Although most of my power tools are cordless, all my power tools are in the 18V class; I have several 12v Makita CXT tools to add to my line of 18v tools. Before I continue, let me say that I bought this drill driver myself, I was not offered a fee for this review and so on. In short, the opinions contained herein, apart from not being scientific, are my own and my own only. My experience is that the 12v range complements my 18v range very well. I recently built two large swings for closeβ¦