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If you take a look at it from a battery point of view. Milwaukee uses Samsung cells which are INR These have a notoriously bad VDroop and have a very low recharge life <200 per cell. (I use them for vaping) Although they have a high pulse amperage output they do have a lower sustained amperage and they do show a voltage droop under heavy load IE the frequency on your drill will have different sound less whiny for lack of the technical term. There are loads of testing done by vaping/flashlight nerds out there that proves that the samsung cells have horrid VDroop. Now if you look at the Dewalt batteries, they use sanyo which are panny IMR/Hybrid these have a Lower pulse amperage but have a very high sustained load amperage and are extremely high quality batteries (Japanese cells vs Korean/Chinese) I've been out of the loop for a while with batteries since I only use Sony Which are in the Makita battery packs. As Far as I know there is no audible or physical Vdroop in my dewalt tools, you can try them yourself, run the batteries down to 1 or 2 bars then grab a fresh one and it should still be at full speed, the motor frequency should not change at full speed. Grab your Milwaukee, metabo, hitachi and try the same test, the power in these tools Dives after 50% because of the heavy voltage droop. Or maybe dewalt just changed their motors and made them bigger and relied on them more than gear ratio. Its funny the way all companies advertise their power in their tools and batteries but none of them but dewalt actually give you any sort of wattage much less so actual amperage draw on load. Well except maybe metabo

That looks like a more expensive B&D matrix drill.

Look what i found today behind some racking! I bought it for 5 bucks!!

You sir need to vacuum more!

I don't really see the need for a cordless router. Hell i didnt even see the need for a cordless sander but for 30$ i bought one.

looks like it! the first metabo grinder with safety clutch! according to metabo tools australia facebook

The forstner bits? oh man i bought them when they were on clearance for 14$ I've been using them on my cordless drills (even though they're made for presses) and they cut like a dream on high. I dunno why people bitch about them, yeah they're not super sharp and theres slag, but after a few minutes with a rotary tool they're super sharp and slag free. For 14$ i cant complain for a full set, even 39$. Hell a full set of wood owl bits is around 180$ i scored bigtime with these.

yeah i just bought them too, same deal.

holy shit.

take an extra 15$ off if you order online and pick up in store with 15 off 50 coupon.

bosch,metabo,dewalt,hitachi, hilti, they all have the same rohm chuck with a few modifications here and there. they're good chucks, but i prefer the old jacobs chucks they use on hitachi drills, they're sturdy and they grip really well. The really, really good chucks are on makita's flagship drill (They were also on the first generation production of Milwaukee's gen 1 the one on the brushless m18 compact is similar but i believe it had tungsten carbide jaws and the chuck ran completely true.) if you google the DV18DBL that imo is the best chuck jacobs has ever made on a cordless drill.

Well i have batteries for each tool... I don't have a main battery platform as I buy the tool that I'm most comfortable with and if its in another battery system I buy the batteries and charger or a kit. But as of now the most tools I have in any system is milwaukee. but i have 4 milwaukee batteries 5 metabo batteries 5 dewalt batteries 2 hitachi batteries 2 ridgid batteries 2 bosch batteries 4 makita batteries and ONE makita tool. I didnt realize how long a 4.0 ah battery lasted on the new brushless grinder so before i even used it i bought 3 4.0 batteries ... its a pita to have so many systems but I always buy my tools cheap or on clearance so in turn its not that expensive.

Tanner might be their retail store, guess they want some of that retail goodness too

Me too! bought one

Only avr demolition hammers and their diamknd core drills but none of the cordless line

so yeah, hitachi's got dewalt and milwaukee beat 750 WH! http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/hitachi-bl36200 LOL

Yeah i pulled the trigger on this via ebay as the seller used his own pictures (I reverse imaged searched each picture) he had the product specs of the SB LTX BL IMPULSE but i asked if I was getting the product pictured and only bought one to see if it was legit. he had three and they sold out 15hours after he put the listing up. I cannot find this drill anywhere, I've searched UK, aus, germany, grainger, looked at special order booklets, I was thinking about asking the seller how he came about the drill but I fear he'll hike the price up if he knows how hard the damn thing is to get.

Whered you buy that combo kit lowes?

so whats the difference between rifle style rotary hammers vs the stubby compact rotary hammers?

Looks like all you need is a chipper bit and you'll need new tile!

Tbh if the tool does you right and its priced reasonably who cares where its made. The problem i have with chinese manufacturing is that they dont show what city its manufactured in. Its always assumed guang dong and shenzen but there are several other manufacturing districts in china but the 2 mentioned are where you want things made. The only way to tell is the stamp outside of the shipping box that ships to the retailer it shows city province and warehouse. But honestly i would rather pay people in the states to make my stuff.

bosch for being slower than a slug! Metabo for selling out to a bigger name for three times their worth! oh also the main reason why kobalt (chervon) went 24v is because they also got hit with milwaukee's patent for 5 cell 18650 in a power tool battery pack. At least thats the speculation for lowe's brand. I guess we could rag on um hell i dunno what have we left out? On yeah FEIN for losing the spelling bee

I dunno, i really don't but they now own the patents to the usage of 20700 cells in battery packs... There might be another battery lawsuit lol... and hitachi is a very very big conglomerate with a whole lot of weight to throw around. holy crap i should lay off the coffee. ALSO DONT TALK ABOUT THE MEAN GREEN!

haven't you seen zombie land? " Believe it or not, Twinkies have an expiration date. Some day very soon, Life's little Twinkie gauge is gonna go... empty. " -Tallahassee (Woody harrelson)

They got rid of metabo to push the coming hitachi brushless stuff at least thats what I've read on our corporate flyer. So expect to see the new 6.0 batteries (With no fuel gauge :< ) and the new 1210 inch lb CLASS LEADER brushless hammer drill! Also the ip56 impact driver about june next year according to them competitively priced around 329 for the hammer/impact. The price MUST be a typo though, I can't post a picture of the flyer because of NDA and they're pretty quick in finding that stuff. But as an avvid hitachi user Im super stoked for that new brushless drill, not so much the impact though. they don't show what models but theres a mini circular saw a 5 3/8 metal saw a 6 1/2 saw the new oscillating tool, brushless grinder and uh some super long cordless screw driver thing i dunno what its called. looks like a screw gun with a 4 foot pole at the end. Oh Oh! i forgot to add, there are whispers around OPE that lowes might be carrying TANAKA and might be having SCAG Turf Tigers on display! Who the hell would buy a 15K usd lawn mower who the hell knows, oh yeah... my father.