I am looking for the best drill I can get… In the past few years I have had 3 to die on me way before they had been used much at all. Bearings or the switch has been the case on them.
Unfortunately, few of us have owned several drills simultaneously. My tool boxes, for instance contain maybe a dozen different units acquired over five decades or so. I've bought an HFT Hammer Drill for a project (still have it) and currently rely upon Craftsman C-3 compatible tools (recently turning to an adapter for the 20VDC Batteries) as well as a Metabo Drill Driver and an a 1/4" Impact driver (Such a deal! Closeout. Each came with two batteries and a charger. $25 each). I've a drywall screwdriver that must be thirty years old. A couple (maybe three) AC Powered Craftsmen drills. I can't recall a specific failure, though I know one of the AC powered drills, having languished abandoned at the bottom of one toolbox was a bit cranky and in need of lubrication the last time I put it to use.
Quality control varies somewhat. And, since nothing nor no one is perfect and even the machines we make to make stuff inherit the condition, we have to expect a tale of how the absolute best drill ever manufactured "failed on me two days after the warranty expired." As with the (defunct magazine) "That's life."
As so many things available to us are actually manufactured in the same plants with identical parts we can't see and cosmetic bits and pieces and branding we can, by the lowest cost labor on earth in order to provide a return on investment sufficient to justify some dumb guy's earning millions while our 'brand name' tools fail apace.
What is it you are doing with your drills? Manufacturing something very holey? And lots of 'em? I d recall when I was manufacturing my Bulletproof Locksafes that I replaced a spindle bearing on my Made in China 5/8" Bench Drill Press (I was cutting a 1.25", a three inch and four 3/8" holes in each steel plate). I carried that drill from place to place, finally selling it to a neighbor last year since it was sitting in a corner taking up space and too heavy for me to lift up onto the heavy steel table I'd built for it.
"Bearings or switch" Well, I've replaced a trigger switch on a tool, and the electric cords (Hint, you can purchase an 'extension cord' as much as four times the length of the cord the drill (or similar tool) came with for about the same money or less than the OEM replacements). You cut it to desired length and wind up with a nice cord with a molded plug and a length of extension cord that only wants a female end (flea market, Restore or Harbor Freight tools sale). It seems to me that one comfortable with electric drills is most likely able to R&R a switch or a bearing. Likely there's a YouTube or a neighbor to help. I've never tried to order a bearing for a (hand held) drill, but I have seen folks who take these drills apart to make something else with them and the bearings looked to be accessible. Did you ever try finding replacement parts?
Another approach that I've employed successfully over the years is the well crafted complaint. For all their ills, these large corporations (with the notable exception of HFT) appear to have a dedicate customer service arm in the habit of pacifying irate, or potentially irate, recipients of the QC failures that made it to the retail outlets that stock their products. From Kodak, Sears, Lowes, Home Depot, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, DeWalt, Betty Crocker, you name it, I've gotten cameras, film, cabinet doors, chain saws, coupons, chicken and cake mix along with sincere apologies. From the Kitchen Faucet folks, I've gotten new ceramic valves and one from the shower folks as well - love that lifetime guaranty!
Good luck!