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RussellAP

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188 days ago

I had to go to Lowes today to get some stain and I thought I’d check up on the instore special that someone posted about earlier today that There was a Bosch 18V driver with two batteries and charger for 99$.

It’s a fact. I got me one of them bad boys. Regularly 189$.

Looks like they have plenty of them too.
Even Amazon is higher.

http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-DDS181-02-18-Volt-Compact-Batteries/dp/B0052TZCSY/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353275353&sr=8-1-fkmr3&keywords=Bosch+18V+driver+with+two+bat+and+charger+99%24

UPDATE:
After charging the batteries and running it with several drill bits, it seems a bit under powered compared to my 20v lithium DeWalts. But it will defiantly do.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.




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#1 posted 188 days ago

Glad I could help :)

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RussellAP

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#2 posted 188 days ago

Ah, that was you. Thanks. Now I have four cordless drills and may actually find one when I need it.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

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#3 posted 188 days ago

What’s the amp hour rating on the batteries that come with it?

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RussellAP

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#4 posted 188 days ago

1.5Ah Batteries

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#5 posted 188 days ago

Is this the one?

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&productId=3962441&cId=

Listed on the Lowes site at $99, with 1.3 AH batteries.

If they’ve got the 1.5 AH ones on sale I’m all over it, but in terms of ordering off the Lowes site, it’s a different drill and different batteries.

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#6 posted 188 days ago

Loren, yes, you’re right, I grabbed the wrong one off the web. I went down and checked. it is the DDS180-02 18-Volt 1/2-Inch Compact Tough Drill Driver with Two Lithium-Ion Batteries sold here at Amazon for 189$.
http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-DDS180-02-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Batteries/dp/B0052TZDAG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353279595&sr=8-1&keywords=Bosch+18-Volt+1%2F2-in+Cordless+Lithium+ion+Compact+Drill%2FDriver+with+Case+DDBB180-02

Minus the case.
So it would be 1.3 Ah SlimPack batteries.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

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RussellAP

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#7 posted 188 days ago

It’s a good compliment to my dewalts. I often need several drivers with different bits, and getting yet another dewalt would only confuse me, this way I can tell right away.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

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#8 posted 187 days ago

Thanks. I had a Bosch ni-cad drill for years and really liked
everything about it… except the ongoing costs of replacing
the batteries.

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lieutenantdan

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#9 posted 186 days ago

Well, I bought one. Well made. Hope the rpms are sufficent on speed 2 setting.

-- "Of all the things I have lost in life, I miss my mind the most."

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#10 posted 185 days ago

You did good. The only difference between the 180 and the 181 is that the 181 comes with the new 1.5ah batteries with the battery gauge. I have the 181 (two in fact) and love it.

-- He who dies with the most tools... dies with the emptiest wallet.

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#11 posted 185 days ago

Okay, my Lowes had the $99 driver, but also the driver/impact driver combo for $199. I have the driver (love it) and have been wanting an impact driver for a while now…

Yep, I bought the combo.

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#12 posted 184 days ago

After reading about this on here last night I saw it pop up on the lowes site and then when I was pumping gas this morning an ad for it popped up on the pump screen

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