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The other day I was drilling with my 2703 and it was a rare situation where I decided to use a side handle. Well sure enough the drill caught and chipped off the gear case where the handle mounts. Now this is a pretty well known issue on these drills and I was just wondering if anyone has tried to warranty a drill with this problem? Is it considered wear and tear or is it a design flaw that they cover?

I think simething about the pictures are a little deceiving, I was actually thinking the same thing that they look really close to the same size. I have both and while it's been awhile since I've had them side by side I know the flex 9.0 is bigger. I was thinking the flex 6.0 and the m18 9.0 were closer in size.

Yea I don't know if it's more of a hammer drill thing where they need the carbide inserts. I just know my 2704 has them and my 2703 doesn't. I would say I don't notice one holding bits better than the other but I would assume over time the carbide jaws will wear better. I was debating using the $20 off promo acme has going to pre order and I was trying to decide what model I want.

I'm sure it's too early to know but does anyone know if the 2803 drill/driver and 2804 hammer drill have the same chuck? I know they have a new chuck but the reason I ask is I know the gen 2 drills had different chucks where the hammer drill has carbide inserts in the jaws but the drill driver doesn't. I don't use the hammer drill mode so I don't really need to spend the extra $20 for the mode but I would like the best chuck possible.

My dad's company had been dewalt back in the 18v xrp days and they were pretty good. We seemed to have a lot of little trigger issues over the years though so when we started switching over to 20v and had a trigger go in a 20v grinder we decided to jump ship. This was at a time when m18 fuel was new and as Bremon said they were pretty impressive. In the meantime we've continued to grow both the m18 and 20v lines. While I do like the milwaukee tools better as I feel they cater to my work a little better we really haven't had many issues with the 20v tools. I also think dewalt has stepped up their game in the last couple years and until nps2018 I had actually been more intrigued by dewalt recently. One thing I have found after running a couple tool platforms is that they're all going to have some issues.

Thought I would start a topic on what people thought of nps2018. What did you like, dislike, and/or wish they would have released? So my first reaction to the new 7"/9" grinder was wow that's pretty bad a**. but then the cool factor wore off and reality set in. We have a corded 7in/9in grinder and no one uses it because it's just too big and is a work out to use. I'm sure there are people out there that really need this size grinder and I'm sure that's who its marketed to. I personally wish they would look at trying to get more power out of a 4.5"/5" grinder to get it closer to true corded power as I would think that is where a large percent of the grinding market is at. My second complaint is the new m12 impact wrench. Don't get me wrong I think the new stubby's are awesome and like many can't wait to get one but I was really looking forward to getting a 3/8" in the smaller platform like the 1/4". I know I might be splitting hairs but even the milwaukee rep says it "think of the stubby's like a high torque m12". I have the original m12 brushed 3/8" impact wrench and while i like the size, at only 83ft/lbs of torque its a little under powered. Then they came out with the fuel version and it has better power but that came at a cost of it being longer than the m18 models. Which led me to believe that the gen 2 was going to be the perfect balance of size and power but they went and changed it up again giving us all kinds of power in a fat package. I know they can't please everyone and in general I really liked what they released these were just a few things I wished they had done different.

For one down tree and then it'll probably sit for years but that's why I got battery powered instead of gas.

Yea they make Brian from workshop addict eat his own words. He just did a review of the makita sub compact and pulled out a proto stubby impact wrench as a comparison and said this is why mechanics won't get away from pneumatics. He must not have not seen these coming either haha.

Tool boss uploaded a bunch of youtube videos. I was thinking it looked like a rohm too but the milwaukee guy talks about it being new and improved but never said if it was actually a rohm. Also sounds like the these won't have anti kickback but the one key version will which seems like a bit of an oversight being that it's becoming kind of standard on new drills.

Watched the same video this is the tool that will make me have to start carrying m12 batteries on my truck. While I think I will love these stubby impacts I kind of wish they would have made the 3/8" the same platform as the 1/4" or had two 3/8"models . I get that they're designed to replace stubby air impacts that auto mechanics use but the heads get kind of big in diameter making it so you can get in a tight corner.

