corded are decent but have stupid "features "
Make sure you register the warantee per the fine print
Milwaukee is the best
After burning up two Dewalt 20 volt lithium drills this last summer I've switched to Milwaukee.. So far so good......
i have their 20 volt drill, impact drill, band saw, hammer drill, expander tool, wire strippers and wire crimper. I'm starting to look like a Milwaukee billboard with all their stuff now.