Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
everyone I've ever used or seen was all red or red with a black battery, but no matter...
My milwaulkee stuff was all from the 96-98 year range. I picked up the 18v sawsall as one of my first 'good' power tools ever that I bought with my own money. It was 1/2 red 1/2 grey and I left it in quite a few places on accident.
most of that (99.9%) is just me being stupid. I also picked up a 14.4v dewalt drill somewhere in there along with other stuff.
I was just saying I liked the yellow, not that it was the only reason I bought it. It was more of an 'added benefit'.
Originally posted by: Cattlegod
I'm seeing mixed reviews on all of the brands. Anyone have any other opinions?
Ridgid from Home Depot has a lifetime warranty, at at least they did. I haven't looked into them recently to see if that is still true, it may just have been a promotion. The Ridgid brand is like craftsman, except it is Home Depot's brand. I don't know who makes them.
I can't speak to the quality, because I have naver used them besides in demos, and it is a 'new' brand. But someone may have some input on them.
I used to work at Home Depot, so I heard tons from both homeowners and from contractors. Every brand has it's die hard 'ill never buy anything but <insert brand> and all other drills suck' people. Everyone has heard the story of the drill that his neighber bought that was <insert brand> and it broke within 30 minutes.
From experence, I am (and know I am
) a Dewalt fan-boy. This comes from both personal experences using the dewalt tools:
I have everything from 9.6v drills to 24v monsters and the entire 18v set) to using almost every brand out there. (porder cable, milwaulkee, craftsman, ryobi, delta (which wasn't mention yet. hmm...), bosch, and tons of 'cheap' brands like harbor freight sells (drill master, emerson low end, etc)
to what customers told me at home depot:
The contractors would complain every time something broke, and I can tell you that I heard almost nothing about dewalt, porter cable and milwaulkee. I heard tons of complaints on ryobi, which had mroe complaints that I heard than any other brand I can think of. Homeowners complained about everything pretty much, but by and away most of them were abuse stories like 'I dropped it off my 2nd story roof onto my driveway and it broke, I demand a replacement' stories. But the dewalt and milwaukee consumer complains were much less than others, I think because they took abuse well.
I've dropped stuff off my roof before, and my dad ran over my 18v sawsall with the lawn tractor (withotu the blade
) last weeked, and they all still work. the 14.4 still works, but the motor sparks a bit. I need to replace it. (only $18 bucks. woot!)
learn about some Black and decker, dewalt, firestorm and other batteries
here. I got bored a while ago and destroyed some
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