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Commercial is a nice place to use crimped stuff, domestic is still solder all the way for copper, pushfit/ shark bite for pex mainly on new builders or for DIY

dewalt made an 24v ac convertor years ago for there 24v range. I used it mainly for my cir saw and sds drill, not very offten i must add but it was handy when long run times were needed.

looks good, i wonder what the runtime will be on a 9ah battery? goodbye halogen fire hazzard.

It does look like a nice light as do the whole milwaukee light lineup. We need a m18 kettle and the generator can stay in the van alot more.

have they said what the impact joules are of this drill? id love to try some of the new fuel sds drills and compare them to other brands, i have the m18 sds plus hammer drill but i find its power is not close to other brands rated at a simular output so i wonderd if they are measuring the same way.

its hard to think why the m12 fuel line needs more power, its tools are by far the largest in size of any 10.8v line up, if they can keep the same power but get them alot smaller then that maybe worth a redesign at some point.

just seen the 9ah has a 90min charge time on the new rapid charger. not to bad.

i think the lack of a finish nail gun and other woodworking tools in the range will prob limit its sales, but it looks good to me.

is that an sds max drill in those photo's? i dont think corded tools will ever be dead, these batterys will prob sell ok but i cant see them being a huge seller compared to 4/5 ah versions. Unless im wrong? they wont give more power/ output to allow more powerful tools? just longer run time but with a bulky size? what they need is batts that allow more powerful tools, most carpenters i know think cordless mitres are underpowerd, most builders i know would never spend the money on a cordless demo drill when you can get a alot more powerful corded version which does not need £300 batts for very cheap money. i think for trades that need these tools for small jobs like a few holes or some finishing jobs they are good, but will these trades pay mega money for a 9ah batt? prob not unless the price is close to the current offering 4-5ahs. time will tell, i guess. Edit: i wonder if the new 9ah batts will fit inside the m18 vac, it's one tools that def needs a longer run time.

shame, some things need more power. Imagine a m28 or 36v mitre saw, would blow away any 18v and tempt alot of chippys away from the cord i would think. trouble is today its all about compact this and that, i dont mind a heavy tool, im not one to complain about what thing weigh, we work in the building trade and stuff is heavy.

just spotted the 9ah batts, imagine if they did a m28 9ah battery and put it onto a m28 brushless angle drill wow......

all they need to do now is stick a m28 battery on one of these and it will last all day. I use the v/m28 angle drill most days and i love it, it just needs alittle more speed and brushless run time and ill never need a generator again.

Maybe a m36 platform would be a better idea and more competitive?

I think the fuel sds is a good idea. The 18v version will suffer short run times with the power it kicks out, a 28v version with a 5ah batt should give a vast improvement in run time. Milwaukee now has a tool to go against the bosch 36v sds which almost every tradesman in the uk has in his locker. A m28 fuel cir saw could close the gap to the makita 36v saw I guess it depends on the profit potential and the need to match the offerings from other brands to keep customers with the brand.

Living in the UK. I have always had to import certain tools from the USA in the past as many tools are not sold here. It seems that many tools are sold in the area they are designed and produced first, it taking time to introduce manufacturing and distribution in another area of the world. Milwaukee has a few tools in the eu that take a while to get to the USA and the other way around. The Uk still has not got the fuel hole hawg yet for example. Dewalt uk told me they had no intention of selling the XR vac but a year later it was released, probable because a 230v version was finally produced.

I wonder how the 36v festool compares to the makita on power?

Its in the current downloadable milwaukee heavy duty promo on the milwaukee uk website so I would think it's quite real.

http://www.tradecounterdirect.com/power-tools/drills/cordless-drills/milwaukee-m28-chpx-502c-fuel-high-performance-sds-plus-hamme_m28chpx-502c.html

Now Milwaukee are releasing the M28 CHPX-502c FUEL sds Hammer Drill and 5ah m28 batts I may change my mind on dumping the m28 line. I hope they bring out a few more 'm28 fuel tools. Imagine the m18 fuel cir saw and hole hawg converted to 28v with a 5ah m28 batt. Run times should be very good. I have a number of V/ m28 tools that I was going to dump but I'm not sure I will now.

hilti have had 6ah batts out for some time and i have not heard of any issues with them.

ive had a few, ive got a tpi currently which so far is working fine. but i dont use it very offten. My old regin was ok to but i broke the probe fiddling with it which kane leak detector have you got? ive got the 455 fga but not the leak detector probe.

has anybody seen this bosch multi drill thingy-me-bob? http://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/gsr-18-v-ec-fc2-34967-ocs-p/ drill, sds hammer, angle drill, all in one. looks very cool. use the unit on its own with a compact battery and you should have a nice screwdriver. happy new year!! itchy.

some have a way of registering interest to test new tools. Bosch were running something not to long ago on there uk website along these lines. I dont know why dewalt would want to hide such tools that are being tested, milwaukee are normally half a year ahead with every tool anyway.

am i right in saying that dewalt has its cell protection in its tools rather than the batts and milwaukee its in the batts?

hi, i have just got myself a ryobi 18v mitre saw, bare tool. Its going to be used on sites which have no power supply for cutting small timbers like 3x2 for noggin's / supports for pipework, fixtures. I have two good ryobi nicad batts that work the saw, but they are only 1.5ah. What i want to consider doing is making a adaptor to fit the saw that can allow me to use either dewalt xr, milwaukee m18 or makita 18v batteries. Dewalt would be bests as i have more than 10 batts. what problems am i going to face doing such a thing? what battery would be most suitable to use considering they have a type of cell protection on them? any advise would be welcomed, especially if it saves me burning a good battery out trying a fruitless idea.