The new drills are on milwaukeetool.com and it says 60% more power and 2x faster under heavy load but the specs are 1200ft/lbs and 2000rpm which is identical to the gen2 so I'm not sure how they're comparing. I'm also kind of over the impact driver war but smaller is always better and it's only a matter of time before I own one. I still hope they expand on the surge, plenty of power for 90% of the fastners I use and it's much quieter.

Never mind I found a picture. 250 ft/lbs of nut busting should give it similar power to the m18 compact impact wrench, which is fricken awsome. Also is that a m12 cut off/grinder I see?

So did they release a m12 gen 2 impact wrench I looked and didn't see it anywhere?

The US never got the 1/2" gen 1. Which with only 117ft/lbs I don't know how necessary it really is. I assume the gen 2 impact wrench will come in 1/2", 3/8", and 1/4" in the US and yes hopefully stronger and smaller.

I guess a m12 1/2 impact wrench was something I hadn't given much thought about, I just hope they make it smaller. The current m12 model is a quite a bit longer than the m18. I was hoping for the gen 2 impact driver size but I guess I'll just have to wait and see what they release.

I know from personal experience that the 9.0 gives the fuel grinder a bump in power. But I also know from experience that the dewalt xr 6.0 with the 20700 cells does nothing in terms of a power increase on the 20v brushless grinder. Now bosch claims that they're getting more power from a core battery with 20700 cells. This is why I like to see these tools compared with these different batteries to see how they really stack up to each other.

Not to hijack this thread but if you have some insider info please do share.

Bought it December of 2016 so it really only had one year of use but it's out of warranty. It's the 996, it has the new light with selector switch. That's the thing with these brushless tools, everything comes as a package already soderd together (motor, trigger, electronics, battery connector) you just lift everything out and set the new one in. I've had to do it on a couple milwaukees it's pretty easy. It takes some of the trouble shooting out of it but at the same time you could be paying $100 to replace a faulty $20 trigger. This is what you get.

I know it won't be this video but it would a cool to see a big cordless grinder comparison 36v makita, metabo, hilti and the dewalt 60v, especially with the release of the 4/12ah flexvolt.

The 20v is on par with the m18 fuel which has been one of the top cordless grinders since it's release 5 years ago. I personally don't care for the grip on the 20v. The 60v has true corded power that the 20v and other 18v's don't have. Just to be clear I replaced corded grinders with m18 fuels because of the convenience and the power is good enough but it's not as powerful as corded. The 60v has a pretty comfortable grip but it's also heavier and kind of long and bulky. If I could only have one I would pick the 60v just for the power.

Yea I think it's alright to try show how they all perform on the same size battery, but like you say some batteries actually change the performance of the grinder. I think it would be dumb to not at least compare the grinders with the best battery available to the tool. At the end of the day I want to know the best combination of a tool and battery, the numbers don't really mean as much as real world performance.

Well like the title says, guys killed a dcd996 today. Drilled one hole fine went to drill a second hole and the trigger went dead, nothing not even the light will come on. Found a new motor and switch assembly on ebay for 1/3 of the price of ereplacementparts.

Pivoting shoe but no telescoping so yep that's one thing it has over the other hackzalls. If I were in the market for one I would definately pick the m18 fuel or if it was a tool I used heavily everyday maybe it's worth the upgade. I just don't know if I would say it's lightyears ahead of the brushed where it's like you have to upgrade.

Yea it's still very comfortable as a one handed saw but it's not as compact as you would think. When you see it by itself it looks like they shaved some size off it which they did in some places. But it's still bigger than the gen 1 almost like it's not as wide but they stretched it out and now it's longer.

I have one as well as the fuel sawzall, gen1 hackzall, and a m12 fuel hackall. Winter is our slow time so I haven't got to use it a lot but I would say the m18 fuel hackzall is my favorite. It's definately more powerful than the m12 fuel but it's also a quit a bit bigger. As far as that goes it's a bit bigger than the gen 1 hackzall as well but slightly more powerful and it's brushless so I would assume it has better run time but like I said I haven't really got to use it much. It's hard to say if it's really that much better to justify buying it, I guess it depends what your doing with it. In my case I have a tool problem and just had to have the newest one.