Delta CL120 12 Volt Drill Driver

List Price: $120.46

Features:

• Two speed ranges for high speed drilling and high torque driving
• Variable speed and reverse for control during drilling and driving
• Two extended run-time batteries deliver power when you need it
• Built-in level for accurate drilling and driving
• Includes drill/driver, battery charger, 2 extended run time batteries, two double ended screwdriver bits, case and manual

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Customer Reviews:

OK drill - worthless batteries [Posted on 2006-08-08]
First, let me say I don't use this tool daily as a professional might. It gets used a couple of times a month and then for a couple of hours at a time (if the battery lasts).

I own two of these cordless drills. One came free from Delta with purchase of other stuff. It was worth what I paid. The other one I bought new when buying a second drill with two batteries was less expensive than buying two replacement batteries. I also got two batteries from Delta/Porter Cable as warranty replacements.

The drills are typical size and weight for a 12 volt drill. It comes in a carry case which some folks find useful while others would discard it. Fit and finish is good. Power or torque seems very low. Even with freshly charged batteries I can easily hold the chuck and prevent the drill from turning in high range. I have to get a really good grip in low range. If the batteries are anything but freshly charged, stopping the unit by hand is easy in either speed range. I do not know what the torque ratings are supposed to be but I've never been able to stop a comparable unit made elsewhere. Even my 3.6 volt Skil supertwist seems to have more torque.

The charger is a dumb charger. As long as it is plugged in and connected, it will charge the battery. The manual sez not to leave the battery on charge indefinately. They are right. Leaving the battery on charge will overheat and ruin a battery within a few days. Of my six batteries, two clearly had bad cells right out of the box. Two others are down to a measured 10 volts within two days of sitting after a full charge. Two seem to work properly.

In the past, I've had 2 each 12 volt Sears units. One from 1995 and one from 2000. The 1995 was way higher quality than the 2000. I wish I had it back. Both easily outperformed the Delta drills in torque, in useable battery capacity and in useful battery lifetime.

I have a handfull of other Delta tools, big and small, and have been very happy with all of them until these. I have to recommend looking somewhere else - anywhere else.

July 2007 Additional information. It probably does not matter any more as I believe Delta has discontinued these drills. In the even that someone has one... Suggest that you send the batteries to one of the internet battery rebuilders and have the battery rebuilt. It will cost much less than buying one from Delta and it will probably work much better. Any new batteries from Delta were probably built years ago and have sat on the shelf getting old. I had 4 batteries rebuilt - 2 with high capacity NiCad's and 2 with NiMh cells. Wow. It is like having a new drill which actually works. The NiMh cells cost more than the NiCad cells. For about half more cost, you get about half more life between charges. If you run out part way through the work day, the NiMh's might get you all the way through a work day. Both types use the factory charger. The NiMh's just need more hours of charging to fill the cell. My earlier comment about no or low torque are moot as the new batteries can feed the drill.

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