From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 9/23/2024 6:02 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 9/23/2024 3:39 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> My preferred cordless tool line for a long time was Milwaukee.  Used   
   >> to be Makita 30 years ago but they kind of fell behind.  Day in day   
   >> out as a contractor I bought Milwaukee cordless.  When one of my   
   >> drills died, and new brushes didn't revive it, and then I got down to   
   >> just one good battery I gave up and went cheap.  I used the Harbor   
   >> Freight Bauer line.   Its not horrible, the tools are cheap, and the   
   >> bigger batteries are actually decent.  After my dad passed away I   
   >> found he had gone with DeWalt.  I gave all my Bauer tools to my son   
   >> and started using my dad's DeWalt stuff.  Well, not in that order.   
   >>   
   >> I also found (with both Bauer and DeWalt) that for some tools the   
   >> smaller batteries are fine.  I figured they would be fine for   
   >> everything.  They just wouldn't run as long.  No.  That's not true.   
   >> Some tools just wouldn't run very well on the smaller batteries that   
   >> usually come with the "packages."  A couple come to mind. Cordless   
   >> angle grinder, chainsaw, hedge trimmer... Bauer or DeWalt both kind of   
   >> bogged out instantly with the small batteries and produced respectably   
   >> with 4AH or bigger batteries.   
   >>   
   >> I just spent $700(+) dollars on four legit (not Amazon or eBay knock   
   >> offs) 8ah DeWalt batteries.  I figure after dropping real coin on   
   >> batteries I'll walk in the shop tomorrow and find melted pools of   
   >> yellow DeWalt plastic everywhere there used to be a DeWalt cordless tool.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > I have broken one DeWalt tool since switching.  I was helping out a   
   > buddy, and I stuck a blade in backwards (tang end out) in a DeWalt   
   > cordless jig saw.  Of course I broke the blade clamp mechanism trying to   
   > get it out.  I finally looked it up and ordered a new blade clamp   
   > assembly today.   
      
      DeWalt has been my go-to for many years for battery tools . When I   
   was building cabinets I used the 12 volt drills because they were   
   lighter and had plenty of power . I'm using the 18 volt stuff now except   
   for one 20V drill I picked up at a yard sale .   
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