I had the DW911 and loved it even after I blew up the charger by crossing the hot and neutral with my fish tape when it was partially unplugged. I had the Makita for a while but blew up the power cord transformer, then after the batteries died when they were 14 months old I gave up on Makita cordless. Plugging in chargers anywhere near the Makita killed reception even with the transformer. The Makita sounded great but the Dewalt built a better product all the way around.