I walked right into that one Mark. grin

Another big Makita fan here. Metal gears add weight if thats an issue.

On sites there is every flavour of drill. If you spend the money generally you will do fine with any brand.

Avoid brushless. Completely useless. Once taxed they cut out. If I want my drill to work hard I dont want it tapping out on me. 2 guys at work bought brushless drills as a promo and returned within a week. Lol.

I will say the dewalt hammer function is better than makita. But damn they are bulky and heavy. Nicad sucks. laugh