This drill weighs 2.5 pounds, making it lighter than average. The grip is comfortably sized. It’s a little noisy, though. What’s included: a 4-amp-hour battery and a five-year warranty.

Founded back in the 1920s by Edmond Michel in Louisiana when he designed a new mechanized sugar cane machete, Skil has since become an icon in the power tools industry. While Skil was originally ...