Well I followed no ones advice and bought the Makita [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Went to Woodworkers Warehouse. The guy said Makita or Porter Cable. The makita seemed the easiest to hook up to the shop vac so I bought that one. You just take the bag off & the port is sized for 2.5" shop vac hose. So far the wife has more run time than I do. With the vac attached, virtually no dust. Hope it lasts as long as my Makita 12V drill has (7 years so far).
<font color="purple"> Hope it lasts as long as my Makita 12V drill has (7 years so far). </font color>
I'm about 20 years, and second pair of batteries, into my Makita 9.6V screwdriver/drill. It has seen at least a dozen years of daily commercial use and another 8 or so years of homeowner-type use. It is the most wonderful tool I ever found for driving brass screws into hardwoods, without twisting them off.