Makita Vs DeWalt

[Dannyparty92]

Who would you use?

 

[Guest123]

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!

 

[Barry98]

Got a mixture but steadily replacing the Mikita to dewalts cos I know a man

 

[TBServices]

Milwaukee. Proper stuff.


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[plumbojumbo]

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" .

 

[CES]

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.

 

[Mike Jackson]

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.

 

[Destroyer2813]

Dewalt for me all my tools are them only had one Makita drill hammer action stopped working on it

 

[AWheating]

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.

 

[SimonG]

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.

 

[Barry98]

I love my Mikita core drill especially since I got a bigger transformer to stop the little one tripping

 

[dontknowitall]

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.

 

[AWheating]

my angle drill (this) and my core drill is why i like makita 110v drills.

 

[AWheating]

I love my Mikita core drill especially since I got a bigger transformer to stop the little one tripping

you gone from a bumblebee to an optimus prime

 

[Dave]

I use both from Dewalt wetsaw to makita grinders..

 

[Kev the gas]

Bosch Professional.

 

[TBServices]

Bosch Professional.

I used to use Bosch, but all but one of my batteries failed.


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[AWheating]

I used to use Bosch, but all but one of my batteries failed.


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snap, most of my bosch cordless tools have had poor battery life.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

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

 

[frankjames]

Ii just tend to buy whatever is the cheapest of the 2 makes with similar performance

 

[Bernie2]

Hmm! Festool's are good. But you need to be a millionaire to buy them.

 

[b.lynch plum]

Milwaukee. Proper stuff.


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Milwaukee combi drill all the way

 

[Phil]

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.

 

[Best]

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.

 

[Kyle87]

Been buying makita. Picked up a dewalt ads the other day and it just felt cheap. I want to try Milwaukee next

 

[Mike Jackson]

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.

 

[mike-c]

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.

 

[kay-jay]

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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[glenno1]

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

 

[Destroyer2813]

My mate had two Milwaukke drills and bust em both