| Lithium drills are really making an impact on the | | | | higher voltage tools with lighter weight. |
| cordless tool market, and with good reason. | | | | Remember, voltage equals power, mah equals the |
| Lithium drills offer the power we all want, with the | | | | gas tank of the battery. So, if you are using a 12 |
| weight savings and run time that we need to | | | | volt now, a 18 volt or even a 36 volt lithium drill |
| make a cordless drill work for us. | | | | will offer you much more power and still have the |
| All of the major tool maker have a lithium drill | | | | same run time of you 12 volt with close to the |
| available now, so you have many to chose from. | | | | same weight. |
| I never tell my contractors what color tool they | | | | What is the down side of a lithium drill? The first |
| like, I just give them the pros and cons of the | | | | thing that always comes to mind is cost. The |
| brands I sell and let them chose their favorite. | | | | good news is as more and more lithium drills hit |
| This article will give you some info on lithium drills | | | | the market, the cost is dropping. One other thing |
| that will hopefully help you make a good decision | | | | inherent to lithium drills is problems that can occur |
| and understand some of the traits of lithium drills. | | | | in cold weather. Lithium batteries don't like a large |
| Lithium batteries are very different from the | | | | demand (load) in very cold weather. If you live a |
| NiCad and NIMH batteries you have used in the | | | | colder climate, you will need to warm up the |
| past. They can pack a lot more energy in a | | | | batteries. It may be as simple as putting the |
| smaller package and understanding what they can | | | | battery in your pocket or just slowly running the |
| and can't do in a lithium drill may save you some | | | | drill with no load until the "juice" gets flowing. |
| frustration. | | | | Knowing this going in will save you a lot of |
| One of the cool features of a lithium drill is that | | | | frustration with your new lithium drill. |
| the drill maintains it's power until the battery is | | | | Many people think that new battery technology is |
| drained then it just quits. With this in mind, if you | | | | just planned obsolescence to get you to buy a |
| get to the site and your battery is dead, if you | | | | new tool. Think that if you will, but the new lithium |
| charge it for 5-10 minutes, you will have full | | | | drills really are in a class in themselves compared |
| power (I said full power, not full run time. You | | | | to the NiCad and NIMH tools. Older DeWalt tools |
| need the full charge for both!). This is a great trait | | | | can actually use the new lithium batteries in them. |
| of the lithium drill and many trades and service | | | | If you are in the market for a new cordless drill, |
| techs will benefit from this feature. | | | | consider a lithium drill. The pricing is going down, |
| A lithium drill is much lighter than a comparable drill | | | | the performance is going up. |
| of the same voltage. This allows you to use | | | | |