Overheard a guy at the hardware store say his 20 year old drill still runs fine

I was grabbing some deck screws last Saturday and this older fella was returning a cheap cordless drill he bought a week ago. He said he finally wore out his old one after 20 years of framing and deck work. Made me think about how we just toss stuff now instead of fixing it or buying something built to last. I spent $60 on a new drill last year and the battery is already shot. Anyone else notice how hard it is to find basic tools that don't crap out after a few projects?

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valh325d ago

New drills are basically disposable junk now.

leo6125d ago

Wait are you sure it was a cordless drill? 20 years ago lithium batteries weren't even a thing, so it was probably a corded drill that lasted that long. Those old corded tools are built way tougher than the battery stuff we have today.

xena3735d ago

Those old corded tools were built like tanks, no joke. I still have my dad's old corded drill from the 90s and it's beat to hell but still runs perfectly. The plastic housings were thicker and the motors were simple and easy to fix if something did go wrong. New drills are made with cheaper plastic and those tiny brushless motors that have a million computer chips inside, so when they break you just toss them. Plus you can run a corded drill all day without worrying about charging or battery degradation. Remember when DeWalt and Milwaukee actually made their tools in the US and they weren't just rebranded Chinese junk?