cool new tools.

[Lloyd Smale]

ive got mostly dewalt 20v and milwaukee 12v fuel. kind of an addict to them. just bought the mil. battery air compressor. fell flat in love with it. no more fooling with inaccurate tire gauges or waiting for my 30 gallon compressor to get up to pressure. i let the air down to 10 psi like i might have done years ago 4 wheeling. all it takes is screwing the hose on setting the pressure and hit start. you can even fire it up and walk away. fills them as fast as a compressor and shuts off automatically when its done it took 2 bars a a 3amp battery to fill all 4 and looking at the dash readout no more having one tire 2 or3 lbs off. they all read 45lbs on the nose. its going in the side by side because i have a little 6 in mil. chain saw on it for emergencies. liked it so much i bought the dewalt version too. its a tad bigger and maybe a tick slower but did all 4 tires on one bar of a 3amp battery. it will go in the jeep because i have a 12in dewalt chainsaw and an impact to change tires if necessary. i think i will buy another for the pickup. probably the Milwaukee one. thought my fairly new dewalt small shop vac was cool. no cords to drag out and you can toss it in the trunk for a car show but these compressors are cooler yet. son in law just left with my little donut compressor and th cheap cigarette lighter one i had in the jeep. unless im sand blasting my big one will collect dust now too dewalt need to work on a 20v progressive press!!!!!!!!!

[super6]

I bought a Green Works chain saw, Limb trimmer. The thing will cut 6" LIMBS i AM A BELIEVER IN the battery tools.

[Randy Bohannon]

All is good until you have to replace the battery which cost as as much as you paid for the tool, you get the tool for nearly free. In reality you bought batteries with a finite life span to fill a landfill with heavy metal toxins.

[farmerjim]

You will say bad words when your lithium battery goes bad and you see the replacement cost.

[Lloyd Smale]

reason i bought the dewalt chainsaw is first i have about twenty each dewalt and Milwaukee batterys. i also have a battery stihl chain saw the wife gave me. great unit but i wanted a second battery and a decent one is 250-300 bucks. got the dewalt saw without a battery for a 125 bucks and true little milwaukee 6 in for under a 100. just bought an 8 amp hour real dewalt battery for under a 100 and two 6ah milwaukees for 90 bucks.

you honestly think im a greenie and give a rats -- about pollution?? heres my take on a dewalt saw. it will do anything the small gas stihl i have will. i dont have to pull and pull on a saw thats sat for a year. 100 bucks for a battery. if its like my stihl it will cut what the little gas saw would with a full tank of gas. dewalt will probably do even more with the 8ah battery compared to the stihl. i have5 year old dewalt batterys that still work about like new. 90 percent of battery problems come with the cheap clone battery's

so if my battery lasts 5 years, and all i have to do to cut wood is pull a trigger and i can toss it in the jeep without the whole rig smelling like gas. for big jobs they wont replace my big stihls. at least not yet. but for a small around the house or truck saw you couldnt give me one of those cantankerous stinky little gas saws. no brainer if you ask me and as far as battery cost i throw away more bad gas from my gas saws in 4 years then a new battery would cost. 4 saws full of gas and a gas can of wixed every spring. no new plugs tune ups carb cleaning and best of all God likes me better because im not using his name in vain trying to get a saw running and cleared out when i could already be done with a battery saw. I detest electric cars but battery tools have changed entire industrysbwhat carpenter, mechanic or factory in this country doesnt agree with me

[Lloyd Smale]

You will say bad words when your lithium battery goes bad and you see the replacement cost.

or when you burn a piston because the main jet is plugged a bit and it goes lean take your saw in for a carb cleaning and tune up and you just bought a battery. wonder how many of you would give up your electic battery powered car starter and go back to crank starters or would build a new home with a hammer and a crosscut saw. or give up your flashlight and carry a candle

[G W Wade]

