Cordless impact and drill

[coueshunter]

I currently have a Mac 1/2" cordless impact and drill that need retiring. Looking to replace them and wondering who has a great deal and had goo luck with a good drill and impact that take the same batteries.

[ERASER5]

Rigid tools. If you register you cordless drill, impact, ect, the batteries will be under lifetime warranty.

I have spent nearly double the cost of my Dewalt stuff on batteries. Good stuff, but expensive batteries.

[JointTech]

i love my rigid set. And its home depot so if it craps out you can just take it back. I have the saw, sawsall, flashlight, impact and drill. And they have an LED that comes on when you pull the trigger.

Unless they do me like they did with my old black and decker set they discontinued and I cant get new batteries for even though the tools are basically new. grumble.

[LONGHAIR]

I think you guys missed the (1/2" impact) part, as in square drive for sockets. Most of the manufacturers of cordless tools in the local retail place do not make them with 1/2" drive. Some do, but the retailers don't stock them for the most part. The typical impact driver has a 1/4" internal hex drive. They are intended to drive screws. You can get adapters to run sockets. That works for the occasional lag bolt when building a deck, but you would kill it pretty quickly in auto mechanic type use......although I would have loved to have one back in my bodyshop days. It would have been a lot nicer than the 1/4" air ratchet that I used for the lighter-duty disassembly/reassembly stuff.

For a true 1/2" drive, you have to move up to the "full line" manufacturers. Of those, my favorite is Makita. The 18v lithium-ion units are great.
I have had the woodworking oriented stuff for nearly nine years. I added to the set over the years. Having multiple drills/drivers is helpful in my work, but the 2 original batteries are still in use daily.
I do not own, but have used, the 1/2"drive impact that goes with this system. It is awesome, removing all but the most stubborn bolts or lug nuts. There are times when I would reach for a bigger/stronger pneumatic model, but for most jobs, it would be great.

[ERASER5]

Well I do have a Makita 1/2" impact as well. I guess I was focusing on the drill when I said Rigid. After looking, Rigid does not offer a 1/2" impact. (maybe they need a nudge) Milwaukee, Ingersol Rand, and Dewalt do.

[ca90ss]

I'd go with the Milwaukee, lots of people have had problems with the Makita 18v lxt batteries.

[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by ca90ss

I'd go with the Milwaukee, lots of people have had problems with the Makita 18v lxt batteries.

I have 2 that are over 8 years old, survived a shop fire, and get used every day. There are also 3 of the smaller, lower amp/hr, batteries that I bought just after the fire. That was 5 years ago last September and they are all going strong. I love my Makita stuff...and the smaller 12v Bosch, but that is out of the scope of the original post.