Patrick McIntosh, the reason for so much loyalty to Milwaukee is that they are simply the most powerful drills and impact wrenches on the market. In many other testings, the Milwaukee M18 Fuel line put holes and screws into wood and masonry much more efficiently than just about any other drill or impact driver. The Dewalt 20V XR line is probably the closest to Milwaukee in terms of performance. I’ve never understood the fascination with Makita tools as most of their competitors perform better. Including the Hitachi/Metabo (Hikoki) line and the Ridgids that are priced lower.

One friend who is a electrician has the Bosch drill (In New Zealand, it is the GSB 18 V-EC), he told me the drill is fine but with less power compare with the Dewalt DCD995. But I have to agree it is realiable drill as well.

Never try the new makita XPH07Z (in New Zealand it is the DDF481z). Had a DHP459 which is a brushless drill as well, but the chuck is wobble badly.

Thanks for the great video.

It’s a bit of side note, but you can get the Ridgid tools in Australia. However, they’re sold by TTI under the AEG brand name. I think that’s the case everywhere outside North America.

Note that this just for the power tools, which TTI makes for Ridgid under agreement. Ridgid sells their other tools (plumbing and HVAC etc.) here in their own right under the Ridgid name.

All in all a great test & my feeing were not hurt. I know the tools I have have lasted years after getting beat up time after time. I can’t wait to see more tools go thru the gauntlet of hell. This was truly fun to watch & I closed my eyes a few times. Laters TIA

Thanks for the reply. Interesting finding then! I really like the M18 compact. In Australia it’s far cheaper than any of the other tools you tested. I can get it in a 2ah kit for AU$190. All others would be well over AU$300.

Of course the M18 FUEL Drill is more a competitor to the most of the field, which is more expensive. I wonder how it would have fared, we may never know.

Why did you guys choose the bottom of the barrel Milwaukee drill? Seems like you stacked the deck against them a little bit… where’s fuel!?

We left out a couple. Looking back we wish we had more drills, but we are limited in what we can get.

LOL, love the line about a B&D with a college degree. Thanks for the feedback.

It could have caused it to fail first. I believe the Panasonic is also brushed. I did drop an old Craftsman 75th anniversary in a pool back in 2003, which was brushed and it still worked fine.

I think that the Bosch’s ability to stand-up is made even more lofty given that it was a compact, and the 1-1/4″ spade bit test was a much bigger ask of the compact drills (Bosch and Milwaukee).