[Shop-talk] homeowner/ shop guy cordless drill

[Pat Horne]

Thanks, Moose for your input. I’ve been using DeWalt since the 14.4v days building houses & haven’t had enough trouble to mention (except for the anemic 14.4v circular saw). I’ve cut back on my housebuilding lately but still buy a tool or two from time to time. If cordless, then they are DeWalt. 

I also see lots of specialty tools coming out of Milwaukee that I don’t see from other companies which is good for them but since I’m not needing to do those trades all the time, I’m not interested in changing colors. 

Peace, Pat

Pat Horne 
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On Aug 3, 2023, at 5:21 PM, eric at megageek.com wrote:

OK, this has generated a ton of traffic, so I'll weigh in. 

I'm a yellow and black guy.  Dewalt is my go to for cordless.  They are solid and have tools you've never even heard of before. 

They have adaptors so you can use the old 18v NiCd with the new 20 Li batteries. So you can get the NOS tools for pennies on the dollar and they will work with the new batteries. 

I often found that I ended up with a few 'combo' kits that had duplicate tools in them.  But what is REALLY confusing about Dewalt, is that they seem to change part numbers like the weather.  I have about 4 circ saws, all with different parts numbers and each one is slightly different.  So it's impossible to compare them to other brands, and even themselves.  But they have a 4", 6" and 9" (I think they may have a 12" one as well.) So you can get the size(s) that you need. 

The good news is, that you can get a 'heavy' drill driver and a 'light' or 'compact' drill driver and have both of them for not much money with dewalt. 

With that said, the only tool I will NOT recommend from Dewalt is their electric chainsaw.  It has 2 major design issues that they have yet to address.  (they constantly leak the bar oil and they have only a single plastic screw to hold the bar and chain on with, and it's cam'ed so you can't even tighten it much. 

I wrote dewalt after i purchased the chainsaw and they never responded.  So I bought a Milwalkee Fuel one and it is 'streets ahead' of the Dewalt.  I also bought the pole chainsaw from them.  So those are my only red tools. 

But every other dewalt tool I have has been great.   

Oh, except if you have to remove their chucks.  A TERRIBLE design and if you want to replace a chuck, you may not be able to remove the old one. 

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