I've been running a contracting crew out of Cleveland for 22 years, and I've burned out more drills than most people will ever own. Some of them are hanging on the wall in my shop right now, motors smoked, chucks stripped, batteries that quit on a Friday afternoon with a deck half screwed down. So when a neighbor asks me to help sort through budget cordless drill kits, I don't start with the spec sheet. I start with the three questions that decide whether a drill earns its place in a garage: what the tool feels like at the end of a job, whether you can still buy batteries for it in five years, and whether the chuck still bites after a few hundred bit changes.
The four drills in this comparison land in the same search results and roughly the same price neighborhood, but they are not the same purchase at all. One is a full 68-piece kit, one is a bare brushless tool with no battery in the box, one is a mid-pack 20V DIY set, and one is a renewed 12V compact. That difference matters more than any number printed on the packaging.
The short answer: if you own nothing and want one box that covers a weekend of home repair, the BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX 68-piece kit is the safest first purchase here. If you already own DeWalt 20V batteries and a charger, the brushless bare tool is the better drill and the better value, because you are only paying for the tool itself.
BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX 68-Piece Cordless Drill and Home Tool Project Kit with Tool Storage Bag (LDX120PK)
The only complete kit here: drill, 68 pieces, and a storage bag in one box
Homeowner-tier drill with no brushless claim; the accessories are the value, not the tool
Brushless Drill Driver Compatible for Dewalt 20V Battery (No Battery), Cordless 2 Speed (0-450/1800RPM), 25+1 Torque, 3/8" Keyless Chuck for Home Repair
Brushless motor, two speed ranges, 25+1 clutch, and it runs on batteries you may already own
No battery, no charger, no case, and it is a third-party tool, not a DeWalt
AVID POWER 20V Cordless Electric Drill Set 3/8" Power Driver Kit for DIY
A full 20V kit aimed squarely at DIY money, with a 3/8-inch keyless chuck
No brushless claim and no long-term battery platform to count on
Cordless Drill: DEKO PRO 12V Power Battery Drill Set with Small Electric Drills and 3/8-inch Keyless Chuck with Portable Tool Set Gift Box (Renewed)
Cheapest way into a cordless drill, small and light, and honest about being renewed
12V puts a hard ceiling on what it will drive, and there is no platform future
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What you are actually comparing
Two of these are complete kits with a battery and charger. One is a bare tool. One is a renewed 12V set. That single fact shapes everything else, because a drill without a battery is not a cheap drill, it is a cheap drill plus whatever it costs you to feed it.
If you already own DeWalt 20V batteries, the math on the bare brushless tool works beautifully. If you don't, you are buying into a battery platform one battery at a time, and that is the most expensive way to do it. I've watched guys do exactly that, buy a bare tool to save money, then spend the savings twice over on two batteries and a charger they could have gotten bundled with a kit.
The other thing worth saying out loud: the battery is the purchase, the drill is the first tool you hang on it. Ten years from now you will still be married to that platform. That is why the brand question matters more than the torque number on the box.
The bare brushless tool: the best drill here, with the biggest caveat
The Brushless Drill Driver Compatible for DeWalt 20V Battery is the one I would actually want in my truck out of this group. Brushless matters. It is not a marketing word, it is the difference between a motor with carbon brushes that wear out and a motor that doesn't have any to wear. On top of that you get two speed ranges, 0-450 RPM for driving screws and 0-1,800 RPM for drilling, plus a 25+1 position clutch and a 3/8-inch keyless chuck.
Those two speed ranges are the feature I would point a first-timer toward. Low range gives you control when you are driving a screw into a stud, high range gives you the bit speed to actually cut a hole. The 25+1 clutch is the collar that stops the chuck from spinning at a set torque so you don't bury a screw straight through drywall. Set it low, let the tool do the work, and you will stop stripping screws this weekend.
The catch is right there in the name. No battery. No charger. No case. And it is a third party tool that fits DeWalt 20V batteries, which means it is not a DeWalt, it does not come with DeWalt's warranty, and it does not belong in the same conversation as a factory tool when it comes to parts and service. If your garage already has yellow batteries on the shelf, this is the cheapest brushless drill in this article by a wide margin. If it doesn't, price out a battery and charger first, because that changes the whole answer.
The 68-piece kit: what all those pieces are really worth
The BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX 68-Piece Cordless Drill and Home Tool Project Kit is the answer for the person with an empty garage and a list of small jobs. Most of those 68 pieces are bits, drivers, and the odds and ends you would otherwise buy separately on three different trips to the hardware store, and the storage bag means they stay in one place instead of scattered across a shelf. For a first kit, that is genuine value.
