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Originally Posted by jpsmith1cm

I'm very happy with the milwaukee M12 tools.

I have the impact and just bought a 3/8 chuck drill.

They work quite well, in my opinion and fit nicely in my Veto bag.

X2 though I only have the impact.

I bought my makita 18v combo and fell in love with it. I used and abused the impact for roughly a year and it held up very well. It was was dropped off 6 foot latters , left on condensors in the rain and snow, and took a couple 10-15 foot falls and still worked awesome. The batteries charge very fast too. The drill on the other hand was only used for spotters so i cant really comment. The case/ bag is also super convenient. After both batteries died recently I went to the dewalt 20v max combo. I couldn't justify spending $140 on batteries when i bought the makita combo new for $200. The impact is much more powerful and the batteries seem to hold a better charge after sitting in the truck over the weekend in the cold. The dewalt does have more of a plastic/cheaper feel to it all the way around tho( both drills and charger). Ive only had the dewalt about a month now (and it is growing on me) but If I had to do it again I would have gotten another makita combo...

Originally Posted by socotech

I have wondered if a rotozip would cut duct. Does it work good? Battery powered or 120v?

I took my 120v roto zip and installed a 1/4" chuck in it and bought some 10,000 rpm+ blades. I used it to cut some duct in a wall to install some 16 gage sleeved fire dampers. It was damn dangerous due to the fact that my roto zip had a slide switch on it and the damn thing stayed on when I lost my grip on it. I would never use it again unless I absolutely have to cut some metal in an impossible location.I'm lucky I didnt lose a finger.

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M12 for light duty (panel removal and maintenace) and M18 for heavy duty installation/Repair (sawzall/hackzall and circular saw use). I have the M12 Impact driver and a Hammer drill driver. The hammer drill is quite powerful for a 12 volt. It is pretty impressive compared to other 12v i've had like Bosch which is currently retired to the basement.

M 12 for me too.....I have the impact,mini sawzall,right angle drill and the pro pex expander. I'm looking to buy the mini band saw next.

I have a Milwaukee hole shooter drill that I bought in 1986 and it is still in use. All my heavy duty tools are Milwaukee. I am retiring my dewault stuff as soon as the last battery quits.

I had a Milwaukee drill impact set and have no complaints. But Ridgid all the way now. Great tools at a great price and if you register them you get a lifetime warranty on them. Heck I had 4 2-3 year old 18 volt lithium batteries that I didn't register and they still swapped them out for new ones at Home Depot. If there is a tool rental at the Home depot they should have the battery swap program there. Sometimes you have to talk to a manager because not many employees know about the battery swap deal


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Originally Posted by ga-hvac-tech

Milwaukee has a new drill out, called the 'fuel'. They advertise the new motor is brushless and battery life is lots longer due to more efficient motor. From the little I have read, it appears the motor may be a variation of an ECM design... anyone know anything about this?

im a milwaukee fan. im going to have to try this one out.

I had a 18v Milwaukee li-ion and it was junk imo. I had a older makita impact 14.4 ni-mh battery and that thing still works great. However i have the 20v dewalt li-ion now and i love it, been beat to hell on some installation jobs and still going strong

Originally Posted by XcelTech

Makita and a clip on bag of chucks for self taps
Dewalt XRP hammer drill for drilling
Milwakee saw saw
Dewalt band saw <---one of my favorites
Milwakee snake camera
Rotozip for cutting certain sized holes in ducts or wood (and some drywall)
Dremal for those tough to reach items



Sledge hammer for Monday morning!

I have wondered if a rotozip would cut duct. Does it work good? Battery powered or 120v?

Makita and a clip on bag of chucks for self taps
Dewalt XRP hammer drill for drilling
Milwakee saw saw
Dewalt band saw <---one of my favorites
Milwakee snake camera
Rotozip for cutting certain sized holes in ducts or wood (and some drywall)
Dremal for those tough to reach items



Sledge hammer for Monday morning!

Makita then DeWalt in that order. I have always used DeWalt in the past but I was never very happy with battery performance. Since I switched to Makita about two years ago I now learned what I was missing.

Sorry typo price on a makita set

great price on makita

I just found a great process on a majors set. It comes with grinder,impactor,sawzall,hammer drill, radio, light, circular saw and for under 600 bucks

I use Bosch i haven't had a problem

Originally Posted by Gleng

Very sad, Milwaukee is no longer what it was.It was a great power tool. But Milwaukee is now having them made in CHINA, You would be best to buy an older Used milwaukee than a new one. I have milwaukee tools 20 years old. Still work good. i recently bought a new Milwaukee right angle grinder ,it burned out in months. saw it was made in china.I replaced it with a Hilti Good tool,but expensive. Shame on Milwaukee. They claim the tools from China are the same, Yeah ok, And R-22 won't go up in price any more.

Same thing with me. I have a Milwaukee sawzall that's 20 years old and it still runs like it did 20 years ago

When I bought my 12 Bosch they outperformed the Milwalkee. Milwalkee seems to have improved that line and has a much broader product line if that interests you. I am very happy with my Bosch 12 volt. 18 volt Makita is the best imo. You may want to check out new brushless models. They will be smaller yet and give better battery life and performance.

You can't go wrong with Bosch.. They still have solid QC with their tools. Probably gonna go with them in 18V.

batteries

My complaint with milwaukee m18 is the batteries. I keep burning through batteries and my warranty claims are shut down because the set was made 5 years ago but bought it 2 years ago. Nonetheless at 120 a piece I coulr have but a complete new set by now. Seems like good tools but batts are atrocious

I love the 18v Makita. Lithium batteries last a long time on a charge and only take about 10 minutes to fully charge. Also get good run time with my recip saw.

I've been using the Makita 18v stuff for a number of years now and have had no issues whatsoever with them.
I did drop a Makita impact driver off a 20' ladder onto concrete about 4 years ago, and it landed bit first.
It still worked fine, but it made a horrible noise, so it got retired to scrap duty at the shop. It still works.