This drill's finite lifespan is no reason to give up cordless.

Thankfully, I've never bought one of these, because every rechargeable battery *will* die. It's not if, but when. A non-replaceable battery means an early death-sentence for an otherwise nice little tool. Having said all that, I collect mine from GoodWill. Guess why they're there? :-) Now, I'm not buying them to use as a drill. Since I know the battery will be useless, out it goes. In goes an H-bridge motor-controller and a micro-controller, and now I have a programmable winch for an automatic-chicken-coop door opener. [...] So for that, I'd rate these little buggers as Five-star junk-store finds! But would I ever buy one NEW? Absolutely not! It would be against my principles. But this goes further. I couldn't even find the official milliamp-hour rating on the batteries, because I couldn't even find a replacement internal battery-pack as a spare part online! Anyhow, if you have one of these, and it's dead, and you can't find a replacement battery for it, PLEASE RECYCLE THESE with goodwill or some other e-junk outfit. Hopefully more people will realize that they make great little (gear-driven already!) winches or actuators for home projects and rescue them from death-by-landfill. By the way, someone previously here said he was done with cordless... This drill's finite lifespan is no reason to give up cordless. Just accept that your batteries have a finite lifespan, and never purchase non-interchangeably-battery-powered tools. DeWalt has the most tools compatible with their 18V battery line, even backwards-compatible Lithium batteries! but the batteries are overall much bigger than a 9099KC user would probably want. So, if you're looking for small and good, I'd go for replaceable Lithium-Polymer (LiPo) batteries from a reputable brand. Makita comes to mind. 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