TIL a corded drill beats battery every time for fence building

I spent last summer rebuilding my back fence in Edmonton and used my old Dewalt 20V for the first 10 posts. Kept stopping to swap batteries and the torque just wasn't there for the 6 inch lag screws. Switched to a $60 corded Black+Decker from a pawn shop on Whyte Ave halfway through. Finished the last 15 posts in one afternoon without a single stall. Anyone else find battery tools just don't cut it for heavy framing jobs?

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oliver_morgan20d ago

Used to swear by my Milwaukee M18 for everything. Thought corded tools were just old man stuff. Then I tried building a deck with nothing but batteries and had to wait for the charger more than I actually worked. Picked up a cheap corded Bosch at a garage sale for like 30 bucks and finished the whole thing in half the time. Battery stuff is fine for quick jobs but for big framing projects there's nothing like that constant power. That corded drill just keeps going no matter how many lags you sink.

anna_ross1920d ago

Honestly I just read something the other day about how battery tech hasn't caught up to real heavy use yet. Some guy tested like five different brands and they all overheated and throttled after a few minutes of continuous drilling. It makes sense though, batteries are just chemistry at the end of the day. That constant power from a corded tool is hard to beat when you're driving in lag bolts all afternoon.

henrycooper19d ago

Did you ever notice how easy it is to convince yourself that paying triple for a battery tool makes you look like a pro, even when your arm is dead from holding up a dying drill? I had a similar wake up call trying to hang shelves in my garage and ended up just sitting there staring at a blinking charger for fifteen minutes. You can keep all your fancy lithium ion hype, I'll take a cord that tangles around my ankles any day over feeling like I'm racing against the battery meter.