chit chat thread
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I bought a new Dewalt combo kit (dck290L2) this weekend, that was fun I suppose. It's a hammer drill and impact driver kit with 2 3.0ah li-ion batteries and a charger. It was $100 off so I couldn't pass it up!
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All my power tools are 20V dewalt. I have that kit too and love it. Also have the dewalt flashlight, circular saw and heated hoodie. All use the same batteries. They're greeeeeeeat!!!
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I'm pretty excited about it! I had a cheap Skil set and the batteries have been slowly dying for the last few months. I finally gave up when I was drilling holes for shelves last Thursday and was able to 16 of 24 holes on 2 fully charged batteries in plaster. I had to grab my back up black and decker to drill the last couple holes. We're looking to refinish our master bath this spring and i'm sure this will come in handy.
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going from worn batteries to 18/20v lithium is mind boggling. i forget to charge my 18v stuff because it never seems to die while using it. i've been drooling over 6.0ah batteries because I'm pretty sure you could build a whole house on one charge.
Dan
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I picked this kit because of the batteries. 3.0ah was a great deal with the kit but I'd love to upgrade to the 5.0ah batteries that Dewalt carries. One of the reasons I went with Dewalt was the frequency and the rate at which they run batteries on sale. Anytime you buy one of these kits you're paying for the battery technology, not necessarily the tool.
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I picked up a Milwaukee M18 Fuel 3/8" impact a few months ago, thinking of cordless tools.
I had never really used impacts too much, but figured it would be convenient for wheel removal and other assorted things. I use it religiously now, it has cut some project times in half. Removing heat shields under the car? Impact, Pulling a valve cover off? Impact. The 3/8" is nice and compact as well, so it fits everywhere you want it too.
I like the fact that it has three modes. Low speed low torque (21 ft/lbs) medium speed medium torque (71 ft/lbs) and all out (200 ft/lbs)
I tested it on a bolt that I torqued to 225 ft/lbs with my torque wrench, and it zipped it off like it was no big deal. I have removed stuff with it that some 1/2" impacts wont take off.
Long story short, I love the thing!Wow, that was a lot of words in regard to an impact lol.
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I was at Menards and grabbed this Tool Shop drill/impact/flashlight kit for around $80 a few weeks ago.
It's great for some stuff, but nothing too tight. It struggles taking wheel lugs off. Wish I would've just saved the cash towards a better cordless impact. Oh well, live and learn.
I read that the cheap corded Harbor Freight impact is really powerful. Maybe I'll give that a shot for $40.
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-heavy-duty-electric-impact-wrench-68099.html
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turned this:
into this:
not a great improvement visually, but the hood latches now, so it's more fuctional. Tied the core support to a tree with a big strap and backed up a couple times, so that was fun. Driving from West Bend to Appleton and back with no heat, however, was not fun.
Also screwed up my first batch of beer
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I have the Dewalt 20V cordless impact (DCF833m2) and it is fantastic, comes with two 4Ah batteries that last forever. I've charged them like 3 times and used the tool hundreds of times, by far my favorite tool that I own. Its also pretty compact so you can get it in all sorts of places.
Any recommendation on a non-milwaukee, non-dewalt cordless impact? I refuse to own either of those brands, but really want a good impact with good batteries.
Any particular reason you don't like Dewalt?
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Any recommendation on a non-milwaukee, non-dewalt cordless impact? I refuse to own either of those brands, but really want a good impact with good batteries.
Bosch is what I'd get. I've had their drills/impacts in the past. Pricey but worth it
I have all DeWalt now and use them everyday at work
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I have that cheap harbor freight corded impact. It's taken everything off my e30 that I've needed it to. (Big help on the axle nuts)
I leave my stuff out in the garage where it's cold. Batteries tend to get weak out there
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I've never had my dewalt batteries weaken over time being out in garage during winter cold
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I'll look into the Bosch, I have a lot of Bosch tools now and really like them. I've had good luck with Makita hitachi and Portercable as well. I've never liked milwaukee, they had junk sawzalls and drills back when I first started using power tools, and I've never tried them again, and Dewalt is like a fancy black&decker so, I'll spend my money elsewhere.
Thanks for the suggestions!!
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I'll look into the Bosch, I have a lot of Bosch tools now and really like them. I've had good luck with Makita hitachi and Portercable as well. I've never liked milwaukee, they had junk sawzalls and drills back when I first started using power tools, and I've never tried them again, and Dewalt is like a fancy black&decker so, I'll spend my money elsewhere.
Thanks for the suggestions!!
Woah, here I was starting to peg you as the person that just randomly hates companies for no reason and complains about them!
I imagine when you started using them was more then 5 years ago. I would give them a shot. The M18 fuel 3/8" impact had the highest amount of torque from all of the big brands of 3/8 impact that I could find. Therefore I went with it.
It looks like the Bosch 18v unit only has 125 ft/lbs of torque, which is pretty darn low.
Looks like the Makita ($414) has 150 ftllbs
I ended up getting mine for $200 with a coupon, and its rated at 200 ft/lbs
All depends on what you want to take off with it!Dewalt has always felt cheap to me as well, so I get where you come from on "fancy black & decker".
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