I am shopping for a cord (or cordless) Drill/Driver. What should I use to consider the right equipment for household use?
(1) How much voltage should I be considering?
(2) How much wattage?
(3) How much rpm ?
(4) Other advice?
(5) I am considering Skil and DeWalt, do you recommend one over another?
Thanks

I have bought a cordless drill from a garage sale %no paperwork / no manuals.
This tool uses a Lithium Ion battery pac.
How many hours should I have to recharge this battery in order to keep this unit fully charged?

And does the Lithium Ion technology require me to fully discharge the battery so I can recharge it from the 0-point (like Nicad technology) for longest / best longevity?

I'm getting my husband a drill for fathers day, he's never owned one before. I've narrowed it down to two, that are in our price range. But i dont know which is better. He plans on using it for simple house projects, as well, as things like building book cases.
Here are the two drills,
Black & Decker CD12SFK 12-Volt Ni-Cad 3/8-Inch Cordless Drill
or the
Black & Decker BD12PSK 12-Volt Smart Select Drill

thanks so much for the help!

I use my cordless drill very little and I was wondering if it is better to keep the batteries on the charger or charge them up and let them sit off the charger until they need to be charged again?
Thanks.

I am travelling to Bulgaria shortly to some work on a house and i wish to takemy cordless drill and some tools with me.
Wil i be able to take my drill and tools through customs in my luggage, not hand luggage.

I think a supplier is selling me Drill bits that are not made of Cobalt and charging them as expensive as gold! By the way, do India manufacture good Drill Bits?

I got a cheap little Durabuilt mini toolbox for my dorm room, since my roommate last year had one ended up needing it a few times. But whenever I take out the cordless drill, it's always completely dead, and I have to charge it up again, even when the last time it charged was only a few weeks before. It says 4.8V DC, n_0 150/min (the 0 is a subscript, and I don't know why it says DC if it's designed to be plugged into an AC outlet)

Is it just because it's a cheap drill, or is something wrong with it?

I've followed the directions given on this site, but it still won't unlock
There's a red thing that can go in the drill opening. Is that the key? If so, how do I use it?
Oh. By lock I mean, I cannot put any drills in and tighten up the sleeve as I have done for the past year. It's stuck in one position.

I already found the answer here from 11 months ago, but it's not working. I twist the sleeve to the pic of the drill, I put the drill in reverse, I hold the end of the drill and press the trigger. Nothing. I've used this drill many times and its never locked on me. It WONT budge. All I wanna do is stick a bit in and drill some holes, but it won't unlock Please help me. I've been trying for 24 hours off and on.