Is it better to lease, hire or borrow than to buy?

I use my screw gun allot more then that and it doubles as a power drill but I can see where many people don't.

1. screw guns are cheap. Possibly as cheap as driving to a store and renting one, driving home, using it, driving back to the store, returning it and driving home again several times a year. That of course doesn't include your time that you should consider valuable.

2. If you have a neighbor with one borrow it, use it and return it (hopefully with no broken drill bits) with a six pack. It's a time honored American tradition.

3. Use a screw driver. You need the exercise. Trust me on this.

I rented one once when I was drilling into 15 year old concrete. I tried my neighbors "hammer drill" but decided that I would burn it out. The rental kicked butt and was worth the cost.