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All of my kit is Dewalt and I find it totally reliable, except for the battery life of 18v batteries, plus being bright yellow, they're easy to see in a cluttered bathroom install!
 
Got a mixture but steadily replacing the Mikita to dewalts cos I know a man
 
imho both are up there for performance and build quality but Makita does seem to say, I dunno, less "look at how much I can afford to spend on tools" and more " lets just get the job done properly" .
 
I'm on the Makita side here, 18V Li-on never had a problem with them, which ever you go for, for battery life its the Ah rating that is important, Makita do 3.0Ah batteries but I believe Dewalt have brought out a 4.0Ah range.
 
Neither nowadays. De walt aren't as robust as they used to be and I got put off Makita when the gearboxes went on two in quick succession.

My 36v is a Bosch and my 18v is Hitachi. Milwaukee are excellent as well.
 
Dewalt for me all my tools are them only had one Makita drill hammer action stopped working on it
 
dewalt over makita normally for me just, but makita do make some good 110v tools that others dont. milwaukee are very solid and worth the price also.
 
I like my dewalt xrp, but it's a few years old now so can't comment on the new stuff and I like my makita core drill.
 
I love my Mikita core drill especially since I got a bigger transformer to stop the little one tripping
 
I've not done a count but I expected that there'd be one shout for DeWalt and the remainder for Makita. How wrong I was.

I'm a DeWalt happy customer and would buy another but both companies provide great tools.
 
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my angle drill (this) and my core drill is why i like makita 110v drills.
 
bought 2 new miketa sds for a bargin 90 quid each 3 weeks ago as a stop gap because our 4 year old Hitachi sds decided the chuck would fail,ones gone back under warranty weird slow running fault,i mean no oomph at all
 
Ii just tend to buy whatever is the cheapest of the 2 makes with similar performance
 
Hmm! Festool's are good. But you need to be a millionaire to buy them.
 
If we're talking SDS then Bosch wins hand down over Makita or Dewalt, after all they invented SDS back in 1975.
Generally though I prefer Makita but do have a Dewalt circular saw and I'm very happy with it.
I'm powertool mad and buy at least one a month.
 
Ask the people that use power tools more or less all day every day, like kitchen fitters & they will generally probably not be overwhelmed with either makes. Hire firms can give good insight to what each type of tool of each brand does after getting a rough hire life. Each manufacturer will make certain tools better than other tools.
Guess it all depends on how much YOU use or abuse each power tool. I notice Panasonic cordless drills are used by a lot of pros & also Milwaukee, but both are serious money.
 
Been buying makita. Picked up a dewalt ads the other day and it just felt cheap. I want to try Milwaukee next
 
The problem with most manufacturers is they now have two ranges, one for the sheds and one for the pros so you think you are picking up a decent drill but it's actually one downgraded for DIY use.
 
Love my Makita 18v Li-on. Only takes 22 mins to charge. Even got a little light on it.
i have tried the DeWalt but I feel that the start-up on it is a bit too fast for putting screws in gently especially the flat bit round heads needed for guttering brackets.
 
I use Milwaukee 18v and its awesome. My mate has a makita but still needs his sds for clip holes in masonry whereas my cordless zips em in no problem

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I have dewalt 18v gear mainly but do have a bosch 18v drill,they are both good tools but you have to run the battery right down before re-charging them to get the most out of the battery life
 
I've yet to 'bust' or burn out any powertool apart from that god awfull Bosch green jigsaw that failed me when I most needed it and I lost my temper and shattered it on the ground by its cord. Only 2 weeks old and I missed out of a replacement cos I smashed it in. :6:
 
milwalkee all the way ,, upgraded all my kit to 28v ..and 12v for the smaller tools
 
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Like everything else it depends how you use or abuse them.
Believe it or not this was one of the best drivers ever made and it has still imo never been bettered which is why 20 years later it is still on sale unchanged. Best balanced driver you can buy.
Makita 6095DWDE 9.6v Drill Driver 6095DWDE £109.95
It is not a drill, it is a driver. Use it for what it is the same as any other tool.

Try Hilti and you will never use anything else for your serious stuff. Your money will be well spent.
 
BSS have Milwaulkee drill with 2 Li-on batteries for £159.

