Milwaukee drill - any good?

[mjt]

18v Combi CP18 or something

 

[markadams]

I am also in the market for a new drill driver and maybe an impact driver as a complete kit. I looked at the Milwaukee but having no experience of them I am torn between the one you have and the new Dewalt DCD980M2, which is slightly better due to having a 4Ah battery (longer life). I know the Dewalt is slightly more expensive but just wondering if anyone has tried them both so I can get a good comparison.

 

[Killy Bing]

Personally the battery life is great on them, go for the fuel range and they have 4 amp hour batts.
I love them due to the power.

also nothing in its class really beats the fuel line.
hilti bats at the same level but is more dursble howeever you really do pay for hilti.

 

[thompsonbrown]

Aye, Milwaukee is really good. About the only kit I hate is Bosch because I've had bad experiences with their stuff. Dewalt batteries are cack even though the kit is good.

Go for the Milwaukee, German engineering and worth the extra cost!

Milwaukee is the same company as Ryobi
Founded in America,
Made in China,
Owned by China
Motors made in India,
Apart from buying the bankrupt name of Aeg, I'm struggling to find the german engineering it's associated with.
That said they are good drills.

 

[Killy Bing]

Milwaukee, ryobi, vax, dirt devil and aeg are all owned by tti industries but all are separate.

They were owned by the swedes for most of it!
Tti owns them now but let milwaukee get on with it.
some parts are made in china such as the electric side of things ie pcb's
But as far as I'm aware that the rest is im Germany or america and also assembled there.
motors might be now or may have been made in india in the past.

However with things being made in china or india it always depends on how greedy the company is.

if they use quality materials you still get a good product with cheaper labour.

if you have both poor materials and cheap labour well....
it seems Milwaukee are using the good materials

i always like this and ask name a power tool which any part of it doesn't come from china or india?

 

[thompsonbrown]

I have a 18v Dewalt xrp cordless drill which was made in Germany, its about 8 yrs old and still great.
I always knew dewalt was part of black & decker but has now has teamed up with stanley. It just seems to me that about 90% of all tools sold can be traced back to around 6 company's. Less if you dig deeper.

Well done for finding "TTI Holdings"

 

[Killy Bing]

black and decker got dewalt back in 60's,but then run the black and decker name into the ground and had to resurrect dewalt as a brand to make it respectable again around tthe 1990's stanly got them a couple of years ago but already endorsed them long before.

 

[mjt]

My drill is fab - that is all

 

[Devonplumber]

I can drill 4" hole with my milwaukee 18v fuel it's perfect!!

 

[Killy Bing]

Eee ive done a 4 inch with my milwaukee 18v sds but i wouldn't make a habit of it!