I owned a Fuel drill for two weeks and the side handle broke off. Now, after, six months, the chuck is completely stripped. What a piece of sh!t.
I've been hearing this for years about Home Depot products . Everything from plumbing and lighting fixture to tools are not the same quality as the same ones you'll find in a supply house . I don't know this for sure , but can easily see that happening . They look the same on the outside , but the internals are built with crap parts . Plastic gears etc. , although , I've been abusing my dewalt 18 volt drill : hammer drill for years that I got there , and it's still kicking ?99cents said:You're right. I'm used to the old Milwaukee (no, not the beer ).
Now they seem to be just another off-shore sellout. For the beating I put a Hackzall through, I can live with replacing it every once in a while. The Fuel drill has great torque but I don't think it has been engineered to keep up. They essentially took their old drill, put in a brushless motor, and hoped for the best.
A friend of mine bought a Makita and the gears stripped out after a month. That's why I went Milwaukee. I guess the Milwaukee is better. It lasted six months .
The moral of the story is that you can't buy a cordless drill to replace a good old fashioned corded workhorse. Time is money and making trips to the warranty depot represents negative income.
People are talking up Hilti; expensive but a quality product. Maybe it's time for a change. Again.
Lol ! Ummm , no sir ( laughing in the background ) ! All of our products are made to the same specs no matter where they're sold ( hysterical laughter in the background ) ! Who knows ? I'm not willing to buy identical tools to do a forensic investigation unless the one I bought at the box store dies an untimely death from normal use .BBQ said:[Face Palm]
Even if they do make cheaper stuff do you honestly think they would have answered ...
Yes, we make cheap crap for the big box stores.
I own quite a few.wendon said:So how many Milwaukee tools do you own? You know more than an authorized Milwaukee repair shop? :no::no: I've bought tools from both places, no difference! Unless it's a huge Milwaukee conspiracy!
Did you read the OP?wendon said:Don't even have a Home Cheapo in our town and the Menards sells Bosch and a host of other cheap junk. I buy my tools from Electrical Supply House or the local Farm & Fleet store. Funny what a story a so called electrician can come up with. As for Milwaukee tools I've got:
M12 flashlight
M12 LED flashlight
M12 driver
M12 Impact driver
M12 Hackszall
M12 Tubing cutter
M12 Pvc shear
M12 Multi-tool
M18 Angle grinder
M18 Drill
M18 Drill/Hammer Drill
M18 metal cutting circular saw
M18 Hackszall
M18 LED flashlight
M18 Impact driver
M18 Fuel Impact driver
M18 Angle drill
M24 Circular saw
Corded:
Milwaukee Hole Hawg
Milwaukee hammer drill
Milwaukee D handle drill with extension
Milwaukee Super sawzall
Milwaukee angle drill
Now I'm waiting for them to come out with the M12 Fuel Impact driver:thumbup:
I've had Bosch and Panasonic cordless drills that worked okay but I still prefer Milwaukee. Just my opinion. I've never had a Dewalt tool. They might be okay but I just don't care for them.
Did you read the op?wendon said:Don't even have a Home Cheapo in our town and the Menards sells Bosch and a host of other cheap junk. I buy my tools from Electrical Supply House or the local Farm & Fleet store. Funny what a story a so called electrician can come up with. As for Milwaukee tools I've got:
M12 flashlight
M12 LED flashlight
M12 driver
M12 Impact driver
M12 Hackszall
M12 Tubing cutter
M12 Pvc shear
M12 Multi-tool
M18 Angle grinder
M18 Drill
M18 Drill/Hammer Drill
M18 metal cutting circular saw
M18 Hackszall
M18 LED flashlight
M18 Impact driver
M18 Fuel Impact driver
M18 Angle drill
M24 Circular saw
Corded:
Milwaukee Hole Hawg
Milwaukee hammer drill
Milwaukee D handle drill with extension
Milwaukee Super sawzall
Milwaukee angle drill
Now I'm waiting for them to come out with the M12 Fuel Impact driver:thumbup:
I've had Bosch and Panasonic cordless drills that worked okay but I still prefer Milwaukee. Just my opinion. I've never had a Dewalt tool. They might be okay but I just don't care for them.
It was actually a 9.6 volt drill to be accurate , and it was the cats ass at the time . Why ? Because the only other companies putting out cordless drills were skill and black and decker and they were total crap compared to the makita . I still have mine somewhere with a dead battery in it , but I'm sure it still works if I replace the battery . I love today's cordless stuff , but I do agree , they're not making it to last the long haul if you're using them hard every day . Something is always compromised when we start making things weigh less . I'm still holding on to my whole dewalt XRP line only because they still work fine and I have damn near every tool they make . I'll eventually cross over to the compact lightweight generation when my stuff starts dying off , lol ! The fuel drills look sweet though !wendon said:It's a Milwaukee thing....they don't understand!:laughing::laughing: I don't have a problem believing they're building power tools cheaper but do you remember when Makita came out with one of the first 9 volt cordless drills?? We thought it was wonderful in spite of it not working all that great. I think the cordless tools are built as good as they ever have been. The lithium batteries in spite of some drawbacks are great! It might be a tradeoff of weight versus more steel!