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I'm the same as Bremon except my screwdrivers are Mastercraft as well. Can't beat that life time warranty.

The original concept design was a 20v barrel grip...

This is great! I sometimes wish I had a grinder to use as a cut-off, but the flex volt seems like overkill for the amount of use I would get out of it. Makes more sense to have 20v and 60v options for grinders than it does for circular saws. Any ideas on North American pricing yet?

I got tired of waiting to replace my corded jigsaw, so I just bought a DCS331. That pretty much guarantees a barrel grip jigsaw is coming within months, if not weeks.

This would be my pick as well

I look at it as containing the tool and all of its consumables in the same place. I am in charge or all of the skills and robotics teams at my school so I build at work, but have no dedicated shop there. Being able to grab one box from home and know it has the tool and all the blades I might need is valuable to me. The tough box isn't perfect for this but it's still a pretty good solution.

Has anyone given any info on how the latching system is protected on the bottom of the Packout? I haven't seen any pictures.

What would you use it for if not for cutting a tree?

Never heard of it. Only thing I could find was the product page from Wiseline tools in Aylmer, ON so it's out there, but barely.

I keep a corded saw in the 300 with everything that goes with it. I think the 400 would have too much space to rattle around.

This was my exact feeling about NPS17. I did love seeing that stapler though.

If the numbers that I saw for 21700s (4.75 Ah, 3.6v) are true, that means they can get 9 Ah with two rows of five cells instead of three. So it's possible for slightly smaller 9Ah batteries, which is an amazing feat. It's also something that wouldn't work with flexvolt (number of cells has to be divisible by three) so if I'm Milwaukee, I'm jumping on that, like, yesterday. On the other hand, it also means 5/15 Ah flexvolt batteries are possible so there's that...

I don't think so. I think we'll see some prototypes. They could also announce things for more than a year out without a working unit. Companies have done that before.

If it's a new platform Jimbo might have an aneurysm...

Well... It does more than OneKey... I think...?

Saw this on Twitter. I am hoping it's not just introducing DeWalt Connected tools. We already know about those...

I'm talking torque and rpm. Ryobi and Milwaukee both have 1600 in-lbs of peak torque, but the Fuel has an extra 400 rpm. Won't matter when you're using one in place of an impact wrench, but if you ever find yourself driving fasteners (building a deck for example) you will theoretically be 11% faster with the red tool, which is not nothing. It all boils down to you though. If you want to switch, then it makes sense to switch. You will use the tools more if you feel more comfortable with them.

I know it's true. My dad had some Ryobi tools that had garbage batteries. He switched to DeWalt because of it. The story might be out of date though. I haven't seen anything bad about them since the switch to neon green.

Further to those two stores, I've never had a bad experience with Atlas Machinery. They are not lightning fast for shipping, but will treat you well enough. I understand what you're saying about feeling like Milwaukee might be a waste for you. I don't make my money with tools either. I don't think Ryobi will match Milwaukee for power though, and I'd personally rather have power and not need it, than need it and not have it.

The dollar went up today. It's $253 now...

I've only used the lights on my Ego once, but I was glad I had them at the time.

Probably seemed better because SBD put on garbage two years ago.

I don't see how. Even some of the obvious sources of variance (Bosch being upright for one board for example) seemed to make no difference. Anyway, great review.

I'm really interested in NPS this year. Last year felt like lights and me-too-ls. They won't accept that two years in a row.

@Bremon this makes sense. Thanks.