TrimmerMatt

Finess and hand feel are a matter of opinion

Sometimes the blower switch gets bumped off on mine and I hate it. If this doesn't have the blower I'll pass for sure. I really don't see anything wrong with the old brushed jigsaw.

5ah should still outperform the 3. There are 2x the cells so they will see half the load. 21700 cells are better but not twice as good as 25r in the 5.0.

It is one of the few tools in the US that I never find good deals on. Almost always selling for around 150. I picked mine up on ebay a couple years ago for 120.

I agree with Hugh on this one. I use the jig saw a lot and don't feel it has any real weakness. Maybe add a light and better bevel adjustment but that wouldn't be enough to make me upgrade. I'm not into the barrel grip but understand if that is what you are used to it would be nice. What do you feel it is lacking?

I've been making my own 3.0 short packs using LG HG2 cells for over a year. They are great in the nailers and impact driver. I'm sure these outperform mine in high load situations because of the bigger cells. But mine cost me about 15 bucks to make plus a donor battery shell. I was hoping for 4.0 slim packs using the Samsung 40t cells. Here is a test someone on an e-cig forum posted. The sanyo 20700a is in all of the current 6.0xr and 9.0 flexvolts that I have. https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/threads/bench-test-results-samsung-40t-21700…a-great-30a-3900mah-battery-better-than-ncr20700a.842165/

It's not worth buying and keeping another tool and batteries in the truck for a job I do only occasionally. Also its much easier to tame a powerful driver with the trigger than make a weak impact driver do something that it can't. I need the power when driving large screws in oak handrails and Newells. I also occasionally do decks too.

I like speed one for cabinet knob screws but the delay is too long I agree

I had the same experience with DeWalt customer service when I called about a dcb609 that refused to charge.

That is simply not true. As much as I wish DeWalt would make a proper professional orbital sander the Ryobi is decent. My only problems are the switch is junky and the batteries don't last. It could use more power but I have never had it bog down like you say. L

My yard is all hills, especially the front. I wouldn't do it without being self propelled. If my mower completely died I would get an ego self propelled but would prefer DeWalt to come out with something better so I can use my flexvolt batteries. I only have 7 9.0 and 6 6.0's

I would buy this if it was self propelled. Dewalt should do a 22" self propelled 120v. I know I would buy it. I'm sick of cleaning the carburetor and stinking like gas 1-2 times a year with the Husqvarna I have.

I have used a dw716 with a pancake compressor running at the same time. As long as the batteries are charged it ran fine without tripping. It is rated at 3600 peak watts which is 30 amps at 120v. I don't know how long it can run at peak but it seams to let it go as long as the batteries keep up.

They would last the longest that way, but isn't always practical. I feel like the winter temperatures averages out some of the damage that is done during the summer. Some of the battery manufacturers have charts showing storage temperature vs life. Look at page 3 of this one. http://dalincom.ru/datasheet/SAMSUNG INR18650-25R.pdf

There is nothing wrong with storing lithium batteries at low temperature, in fact they will last longer that way. You just can't charge them at low temperature because it damages the cells and they will output less energy when discharged in the cold. If you keep your batteries charged the heat from use will warm them up enough to be charged when done. At least this works in the PA winter's. It rarely gets below 0 here.

I did this today on my 16ga and 18ga. The 18ga has 17,000 nails through it and is less than 3 months old. My 16ga has 139,000 nails though it in about 14 months of use. I have broken 2 drive blades and wore out the drive blade assembly once in that time and broke the PTO assembly as well. It is easy to work on after dealing with the junky ryobi nailers for a couple years. Take the plastic off and there are 2 bolts holding the back bumper on. The blade assembly falls out after that. If you truly have 100k nails through yours I suggest replacing the whole assembly because the part that the drive blade attaches to wears against the wheel and eventually prevents the gun from firing.