M18 Planer Review 2623 - a little dissapointing

[dwain]

 

[Foneguy]

Great video... Loved the turntable display, nice touch !!!

[james10million]

Good honest review guys, strange to see it struggle at only 2mm.

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[JimboS1ice]

Nice review guys, I think I'm still going to hold out for the brushless dewalt

[DaveJr.]

3 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:

Nice review guys, I think I'm still going to hold out for the brushless dewalt

I can't wait for the DeWalt 20V to come out!

[dwain]

you mean this one?

[DaveJr.]

Oh you Australians!!!! Did you try it out yet?

[dwain]

nup, hold on a week.

[DaveJr.]

Just now, dwain said:

nup, hold on a week.

Well if you don't like it, ship it over the pond to me!

[dwain]

1 hour ago, james10million said:

Good honest review guys, strange to see it struggle at only 2mm.

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2mm is fairly hard for a cordless I think. The bosch is only rated at 1.6mm, but it can do 45mm LVLs at 1.6mm easily.

[MikeInCtown]

Very interesting and I'm a little surprised at the title of this post given how the review raved about every single aspect of the tool except the power to go very fast at 2mm cut.

[Bigmikez]

great review Dwain!

[jrsalas]

 

Awsome job on the video. Very informative. And for a cordless i think it does great. This is for small quick jobs, if you really need to go over 2mm all day long than you need to pull the corded planer out. My 2£

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[dwain]

9 hours ago, MikeInCtown said:

Very interesting and I'm a little surprised at the title of this post given how the review raved about every single aspect of the tool except the power to go very fast at 2mm cut.

 

i just expect that if a manufacturer rates to 2mm, that it can do 2mm. Especially given that Milwaukee are usually very powerful tools, I also expected it to at least match the competition (which can go much harder/faster).

 

Power is VERY important, so I'm dissapointed. BUT in every other way, it's awesome. So it's 'a little dissapointing'.

[JimboS1ice]

Rub it in you got the yellow planer we Americans want!!! I'll trade you something you can't get over there...

Jimbo

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[KnarlyCarl]

I liked this review, very nicely done! But I can see where the disappointment comes in that they claim one thing but in reality it can't live up to the specs. @dwain what size of battery did you have on it? Do you think a larger battery, and even maybe the 9ah battery when it comes out could get it to power through the 2mm? 

[dwain]

Hi Knarly Carl. We used 4ah and 5ah batteries. No I don't think the 9Ah will help because the motor was noticeably working very hard already.

[khariV]

Great review. Mine didn't come with the chip collection bag. In wonder why overseas models get better dust / chip collection than we get here in the states?

[JMG]

The features on this one remind me of the old Bosch NiCad cordless planer. The left or right exhaust and positive stops in particular. They were very attractive features. The unfortunate issue with the Bosch unit, though, was that the motor in it had an engineering defect that would cause a random critical failure after minimal use, and the only fix for it was a replacement motor with the same problem. This failure was caused due to a lack of any type of mechanical fastening of the magnets used around the armature (adhesive or rivet). The magnets were just slipped into the housing and held in place by their own magnetic strength. This might have been a good idea in theory, but the action of the electric brake stopping the motor could cause the magnets to pop off of the housing and glom onto the armature with some rather eratic behaviors or instant lockup of the unit. As this also created a situation where the battery could overheat to a dangerous level, it highlighted the lack of safety cutouts in design as well, and was instrumental in my never purchasing another Bosch product from that time forward.