Comments on: DeWALT 20V vs Milwaukee 18V – Friday Night Tool Fight https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/ An online community dedicated to professional Power Tool Reviews. Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:41:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Abs https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-107841 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:41:15 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-107841 I know its an old post, but after 2 trips to Home Depot I feel compelled to tell my story. I’ve been a loyal DeWalt guy for a while, but I found myself yearning for a brushless set. I did some online research and after seeing the Milwaukee perform spectacularly on a few youtube torture tests, and after having a good experience with a corded Milwaukee hammer drill I bought recently, I figure I’d give Milwaukee’s a shot. I splurged and paid a nice heafty price of $379. Boy did I regret it! I purchased an M18 Fuel Combo with Hammer & Impact drill, and within 2 hours I completely hated it. First thing that annoyed me was light. The lens is poorly designed and it shoots an led beam right in your eye while drilling and you can’t turn it off. How is being glared supposed to help you see screws better? Strike 1. The drill was significantly heavier than my last, but I guess I could get over that knowing I had tons of power to spare and the drill seemed to have as much torque as a corded. But now the belt clip was annoying me, and I scratched myself a few times on the bit holder as the edges are not rounded. So I figured I would take them off. Big mistake. The threadlocker was so good I needed pliers to remove the screw after they stripped. Now my new drill has a few scratches and I’m further annoyed. Now remember all that power I thought I loved? Know I’m starting to hate it. The drill is powerful, but the low RPM characteristics are terrible. You can’t finesse anything. The power comes on hard and doesn’t give, stripping whatever screw that is not a grade 5. Strike 2. So I figured, maybe I’ll just use the clutch. Well the clutch is some sort of electric clutch that is not consistent and it does not go low enough. It’s lowest setting (2) is more like a dewalt 7 so you cannot use this drill for anything less than a 3/8 lag. Strike 3 your out! I sent the Milwaukee right back where it came from and ran back home to my first love DeWault. Happy to report my new brushless Dewault set performs flawlessly and I’ll never cheat on them again. If you swear by Milwaukee, you simply don’t know better.

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By: Ari https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-59901 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:23:49 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-59901 In reply to Michael Quinlan.

Why should Milwaukee have to independently test Dewalt to defunct their performance claims? Why should they bother. Worry about their own products and not fling dung at everyone else. Just concentrate on how to make a great tool and convince buyers of that. If Dewalt wants to hide behind some foreign lingo, and people look poorly at that, then Dewalt will pay for that. I have found from my experience and everyone that I know who is competent and intelligent that Dewalt tools are toys in comparison anyway. Someone else trying to defunct Dewalt or anyone else is just like the cheezy politicians throwing claims about other politicians rather than just selling themselves. It is childish and low. Unless the claims by Dewalt are completely and obviously lies and bunk. But the truth is, if it was, the consumers and retailers would probably bring it to light anyway.

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By: Jeremy https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-53502 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:17:39 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-53502 Dewalts DCD790 is rated at 60NM. 1NM=8.85 in/lb.
60×8.85= 531 in/lb of torque. Thats not bad for a compact drill. Its actually higher than milwaukees previous hammerdrill the 2602-22 which i own, was rated at 525 in/lb of torque. So why they hide behind UWO without an explaination of what it means and how it conpares to in/lb is beyond me. Obviously they are comparable to Milwaukee. And i own MANY milwaukee m18 fuel and m12 fuel/non fuel tools. But i just bought a DCD790 because its small amd has lots of power and very high speed. I love it. I use my M18 Fuel for concrete and larger diameter holes. I use my M12 Fuel for small concrete anchors and overhead drilling for installing door closers and such. And i use my New dewalt for just about everything else. I recently fresh installed 10 deadbolts in wood and Metal doors using the DCD790 with a 2 1/8″ hole saw and a 1″ hole saw all on one charge. Not bad in my book. Im a locksmith by trade so my drills get used every day from anything from small #8 self tappers up to drilling 2 1/8″ holes in wood/metal and some times 1″ plus holes in concrete.

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By: gregroy https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-51127 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:46:43 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-51127 I just bought the 18 volt

Milwaukee drill hammer brushless and it is a animal and am saw happy thinking about the sawzall I grinder from Milwaukee to.

