Get one with a 1000 rpm unloaded in the 40-60 dollar range.

I mean u should find one on sale in that range, msrp is really like 70

Hope to heck the salesman knows what 1000 rpm unloaded means because I don't.

It's just the drill speed without anything chucked up... 1000 revolutions per minute. I have no personal recommendations on the drill specs to look for but I recommend looking for a drill two batteries or one where you can purchase a second battery in your price range.

just about everyone's 18v cordless stuff is relatively inexpensive right now since the 20v lipo stuff has come out (which is much better btw).

dewalt 18v cordless with battery and charger is $99 on amazon right now, versus $100 for the 20v tool only.

I've been very happy with my 18v DeWalt 1500rpms that I got at Lowe's on sale for like $40 or $50 with the battery and charger. It was a demo model in pristine shape with no box. Just something else I didn't need to put in the recycle bin, imo.

http://www.amazon.com/Makita-LXFD01C...a+driver-drill

this is what i have an have been very happy with it over the past few years.

I have a Makita hammer drill and am happy with it. Also have a B&D that is less powerful but is perfectly fine for indoor light duty stuff, like hanging pictures and what not.

It has been suggested I look at Makita or DeWalt, but stay away from Black and Decker. Also to stay away from Craftsman.

Indeed.

Dewalt 20v max brushless is great. Battery lasts much longer than the 18v stuff.

I have 2 Dewalt 18v impact drills, my coworker has the 18v Makita impact drill, I like the Makita, it feels lighter and drives smoother to me.

In MY price range? I didn't know I specified a price range.

I know right, I mean, how do you learn to fall off a twenty foot ladder?

Learning to fall is easy. It's the landing that's hard.

My bad, I assumed you didn't have infinite money... If you have a price range, my recommendation is to buy the best drill you can afford along with a second battery instead of the best drill with just a single battery.

You are right, I am not Bill Gates.

I have a feeling this would have gone differently in the wrestling forum

I ended up getting a Bosch 18v, 1.5Ah with two batteries. I think the unchucked speed is 1300 rpm.

It's tired advice but it's so true it's worth repeating: when it comes to the most common tools always do it right the first time. A nice cordless driver/drill and sets of good bits are right at the top of the list, up there with high-quality set of screwdrivers. Just about all the cheaper crap tools I bought in my 20s I've had to replace because they broke or wore out, or turned out to be too small or underpowered for my needs later on.

On a similar note, take good care of your tools and keep them organized. I've got a shoebox sized plastic container filled all kinds of random loose sockets, bits, wrenches lost from sets years ago. Organizers are essential equipment.

Just finished part of the job I bought the drill for. The previous homeowner had screwed some wood blocks in the corner and then screwed a wood shelf on top of that. This was so she could angle her bed between two windows. As the wife and I want the foot of our bed to be parallel with the backyard window, we wanted the wood shelf down.

I was able to get the shelf unscrewed from the blocks but I am leaving the blocks up for now as I don't know how to patch the holes that would be left and even if I did, I don't have the material to do it.

A bunch of furniture is being delivered in a few hours and I may have come acoss one problem. I don't know if it will all fit through the doorways.

Oops!

All the stuff fit but they had to take the feet off the sofa and the door off the hinges to get my sleeper sofa into my office.

Delivery guys had put a dryer cord on the dryer even though the order called for a range cord and so wouldn't hook up the dryer.

If you've got drywall it is super easy to patch holes like that. You either don't play online poker or have unpatched holes.

Just because someone is born male that doesn't mean they know how to do things automatically.

We got a king for the bedroom and it just fit although not going to be able to have bed side tables, but along with getting someone to help with the blocks that need to be removed I'll have them help me mount something on the wall that we can put lamps on.

Now I am off to look at outdoor furniture. Found table and chairs at Ikea for the front deck plus a small couch, two chairs, and a table for the back deck at another place.

My office sofa is now on sale where I bought it and they have a low price guarantee so I am going to get the difference refunded.

That wasn't meant insultingly. A third option is you do play online but have extraordinary self-control!

But patching holes like the ones you described will take less time than your trip to the hardware store. Painting over the patch will take more time than doing the patch, etc.