“Excellent performance and not noisy”
This Drill has been in use for 2 years and 10 months without a problem at all. I've used an electric drill that I thought was quite but this one amazingly quitter.
I do allot of drilling into wood and metal and the controllability is excellent with the HI/LO gearing and the variable speed adjusts very smoothly for excellent control when working on things. I also work with PC circuit board and can drill holes with precise control.
I think the weak link to the Drill is the Batteries with the Fast Charger sold with it.
The 19.2 volt Batteries are I believe 1.3 Amp Hour NiCad Rechargeable and I Charge mine with a power supply feeding at 140 MA constantly until there recharged, and to this day no problem with any of my batteries. But Believe me that's me because I never thought it was good to fast charge the batteries ! Overall I never worked with anything this good and felt good about spending the extra money on this product.