I need help finding a low cost cordless drill

[Andrew Joiner]

My Son in Law keeps borrowing my good cordless drills. I want to give him a drill for Christmas.

Harbor Freight has a 12 Volt 3/8" Lithium Ion Cordless Drill/Driver for $50 and it charges in 45 minutes. He'd probably use it 2 or 3 times a year so durability isn't an issue.

Any other drills $50 or under that charge in 1 hour or less?

[Mark Godlesky]

I have a 24 V B&D that I paid about $50 for maybe 10 years ago and it holds a charge for a long time.

You might try Big Sky Tools on line for refurbed Hitachi's. I just bought a refurbed 10.8V impact driver, drill and bag with two LiIon batteries for less than $90.

[Jeff Mclaney]

This article may help. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/reviews/power-tools/12-volt-cordless-drills-we-test-13-of-the-best?click=pp#fbIndex1 . The Chicago electric one looks like a good one for the price

[Dave Lehnert]

I am a big fan of the Ryobi Drills. I like it better than my Porter Cable.

They run good deals this time of year in store.

[Andrew Joiner]

Yes, I have the Ryobi 18 Volt drills. With the low cost batteries easily available it's my most grabbed cordless stuff.


The Ryobi HP696 3/8 in. 9.6-Volt is now a 1 hour charge and 2 batteries for $30. I've looked at these over the years, but they were 3 to 5 hour charge times,so no value for me.

I think I'll try the Ryobi 9.6-Volt. To bad it's still the 2 handed type chuck, but for hex shank screwdriving it's OK.

[Jamie Buxton]

The Hitachi DS10DFL is a little above your desired price, but it is a darn good drill. I've been very pleased with it, and lately I've mostly been buying Festool stuff.
http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-DS10DFL-12-Volt-Li-Ion-2-Speed/dp/B001N2NTD4

[John TenEyck]

I concur with the recommendation of Hitachi at BigSkyTools. Their reconditioned Hitachi tools look and run like brand new ones to me. The prices are very good compared to new, although I don't think you will find one at your $50 bogey. But Hitachi tools are a big step up in quality from Ryobi, IMO.

[Larry Anderson]

I just bought a recon Hitachi from BigSky for my daughter for Xmas. 14.4v NiCad, 2 batteries, drill, charger and light for~$57...DS14DVF3. As mentioned above it looks new to me.

[Andrew W. Thomas]

I picked up a Tool Shop brand 18v 3/8" cordless for $26 at Menards the day after black Friday. They always have deals hanging around. Might have luck at Menards if you have them by you.

[Jim Andrew]

Black Friday is already in the past, but Walmart had a B&D 20? volt lith ion for 40$. And Sears had what looked like the same drill. There were several places that had 18v Dewalts for 99, but guess that is out of your budget. I thought about getting one of the bargains, but how many drills does a guy need? I already have 3 Makitas, and one impact driver, and a 24 volt Bosch. The maks beat the Bosch hands down. I've used a BandD, they are good drills.