Last corded drill I bought was when I bought my first house in 1966. I have two cordless and would never consider a cord now.
I understand your concerns if little used but would still go battery for convenience in use.
Corded lasts longer but at our ages will last longer than us.
For the past 10 years or so I've laughed at people too lazy to get out the cord or too weak to use a manual screwdriver. Last year I bought a cordless drill/driver, an inexpensive Ryobi.
Wow, was I wrong! I can't believe how much I've used it, both for fasteners and drilling. It is absolutely worth it.
Just one example of a convenience, taking down my downspout because the elbow is clogged with those matted oak flowers means removing and later replacing a screw. With one hand on the ladder and the other on the screwdriver, you lose the screw every time, taking it out or in. My driver with a nutdriver bit holds it tight both ways, and needs only one hand. And if I don't have a hole already, it has the power to make one with the screw, never managed that with just a screwdriver.
It doesn't quite have the power of my corded Bosch but so far has handled all the routine drilling and driving fine.
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For general use I have a Panasonic 14.4V and much prefer it over my 18V. Too heavy for simple jobs.
My Lithium battery drill can sit for 6 months and still have juice, unlike the earlier NiCad crap that after a year was dead 2 days after charging. That said, if you only use it 4 times a year and you have a functional corded drill, don't waste your money on a cordless drill at your stage in life.
Yep. They usually include a small battery with the cheap kit. Lightweight and portable.
Also... At least with a Milwaukee or DeWalt drill, you can buy a battery cap with USB outputs. For little computing devices in certain on the go situations or in case of a power outage.
I have a Dremel cordless screwdriver, their second version (with a physical clutch). At .6 pounds, it's 1/3 the weight of my Bosch 12v compact drill! Takes a little finesse, but works great, and so light.
Probably the perfect gift for SWMBO, from a manly man.
"Probably the perfect gift for SWMBO"
Then again, maybe not. It's wonderfully light, but hand strength is important.
My manly cordless drills...
Several DeWalt 20v MAX DCD9xx.
One DeWalt 20v MAX DCD7xx.
One DeWalt "mud mixer". That's a MONSTER. Might use it someday for an electric bike (what my big drills are used for).
I have bought LOTS, including Panasonic. A long time ago, don't remember much about them.
I am beginning to think another way to go is corded tools and a small generator like the one from Harbor Freight for about $ 100 or even better there is a simikar one that runs on the propane bottles. I use my HF generator on the hedge clippers and pole saw when away from the house. Someties even when I do not want to drag out a 100 foot drop cord.
I have done that a couple of times with hedge clipper but more to just put a little run time and test on the generator. I would not do it otherwise even with a small generator as small motors always require more babying.
I do not see one now like the one I bought at HF. Here is one from Amazon that weighs 38 pounds but costs twice ( about $ 200 ) as much but has more power.
With $40 off for Prime Day it's tempting, but I've lived this long without a generator... Not that that's stopped me before. One of the bikes was leaking oil and I was pretty sure it was the cam tensioner gasket. Most everything had a covering of oil and I wanted to make sure that was the fix. 'Pressure washer' popped into my mind and I found one for $100. Mine's branded Ryobi but the Craftsman brand appears to be the same unit. I was skeptical but it works great.
I bought a HF pancake compressor a few years ago. It blew the guts of the regulator out in short order but I didn't need a regulator anyway so I replumbed it. It's been handy too, particularly for the bikes. The reservoir is big enough to air up a couple of bike tires so I don't need to run a cord.
I'm really trying to downsize the clutter but too many things bring me joy so that rules out the Marie Kondo formula.
I subscribe to the rule that you can never have too much stuff and if you throw something away you will need it the next week.
At work there was a repair item that was about 10 feet long and 2 feet in diameter. We got a new plant manager and he noticed that item and it had been in that spot for over 30 years. He got rid of it and within a week it was needed to keep up a whole production area.
I wound up with 3 oter generators. Bought one about 1999. Thought I had messed it up and bought anothe about 10 years later. Found time to repar it for almost nothing. Later bought one that runs on propane about 3 years ago. Have never started the 2nd one as I repaired the first one before it was needed.
Bought one when we moved to FL since my late wife was on oxygen. In all my life after a hurricane we were out for a day, once for a few hours. Nothing else more than a couple of minutes. Just can't justify a big one.
I have 2 Ridgid 18V drill/drivers, a Ridgid 18V impact driver, a 40 YO corded Skil hammer drill that rarely sees the light of day and a big ole corded Milwaukee hammer drill that I bet could drill a 4" dryer vent hole in a concrete foundation. ;-)
Oh yeah...and a drill press.
I often have both drills in use, one for pre-drilling/countersinking and the other for driving the screws. There are times when both drills and the impact driver are in use. I've got 4 batteries and 2 chargers. Having a charger in the shop and a charger in the garage (opposite ends of the house) is really convenient.
I can't imagine using corded drills on a regular basis. Of course, I don't go 6 months without using my tools. I rarely go 6 days without using a drill or driver. Sometimes I use them all day long. A cord would be a serious encumberment.
Can't answer that. I buy Ridgid for the lifetime warranty on the tools, batteries and chargers. The batteries work in my Ridgid belt sander and I'm looking at the Ridgid cordless oscillating tool. I can buy the tool only since I have enough batteries.
It's called a "universal hook". I guess that means that it can be used to hang the drill anywhere in the universe.
It's listed in the manual.
Many drills have belt clips on the side, similar to the clip on a measuring tape. They are usually used on tool belts not pant belts. This is a eneric one that should fit on any drill by using the proper size screw.
Donate it to Goodwill or a charity of your choice. Someone will buy it and the charity will make a few bucks. If the person who bought it doesn't like it, they shouldn't be buying tools at a donation center. ;-) In any case the charity still makes out and you don't have to worry about being the one "throwing things that look okay into the trash."
I can only imagine how you felt when you finally got down off your horse and drove a car. ;-)
Currently have a corded "mud mixer" for heavy work, a Kango corded hammer-drrill and a craftsman corded half inch "compact" drill. Also a corded 1.2 inch impact. Then I have a cordless Milwaukee 18 volt drill and a matching 1/4" hex drive impact, a cordless Bosch 18 volt and a Mastercraft 12 volt lightweight. Add a snapon 1/2 inch air drill for good measure 3 corded circular saws , corded Sawz-all, a couple corded sanders and "jig saws" The 1958 worm gear 8 inch skill saw is a BEAST. My wife is likely right and I should "thin the herd" but they are worth more to me than most people today would be willing to give me for them - - -
I'm a little surprised you have so many different brands of battery tools. My husband sticks to one brand, and he has only two kinds of batteries to deal with. I think of them as "big" and "little", but they're probably two different voltages.
Drills, circular saw, reciprocating saws, maybe one or two other things that I'd have to put on shoes and go out to the shop to look at. I like the recip saw for cutting down small trash trees.
If only disposing of the brush were as easy as cutting things down. They've changed the open burn ordinance so they don't want us burning yard waste anymore. They'll pick it up, but only in bundles 2 ft by
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