Roughly 3 to 4 years ago I purchased the DeWalt DCD 771 cordless drill kit $99.00, batteries have now failed, no longer taking a charge. When shopping for replacement batteries I'm finding that they cost more ($149.00) than buying a whole new drill kit at the same cost of $99.00.
<delete> Would this classify the dewalt cordless drill as disposable ? </delete>
Are the DeWalt line of the tools starting to fall under the disposable tool category? In other words no longer holding their value as a dependable long lasting tool?
Knowing that batteries will fail at some point and also knowing the cost of replacing batteries can be overly expensive, I'm now debating whether to just buy a 20V 3/8" cordless Black & Decker drill at $49 or purchasing the Dewalt kit once again at $99 knowing that I'm only going to get 3 to 4 years out of it anyway and with the price of replacement batteries it to becoming a disposable tool?
Edit in, 8:23PM; I made the disposable remark without an understanding, now after following the line of comments below I now have an understanding and a correction to strike that statement.
<delete> Would this classify the dewalt cordless drill as disposable ? </delete>
Are the DeWalt line of the tools starting to fall under the disposable tool category? In other words no longer holding their value as a dependable long lasting tool?
Knowing that batteries will fail at some point and also knowing the cost of replacing batteries can be overly expensive, I'm now debating whether to just buy a 20V 3/8" cordless Black & Decker drill at $49 or purchasing the Dewalt kit once again at $99 knowing that I'm only going to get 3 to 4 years out of it anyway and with the price of replacement batteries it to becoming a disposable tool?
Edit in, 8:23PM; I made the disposable remark without an understanding, now after following the line of comments below I now have an understanding and a correction to strike that statement.