/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I destroyed the clutch / forward reverse mechanisms on my drill (top of pic related) by abusing the shit out of it - starting engines and running a 25' length of 1" dia. power snake with a 2 1/2" spade on the end through roots and it's paid for itself several times over. Fortunately it's stuck in forward and pretty well locked on solid drill - no clutch, so it works great for the aforementioned purposes. Now however, the time has come where I need a fully functional drill, and I am trying to decide between buying the same thing again or the newer brushless version (bottom). I only ever used one Dewalt brushless drill for about 15 minutes drilling holes in 2x's, and it felt weird, like it got up to speed slowly and didn't have much torque until it hit a certain speed, but it might just be different, not necessarily worse. As I said, the brushed drill has been so good to me which is why I'm inclined to buy the same thing, but the brushless one is cheaper and supposedly an improvement over the old product... Anyone have any experience with brushed / brushless side by side comparisons on this drill or similar?