The drill itself is the honest part of the deal. Nothing in the name claims a brushless motor, and at this tier you should not expect one. It is a 20V MAX homeowner drill, which means picture hanging, furniture assembly, drywall screws into studs, pilot holes for trim. It is not the tool I would grab to run three inch deck screws for an afternoon. But 20V MAX is a long-running platform, and that matters more than most shoppers realize, because it means batteries and compatible tools will still be on the shelf in five years.
The 20V DIY set: the middle of the road
The AVID POWER 20V Cordless Electric Drill Set is the hardest of the four to argue for or against, because it sits in the middle. It is a complete kit, it runs on 20V, it has a 3/8-inch keyless chuck, and it is aimed straight at the DIY buyer. Nothing about the name promises a brushless motor, so the deciding factors become the kit contents and the quality of the battery and charger that ship in the box.
Read the listing photos carefully before you buy. With the no-name 20V kits, the drill is often fine and the accessories are where the money goes to die. The other thing to weigh is the long game. When that battery stops holding a charge in three years, you will be shopping for a replacement that may not exist anymore. That is the tax you pay for stepping outside the big platforms, and it is worth knowing before you click, not after.
The renewed 12V compact: cheap, small, and honest about it
The DEKO PRO 12V Power Battery Drill Set is a renewed unit, which means it was returned, checked, and resold. That is a real category, not a scam, but it is also not a new tool, and the price reflects it. You get a small, light 12V drill with a 3/8-inch keyless chuck, a portable tool set, and a gift box.
Where this one makes sense: an apartment, a kitchen drawer, a teenager's first tool, or a second drill for the light jobs you don't want to drag the good one out for. Where it doesn't: anything that needs real torque. 12V is a ceiling, not a suggestion. Small bits, small screws, small holes. If you ask it to bore through a stud with a spade bit, you will be disappointed, and you will be the reason the tool got a bad reputation.
The bigger issue is the platform. There is no future here. When this battery dies, you are not adding tools to a family, you are replacing a battery for a drill that has no siblings. At this price that can be a perfectly rational trade, as long as you know you are making it.
Chuck, clutch, and the failures that kill cheap drills
All four of these use a 3/8-inch keyless chuck, which is the homeowner standard and takes the bits you will actually buy. A 3/8-inch chuck will not hold a 1/2-inch shank bit, and that is fine, because you are not drilling with those in a tool at this level anyway.
The chuck is also where cheap drills lie to you. A chuck that slips is a tool that lies, and it is the number one failure I see on budget drills. Tighten it by hand, make sure the jaws grip evenly on all three sides, and if it slips on day one, send it back. No amount of claimed torque makes up for a chuck that won't hold a bit.
The clutch matters just as much and gets half the attention. Use it. Set the collar low for small screws, higher for bigger ones, and let the clutch cut the power before you strip a head or punch through drywall. Almost every stripped screw I've been called to fix was a clutch setting problem, not a drill problem.
The last thing is the motor. Brushed motors have carbon brushes that wear down, and on a budget drill that is the part that dies first. Brushless costs more up front and generally runs longer per charge and lasts longer overall. If you plan to use the tool more than a handful of times a year, that difference is worth paying for.
Which one I'd buy for which job
If your garage is empty and you want one box that handles a season of small repairs, buy the BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX 68-piece kit. It is the only complete, platform-backed package here.
If you already own DeWalt 20V batteries and a charger, buy the brushless bare tool. Brushless motor, two speeds, 25+1 clutch, and you skip paying for a battery you already have.
If you want a full 20V kit and you are comfortable with a smaller brand, the AVID POWER set is the reasonable middle option, with the caveat that the battery is a dead end long term.
If you need something small, cheap, and light for apartment-scale work, the renewed 12V DEKO is the entry point, provided you accept the 12V ceiling and the renewed condition.
The trade-offs nobody prints on the box
A bare tool is only a bargain if you own the battery. That is the whole story with the brushless option, and it is the single most common mistake I see shoppers make.
A 68-piece kit is mostly accessories. The pieces are the reason to buy it, not the drill, and that is fine as long as you are honest about it.
Renewed is a real category with real savings and real limits. You are not getting a new tool, and you should not expect new-tool longevity.
And 12V will always be light duty. There is no accessory, bit, or technique that turns a 12V compact into a 20V workhorse.
Bottom line
Four drills, four different buyers. The brushless bare tool is the best drill of the group and the worst choice if you have no batteries. The BLACK+DECKER kit is the best single purchase for someone starting from nothing. The AVID POWER set is the middle ground with a shorter shelf life. The renewed DEKO is the cheap seat, and there is nothing wrong with the cheap seat as long as you know that is where you are sitting.