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I Lean

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
I'll ditto the above--you can test-drive any of my Team Red tools.

I will say, I've been VERY impressed with the M12 fuel stubby 3/8" impact. I use that stupid thing ALL THE TIME. Anything needing more power gets the monster 1/2" fuel.
 
Hickey

Hickey

Burn-barrel enthusiast
Supporting Member
Location
Grantsville, Utah
I Lean said:
I'll ditto the above--you can test-drive any of my Team Red tools.

I will say, I've been VERY impressed with the M12 fuel stubby 3/8" impact. I use that stupid thing ALL THE TIME. Anything needing more power gets the monster 1/2" fuel.
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I do use that M12 3/8 ugga dugga all the time. So small and light. My M18 blower is also rad. I really want the new M18 top handle 12” chainsaw.
 
Tonkaman

Tonkaman

Well-Known Member
Location
West Jordan
I have a very large mixture of both yellow and red tools. I think both manufacturers have top quality tools and batteries.

For me I like to have a mixture because of small preferences. I prefer the miluakee sawzall, and bandsaw to dewalt. I prefer dewalt for a small impact but Milwaukee for the big heavy duty. Etc…

Dewalt batteries are cheaper and are available in a wide range of power outputs. They have a shorter warranty period and do have a slightly higher failure rate than Milwaukee.

For reference, I probably have 2-3 dewalt batteries (out of 20-30) fail per year. They are almost always 6+ years old when they do. The Milwaukee batteries see less than 1 failure a year on average (out of about 20)
 
The_Lobbster

The_Lobbster

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jeeper said:
One more feather in the cap for DeWalt 🤣


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I helped a friend on a job Friday, used his DeWalt reciprocating saw for a bit. Never in my life have I used such a poorly built tool. Shook like mad, flimsy, and weak. Used it for 30 minutes, and it vibrated so bad I got a nasty blister through my gloves.

Finished the job the next day, when I decided to bring my Milwaukee, because it sucked that bad.
 
The_Lobbster

The_Lobbster

Well-Known Member
jeeper said:
Operator error.
All the Milwaukee guys say stupid stuff like this. 😉
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I’ve never gotten a blister from a reciprocating saw before, but figure, I’m not willing to try again!
Edit: I was a diehard DeWalt guy up until 2016 too, somebody gifted me a Milwaukee set when my DeWalt couldn’t drill a basic 2” hole through a sill plate. Accepted the gift, almost 10 years later, never want to return to yellow 😉

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Hickey

Hickey

Burn-barrel enthusiast
Supporting Member
Location
Grantsville, Utah
The_Lobbster said:
I DO work for the state 😉

But real talk, doing HVAC 10 years, never got a blister like this. My brother teased me relentlessly too. Not really sure how it happened.
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We had an older DEWALT Sawzall through the last winter for cutting up pallets for the burn barrel. It was older, but good golly it sucked.
 
Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
The_Lobbster said:
I helped a friend on a job Friday, used his DeWalt reciprocating saw for a bit. Never in my life have I used such a poorly built tool. Shook like mad, flimsy, and weak. Used it for 30 minutes, and it vibrated so bad I got a nasty blister through my gloves.

Finished the job the next day, when I decided to bring my Milwaukee, because it sucked that bad.
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I have a really old version of the dewalt sawsall and a newer version. The new one sucks and does what you say. It’s flimsy and rattles your hands because there’s no weight to it. If you don’t put the material to the guard you’ll be out of luck cutting. Stupid thing.
 
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