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Title: Skip it and buy a Lithium-ion instead
Review: I've owned this for several years, but got only a year or usage out of it before the first battery would no longer hold a charge. The cost of a replacement battery was half the price of a new unit. The second battery still holds a charge, but it needs to sit in the recharger between uses or it's worthless. Even then at full charge it's only good for a half-hour or less. Forget to leave it in the charger and the next time you need it, it's guaranteed dead. On the other hand my Black & Decker which uses a lithium-ion battery works great, doesn't need to be constantly recharged and doesn't lose it's charge through non use. On top of that I paid slightly less for it that the Hitachi drill, though it didn't include a flashlight. Bid deal! The Hitachi worked okay when it worked, but beyond that I have nothing positive to say about it.
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