I was at a friend's wedding a couple of weeks ago and was asked a questions that I get asked alot.
Who has the best tools? This is a trick question because there are alot of cordless tools out there. Milwaukee, DeWalt, Bosch, Panasonic, Festool just to name a few that we stock. The major difference in Cordless Tools is their batteries. With the change of technology the batteries are getting lighter so the tools are lighter, just like our cell phones, you don't see kids running around with bag phones like my mom did in the late 80's, early 90's.
So to rephase the question, "Who has the best battery technology out there at the most reasonable price?" I would have to say Milwaukee, yes you can see by the website we are a very red store. My dad is also a Milwaukee Tool Guy and he has not had problems with his tools, I had one of his drills and it stopped drilling so I traded it in and got my own M12 pocket driver.
Milwaukee has done the testing and retesting on the Lithium-ion batteries, not that they did not have problems coming to the market with the V18 series but the new M18 and M12 volt series they have a few batteries issues but they have been standing their products.
Why not DeWalt's Lithium-ion technology? They have not had the tools on the market as long as the milwaukee, they don't have the run time that milwaukee has or the extra features like the battery gauge so you can see what is left on the battery because using it half way through your project and then having to quit because the battery is dead.
DeWalt's nicd technology, everyone knows that these batteries dont have the run time that other nicd batteries have and the reasoning behind it is the following: Milwaukee has a slide on battery so the Positive and the Negative always line up when the battery is in place. DeWalt's Positive and Negative do tend to move around after the battery has been dropped, then you dont get the power and the battery is junk.
If you want the BEST cordless tool/batteries - you need to go to Festool, the german's know how to make cordless tools and their beers!!!
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