Customer Reviews

Porter-Cable 9987 19.2-Volt Ni-Cad 1/2-Inch Cordless Hammer Drill/Driver Kit

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

The hammer/drill is on the heavy side, but is an excellent hammer drill. I have been drilling very hard concrete with a very good non-hammer, corded, drill and it would take several minutes to complete each hole. The Porter-Cable cordless hammer drill complete a hole in seconds. Love the drill, just a little on the heavy side.

My husband had a porter cable 14.4 drill and had been drooling over this one. Well I bought it as a gift for him. First use he noticed that the chuck had a wobble in it. He has only had it for a couple of months and the wobble has gotten increasingly worse. Now it's getting to the point that the chuck won't even hold onto a drill bit. Maybe I just got a bad one but I wouldn't buy this one again.

This is a great tool; smooth, not heavy, rugged case, good power. This does have plastic drive gears which eventually wear out but is fine the casual worker or light work. I spent 3 weekends driving 3/8 lags screws and stripped the gears. No problem getting a new drill. I have 2 other similair models but the batteries last about 2 hours with medium work load and may take 4 or more hours to cool off and take 2 hours to charge. My old model PC drill last 4 hours and charges in about 1 1/2 hours.

Ordered this PC drill to replace my 5yr old 12volt PC drill. The 12volt was great - I'm keeping it to use around the house on small projects. Still the original batteries, etc. That PC drill was worth every penny. This new 19v however, I'm not so sure about. Yes it has great torque, I love that it has a all metal ratcheting chuck, but... the chuck on my drill seems to have an issue.
Trying to get a bit or a driver in the chuck w/out wobble is a mission! I'm not acustomed to this problem. I have 3 drills and have never had this kind of problem. I'm hoping it's just a defect. The nice folks at Amazon are sending a replacement and we will see how it goes. My only fear is that this is a design issue and not a defect. If so, I'm doing what everyone else is doing these days, buying a Milwaukee. I hate to abandon PC who usually makes a great product, but I use these drills for a living and I can't afford to play games.
Updates when I get the relplacement.....

I bought the PC 9987 hammerdrill back in Dec '04. The drill has gone through alot of lag bolts, deck screws and drilling out holes in hardwood and softwood. It works great! Never misses a beat. I own many Porter Cable tools and have found them all to be of excellent quality. The drill, the batteries, the charger, the flashlight (comes in very handy) - no complaints whatsoever. I still own one from the previous generation of cordless drills - still working great! My wife uses my old one because it has the smaller battery.
It has plenty of torque and runs very smoothly. It is on the heavy side, which is something PC could improve. As far as quality and performance goes, Porter Cable is at the TOP - irreregardless of what magazine reviewers say. Whenever I am in need of a tool, I always look to see what the Porter Cable model is like, and so far it's the brand I usually end up buying.
A point of correction to a previous reviewer - the gears on this drill are ALL metal - It says so right on the box label!

I own a number of P.C. tools and have generally been happy with them. I bought a 19.2 volt Drill Driver about 2 years ago and it has provided very good service. However I just bought a companion 19.2 Hammer Driver on 7/11. Well the other day with about the third or forth work day of use on it the gun started to smoke from the back and slow down. The battery heated up and it smelled like mealting plastic, so i stopped using it immediately. Guess I'll have to send it back and try again. All my other 19.2 tool work great. The Tiger saw is a work horse!

Well its August of 2006 and my PC Hammer Drill torqued up in a tight spot and the trigger jammed in the "on" position. By the time I got it pulled out of the hole the insides burned up. I guess this was my fault but I would hope that a tool of this caliber would not fail so quickly under adverse conditions. I'm gonna buy a new one just to have the batteries. I think I will also raise the rating to Three (3) stars.

I have had one of these drills for almost two years now. The plastic handle around the trigger flexes when you are drilling. In other words, the motor is about to snap the handle casing...this drill can only handle mild tasks.

I bought this drill and the drill and saw kit. In the first year I replaced the drill/drivers three times...while under warranty. The saw worked well and the flashlight was the best part of this kit. Now it is a couple years old and the batteries are dead and at $90 each I am not replacing them. I bought Hitachi this time with a five year warranty. I wasted $600 on the Porter Cable junk. I noticed that most stores are carrying this line anymore.

I bought my drill in Nov. 2003, and the performance it puts out is outstanding. It's expensive, but it's worth every penny I spent for it. 2 years ago I paid with tax, $230.00 for one, because I was building a patio room and a deck. The power it possess!!! This drill is so powerful, it will drive 6" to 8" bolts in the wall like childs play. I promise you that you will not be sorry if you purchase this one, it's a keeper. WARNING: Be careful if you're driving bolts, this drill will sprang or break your wrist if you're not careful, and I do mean careful, and that's the only down fall. Battery charging, in 1 hour the battery is fully charged, and it last for, (depending on use) heavy 1 to 2hrs, light use 3 - 5hrs, it comes with 2 Batteries. Plus you can have it repaired if it breaks or if you need a part you can order it and replace it yourself, the info is in the case. So all I can tell you now is go and get one.

We have been using these PC 19.2 hammer drills for building cisterns (big concrete boxes that catch & store rainwater) in Haiti for several years. We surely use them well beyond their intended capacity, we regularly drive 3/8" lag bolts & endless numbers of 3" wood screws. The drive in the drill holds up incredibly well, we get about 18 months out of a battery on average, I don't know how many discarges and recharges this is but we are well satisfied with the package. We try to be vigilant about completely discharging the battery before charging. We have a circular saw that uses the same power and it is very well built and very handy but it uses up a battery in short order. The chargers do charge in an hour and hold up well considering the power source we use fluctuates.

We have been very happy with the performance of this product and plan to continue to use them in the future.