Learned a harsh lesson with a brand new Makita a few years back. Always make sure you scratch your name very deeply on the batteries. I failed to do so and after putting one on charge on what I thought was a good building site with a few so called good workers on it, I returned to find an old plaster covered battery in its place followed by a total denial from everyone with the same drill. Had my suspicions who done it but could not prove it. Never spoke to him or worked with him again and now keep a close eye on everything whenever any of his countrymen are on sites.
 
tamz said:
Like everything else it depends how you use or abuse them.
Believe it or not this was one of the best drivers ever made and it has still imo never been bettered which is why 20 years later it is still on sale unchanged. Best balanced driver you can buy.
Makita 6095DWDE 9.6v Drill Driver 6095DWDE £109.95
It is not a drill, it is a driver. Use it for what it is the same as any other tool.

Try Hilti and you will never use anything else for your serious stuff. Your money will be well spent.
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i remember those makita drills. Carpenters would sleep with them they were so popular.
 
mike-c said:
BSS have Milwaulkee drill with 2 Li-on batteries for £159.

Learned a harsh lesson with a brand new Makita a few years back. Always make sure you scratch your name very deeply on the batteries. I failed to do so and after putting one on charge on what I thought was a good building site with a few so called good workers on it, I returned to find an old plaster covered battery in its place followed by a total denial from everyone with the same drill. Had my suspicions who done it but could not prove it. Never spoke to him or worked with him again and now keep a close eye on everything whenever any of his countrymen are on sites.
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I used to work with a chap who, when his battery ran out, would swap his flat one with your fully charged one and put the flat one in your box. You'd go to the next job, flatten a battery and get your charged one out to find it flat. Not an issue with nicking stuff as it was all company issue but flipping irritating.

I was unfortunate enough to have to work with him on quite a few jobs. On one job he cleared the rubbish into the back of my van. When I opened the back of the van the next morning to put it in a hippo bag he had put it all in loose instead of bagging it. It all fell out and proceeded to blow up and down the road.
 
I think the 8406 has remained unchanged for at least 10 years.
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I mean when you have a good design why mess with it?

Also regarding batteries I wonder if the lithium polymer batteries will ever make their way to cordless tools? They're used I think in some phones and electric cars etc and can be smaller and thinner than lithium ion but are more expensive.
 
Phil said:
I think the 8406 has remained unchanged for at least 10 years.
ae235


I mean when you have a good design why mess with it?

Also regarding batteries I wonder if the lithium polymer batteries will ever make their way to cordless tools? They're used I think in some phones and electric cars etc and can be smaller and thinner than lithium ion but are more expensive.
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thats the one i have,been for repair though £140 ouch
 
lads,

all this talk from owners of dewalt, makita, milwaukee. All my powertools expect my core and angle drill are HILTI
i have a hilti 36volt with hoover attachment, hilti 110volt te2m, hilti 18volt 3.3ah impact and cordless drill and yes they are dear buy with 2 year no cost and a limited cost after the 2years of 75quid no matter what happens how can you beat that, you would be lucky if the dewalt etc cordless last 2 years.
 
My Makita BHP 452 drill is about 3 years old and is ready for a new trigger switch so I will buy one, I do have a back up body only that I got really cheap brand new for about £45.
 
Mike Jackson said:
Neither nowadays. De walt aren't as robust as they used to be and I got put off Makita when the gearboxes went on two in quick succession.

My 36v is a Bosch and my 18v is Hitachi. Milwaukee are excellent as well.
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My Milwaukee 24v is comming to the end of its life after 7 years of repeated trouble free daily use. Was going to stick with them for the replacement, though the boss at my tool yard reckons I should go for the Bosch 36v as its the 'best'; he says Milwaukee back up is not as good anymore etc. Is the Bosch model that good? Anyone got the latest milwaukee models?
 
radswilldo said:
My Milwaukee 24v is comming to the end of its life after 7 years of repeated trouble free daily use. Was going to stick with them for the replacement, though the boss at my tool yard reckons I should go for the Bosch 36v as its the 'best'; he says Milwaukee back up is not as good anymore etc. Is the Bosch model that good? Anyone got the latest milwaukee models?
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I've had 12v and 18v Milwaukee since I ditched Bosch about 3 years ago. I haven't had a single problem, apart from the blade is stuck in my 12v hackzall, which is my own fault for not taking it out after it got wet.


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I use
bosch 36v hammer dril
Bosch 36v recip saw
Bosch 36v combi dril
Hilti 14.4v impact driver
hilti 14.4v dril driver
hilti dimond drill i think is 1600w
 
SafeGasInstall said:
I use
bosch 36v hammer dril
Bosch 36v recip saw
Bosch 36v combi dril
Hilti 14.4v impact driver
hilti 14.4v dril driver
hilti dimond drill i think is 1600w
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Have to admit, hilti would be my brand of choice if I wasn't too tight to buy it.


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