Save or splurge: Leisure stuff

To get the most for your money, you need to know two things: when the good stuff is worth paying extra for and when the economy choice is plenty good enough.

Craftsman 14.4-volt compact cordless drill driver with 3/8-inch Chuck | $60
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Craftsman 14.4-volt compact cordless drill driver with 3/8-inch Chuck | $60
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Professional-grade drills are designed to be used and abused. They're heavier than consumer models, with larger motors and bigger batteries.

Unless you're planning to drywall your house, you needn't pay for that speed or power. Tom Silva,contractor on PBS' "This Old House," says that a $50 cordless drill with a three-eighths-inch chuck can handle most home jobs.

For a third of the price of a similar DeWalt, this powerful Craftsman comes with a built-in work light and levels.

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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.