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That was all it took, and though I've mostly refrained from buying multiples of tools in different brands, I now own more than a few Red tools that clash nicely against all the Yellow. Milwaukee was the first brand I bought into because Fuel was so dominant compared to what others offered. Their system was growing as my tool collection and needs were.

They were putting out tons of cool stuff. I also like their oddball tools; stapler, inflater, etc. The Fuel cutout tool and drywall gun are awesome, I bought them and much prefer them to the 20v Max versions we use at work. The rubber overmold on their batteries is a great feature. No one does 12v better than red. Most saws Dewalt has them beat. Grinders are something everyone does well these days. Their recent push at NPS into more saws looks promising;.

Table saw is a great value compared to my FlexVolt version; preorder kit gets you 2x Chainsaw looks like an improvement to the FlexVolt just based on the fact that it has metal bucking spikes.

Even their little 7. My dad's company had been dewalt back in the 18v xrp days and they were pretty good. We seemed to have a lot of little trigger issues over the years though so when we started switching over to 20v and had a trigger go in a 20v grinder we decided to jump ship. This was at a time when m18 fuel was new and as Bremon said they were pretty impressive.

In the meantime we've continued to grow both the m18 and 20v lines. While I do like the milwaukee tools better as I feel they cater to my work a little better we really haven't had many issues with the 20v tools. I also think dewalt has stepped up their game in the last couple years and until nps I had actually been more intrigued by dewalt recently. One thing I have found after running a couple tool platforms is that they're all going to have some issues.

I had some bad experiences with a number of NiCd powered drills over the years. Heck, who hasn't. Anyway, when my XRP finally bit the dust clutch collar got stuck about half way and wouldn't spin to drill mode anymore I got fed up and decided I needed something better.

I was tired of having my tools not work when I needed them and I bit the bullet and started shopping for big boy tools instead of home owner grade stuff. The one thing that pushed me to Milwaukee was the 5 year warranty. I've used the eWarranty service a number of times and it is, hands down, the best repair experience of any company tools or otherwise that I've ever had. Now, I'm branching out for specialty tools that Milwaukee just doesn't want to come out with in a timely fashion, but the bulk of my cordless power tools are red.

I had a mish-mash of tool brands and was regularly helping a friend build fences. I decided it was time to go all cordless and try to stay all in one brand to only have 1 battery platform. I chose Milwaukee for a few reasons some of them much more petty than others :. I really hate Home Depot and look for any opportunity to try and anger them.

Growing up my dad was a plumber, so I was raised with Milwaukee right angle drills and sawzalls. So when I began buying tools it was mostly brand recognition as it was what I was most familiar with. Routers are mainly porter cable and one ridgid.

I basically have a health mix of brands. I got into m12 mainly for the stapler. It was a tool that impressed me at nps I felt for a battery stapler it was quite compact and seemed like it would be very handy. It may have some flaws but overall it is a good tool. I also was gifted an m12 coat which is good. I picked it over my primary battery platform DeWALT because I felt like the m12 battery would be slightly more comfortable than the 20v packs, it had pocket warmers which are what I primarily use, and at the time of purchase it had a free battery deal.

If I were to decide to get more 12v stuff I would probably stick with m I don't have plans to get into the line any further but I have toyed with the idea. I don't mind multiple battery platforms but I would like to keep it to a minimum. My brother lives by Milwaukee Tools. I have had problems with M18 tools in the past on several occasions.

Their warranty is fantastic though. After much hmmmming and hawwwwing I bought the transfer pump, the m18 miter two 9. Special tools for specific reasons. My experience with Milwaukee so far has been positive.

The only issue I had was with my Fuel impact wrench. The trigger started acting up shortly after I bought it, making a fizzing sound is if something was shorting out whenever I tried staging the trigger, with the tool giving an error code. Fast no hassle service replacing a used drill with a brand new one. Glad it worked our redmed. I've done a couple of returns with them on new tools and they were replaced with me nesbith Tim in less than a week so Milwaukee is good in my book!

Milwaukee seems to just give you a new tool instead of repairing it. It's just quicker that way for everyone involved if it can be fixed it must be sold as a refurbished too later on if its still in decent shape.

This is going to sound blasphemous but I will say Jason that both tools that I returned to Milwaukee were really new tools. That didn't sit well with me to have to do two returns. I won't slam Milwaukee, the returns were smooth and I got brand new tools licking split but the fact that they both broke during light use.

I could've gotten flukes but that never sat well with me. I will say the three Milwaukee M12 tools I have are fantastic machines. I love the feel of the M12s, for a 12 volt they really don't feel like a 12 volt and some people are even surprised that when I am using my M12 fuel drill and impact that its only a 12 volt.

Thinking hard about grabbing the M12 Fuel Circ Saw. I have to agree that Milwaukee seems to have issues with initial quality on their tools. Once you use them for awhile they seem to be fine, but that first couple times can be iffy once that's over you should be golden. Do they require a receipt with broken tools? I sent a copy in with my drill then thought that I better find receipts for the rest of my Milwaukee tools and could not find a receipt for three tools. Not really, but of course it's more complicated than that.

All Milwaukee power tools have a manufacture date code in the serial number. The warranty period starts from the date of purchase if you bought from an authorized Milwaukee dealer. If you did not or if you can't find your receipt, the warranty period is calculated from the manufacture date. It's best to keep your receipts so you don't lose out on warranty time for a tool that was sitting on the shelf for a while.

Now I know the tools I couldn't find the receipt for are somewhat covered. Got remember to save those little pieces of paper. I got the new Hammerdrill and got a nut driver jammed in it. I called Milwaukee and told them it had only been a week. The tech told me to wrap a glove around the chuck and hold it with a wrench while activating reverse.

I ended up sticking an Allen wrench in it and standing on it. Got the bot out, took it to Home Depot and exchanged it for the same model, no questions asked. Since then, the new drill is nothing short of a beast! Doof Posted July 9, Shuutr Posted July 9, M12 or M18? Carlos Osorio Posted July 9, I saw the m12 drill and impact combo with a free 3. JerryNY Posted July 9, Actually had this thought this morning: Would a google alert set-up work for something like this?

Dunno, not super-innernetz savy. Nice job, Amazon. Maxwell Tyler Ray Posted July 9, Posted July 10, Posted July 12, ChrisK Posted July 12, Dude, have you ever bought from them before? Am I missing something? That seems like too good of a deal. Now I'm interested. Verify before you buy, the description is the friggin' flashlight!!!! Everything indicated the impact but if you look at description it says flashlight! Justin Hernandez Posted July 12, I will never understand Amazons pricing.

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