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By: matt https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44319 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:54:43 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44319 Seems to Me most people are brand loyal with a certain product more so then a Manufacture.With the exception of the OCD, Car guys, and guys that collect.

Dan seems to be a pretty good example he has a pretty heavy leaning to Derwalt(not knocking them/Him just pointing out). Eric certainly leans toward Milwaukee, bosch, and Hilti. But Eric seems to really lean to a tool that works well for him over all else. And every single person I know that does the work picks tools like that.

Not talking about fantasy land internet blogs or bullshiten boards with keyboard warriors arguing over which color matches their shoes the best. But real world doing work people..

And a FYI Milwaukee makes some pretty impressive general contractor tools. Sawzall, Grinders, Magnum drills, hole hogs, A pretty awesome miter box(a bit pricey but darn nice), cut off saws, I could go on, all pretty common contractor tools. And so does Bosch, Makita, Metabo, Hilti. So even with the cord on a tool I dont see how any of the major brands are more niche brands.

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By: Chris https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44287 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:17:44 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44287 Don’t think you realize that many people are brand loyal period not just by battery platform, It’s the brand that makes the most TOOLS for them, regardless of cordless or corded, they will choose that brand… Because once they they trust one company with let’s say their drill, recip saw what have you… many people will be hard to switch over. It’s not just cordless brand loyal…To you it may be, but many it’s the one brand they choose that takes cares of all or pretty well most of their needs…

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By: matt https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44263 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 03:39:54 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44263 @ Chris

Who the heck cares about table saws or other corded tools when the discussion is about a battery powered tool?? WOW Derwalt has a table saw so what? So does Bosch, Makita, PC, Rigid, Ryobi Whats your point? When any of us buy into a battery powered Tool you become brand loyal to that line not by choice but by battery platform.

If I decide I need a table saw or other corded product my Cordless drill choice has no relevance in that choice at all.

If I decide Hey Brand X has a nice drill and a huge line up of other equally useful to me products I will probably pick that line for a cordless product.. Seems like those “niche” tools are turning more then one back on yellow tools..

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By: Andrew https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44259 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:56:34 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44259 The dewalt makes less power with the small battery too. Try it. Fewer amps (not just amp hours) available.

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By: Chris https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44209 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:35:11 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44209 Just checked the fuel with the 2.0ah batteries only produces 650 in lbs, 4.0 you get 725 in lbs…

Dewalt makes no claims about more power with bigger battery, you get all 708 if the UK number is right with any battery… What’s up with that Milwaukee, I need to spend even more money to make full power with the drill? That sounds a little odd

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By: Andrew https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44208 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:22:46 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44208 Watts are a measurement of power. Torque is not. Can’t compare.

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By: Chris https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44207 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:12:30 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44207 “I need general contractor type tools being a handyman and Dewalt has many more tools in that market then Milwaukee will ever have”

Like what? What does Dewalt have in their cordless lineup that Milwaukee doesn’t?

Table saw, planner, a huge variety of miter saws among other tools… Being a handyman I don’t need a cordless caulk gun or propex or force logic tools. I need a table saw, that sorta thing around the house and Dewalt focuses more on general contractor tools… Milwaukee seems more trade orientated

Wow 708, that’s pretty good… Thought I read something before the Fuel only made it’s 725 in lbs with the 4.0 ah battery? and less then 700 with the older xc batteries?

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By: Michael Quinlan https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44204 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:46:08 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44204 @Conductor562 – but the staff at the Chinese restaurant isn’t trying to sell convince you to buy their food when speaking their “far off dialect” – but DeWalt is trying to market their products using equally foreign terms.

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By: Tyson P. https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44202 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:59:22 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44202 There should be a disclaimer for the employees here.

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By: Rick williams https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44196 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:42:27 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44196 found drill same spec at dewalt uk as my dewalt dcd710 drill. 24 newtons=
212.41 inch pound…pretty good for my baby 12v dewalt drill.

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By: Rick williams https://toolsinaction.com/dewalt-20v-vs-milwaukee-18v-friday-night-tool-fight/#comment-44195 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:24:00 +0000 http://toolsinaction.com/?p=28254#comment-44195 tks Jeth..went to uk site ..best cordless was dcd98mz ..looks like same
one in toolfight…rated at 80 newtons…converted to inch pound..708.05
inch pound.see if i can find brushless one in newton and my 12 drill max newton to…….cheers.

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