AndrewFloors

Are you sure you're not just talking about the play in the spindle? All hammer drills have a slight give if you grab onto it and move it side to side, that's for the hammer action. I have two DCD985's and several Makitas all the hammer drills and even the impact drivers have a slight give in the shaft. Once centripetal force begins however, it dissipates with speed.

When I first bought a DeWalt the first thing I did was jump the gun on the clutch action. The DCD985 is a well built drill, heavy duty and can withstand shear hell fire. I'm not really sure what sound you're referring to, I'll have to check mine and see... does it drill well when you pull the trigger all the way back in all three speeds? IF so, it's probably just a normal bearing sound or stator sound.

I just got the DWS780, love it. Rails glide smooth right out of the box. I did notice the Ridgid slid extremely smooth, however, my experience, history and knowledge with Ridgid products tell me it's a purchasing gimmick. Eventually those rails will probably have more problems and worse problems than DeWalt's rails. The rails are built tight for good clean accurate cuts on the DeWalt, loose bearings will eventually become more loose and problems will envelop in my opinion. 780 is dead on with mitering, dust collection is way better than 718, and the XPS light is awesome. Better to start with a nice tightly built tough tool, than a tool that might look catchy, powerful and fast at first, but in reality is a dud over the long haul. (TTI products). This once again is why I love DeWalt and Makita products, they know what they're doing when it comes to power tools.

I knew the reviews were starting to pour in on these things, and I knew it wouldn't be good. I knew there was a catch to a company trying to keep up with DeWalt and Makita when it comes to batteries. Finally adding "Samsung" (which I think are junk) in their battery packs, they are now equal to or no different than Ridgid/Emoli.... Well, here's a recent youtube video where a poor contractor suffered what I already KNEW was going to happen with these tools.... I am now fully convinced that I made the right decision to avoid Milwaukee's tool line while shopping at Home Depot during Black Friday, instead I went right to the Makita bare tool section and spent regular retail money on a bare circ saw and a bare angle grinder. They also honored a ToolKing free battery offer for me too. Then I went to Lowes, skipped right over the Hitachi and Bosch stuff, went right for a DeWalt 20V max combo on sale.... Today I am preparing the DeWalt kits with deck screws, pilot bits and lag bolts to help build a deck. I will be out in the country with access to a power pole for the charger if necessary, planning to see which impact lasts longer my Makita or the 20v max. Both are 3.0AH batteries.... It will be more for a tuning of my stuff than anything, as I know both tools themselves will LAST, unlike the Big Red Dud in the aforementioned videos....

I've seen a lot of the videos put out by those two knuckle heads, they shouldn't be reviewing power tools in my opinion, the one guy can't even keep a bit on the end of a driver in some of their videos, and they actually like Ridgid tools which anyone who does serious work with cordless tools knows Ridgid simply doesn't hold up, batteries and tool wise. I have one Ridgid tool left, the only decent cordless thing they made, a Jobmax, 12V system, use it moderately to trim door casings for flooring. Even that tool overheats, stops frequently and has bad connections on the head. DeWalt and Makita are my tools of choice. Dewalt for power and speed working on floors, thresholds, concrete, tapcons, etc, Makita for anything overhead or going into light walls or long term light duty. In my opinion both Makita and DeWalt make the most ergonomic and strongest tools on the market. Especially when it comes to batteries. The stories of DeWalt batteries don't even compare to the nightmares that Milwaukee and Ridgid have now. New to the forum here by the way, glad this forum exists.