My sons both have DeWalt 18v combos I wanted something smaller so I got the 20 V combo. Really impressed. Rummage saling got the Milwauke 12 mini hack with battery and charger for $25 Then picked up the angle head drill for another $25 Needed another battery some Amazon got me for $32 The hachsaw is quickly becoming my favorite goto and the angle head is surprized me, powerwise GW

[Lloyd Smale]

those 12v milwaukee tools all will have you scatching your head because they have the power on the better brands 20 vt more power then the cheaper brands like black and decker and craftsman

[trebor44]

I love the battery tools I have! BUT (and it is a Kardasian type), I would never get rid of the corded tools. They take over when the batteries die or are on the charger, getting up to a useful charge to finish the job.

[Lloyd Smale]

i keep a few myself but havent needed them in at least 5 years. i can pretty much figure how much battery i need and usually take twice that. aint to many GOOD battery tools with Good battery that are going to eat 3 in one day. now if you show up with 4 tools and two cheap batteries youd best bring the corded ones. an 8ah dewalt battery will cut a s-pile of 2x4s. you dont see many house building sites anymore with cords covring the ground and generators roaring. good enough for them its sure good enough for me. most guys that bad mouth them either are to tight to buy new tools or just cant afford them.

[Evoken]

I am a fan of the cordless tools. I did not like the dewalt 20v when they first came out, but now when I need a tool I see if they make one. I have several of the flexvolt 60v tools as well. The 7.25 circ saw will cut an entire bunk of 2x4 on one good battery. I also have the 60v chainsaw. 16" bar. Keep it sharp and it does not cut as fast as my 16" gasser, but no ear plugs, no gas, no tune ups.

The compressor is awesome and the impact gun hits harder than my big air gun. I've got several batteries that are 4-6 years old and only a few of them are starting to Peter out.

We also use milwaukee tools at work. I do not like them as much, but they are more than adequate.

I will not drag cords around if I don't have to any longer.

[georgerkahn]

All is good until you have to replace the battery which cost as as much as you paid for the tool, you get the tool for nearly free. In reality you bought batteries with a finite life span to fill a landfill with heavy metal toxins.

Just MY experience: I went to Home Depot 12 years ago and purchased one of their Ryobi "kits" -- an 18V Drive, 18V Drill, flashlight, battery charger, battery, and case which had a msrp of $99.99. I opened a credit card (discount) plus used another in-mail discount postcard from them, to gimp out of the store with all for $58.99 USD!
I did buy a 2nd battery so I might be using one as the other was charging. I gutted a 30' RV Trailer to bare metal, and cut and installed all walls and ceilings -- tongue & groove knotty pine -- with this set. In the decade since I hardly ever pull out/use my 110V tools. I should mention I purchased, too, their battery opperated 18V "Skil-saw" -- with which I did all the cutting.
I'm still -after TWELVE years still on the original batteries, and all tools ('cept maybe the flashlight which I really have never needed to use...???) work as good as the moment I first used them!
Maybe re this, I'm lucky?
geo

[MT Gianni]

I burned up a DeWalt drill the first time I had it out ice fishing. I got motivated to quit messing with my old gas auger and bought a $25 kit for a hand auger. I replaced it with a 20 V Ryobi from Home Despot. I can get a dozen holes through 15" of ice on the same battery. The Ryobi cost $150 and came with three batteries. It's heavy and not as handy as a Dewalt but boy does it run.

[samari46]

I'm 76 so fooling around with a gas chain saw isn't for me any longer. Got a Lynx from Harbor freight and still going strong after 3 years. Mixed collection of both cordless and corded power tools. Last I looked they wanted close to 200 bucks for Dewalt 4 ah batteries. For quick down and dirty work cordless. When I need longer run time break out the Porter Cable or Makita corded drills. I have a 3/4" electric drill that I put big pipe nipples on. If that puppy hangs up, hold on as it will darn near launch you across the room if not paying attention. All my saws are corded. Frank

[Lloyd Smale]

I'm 76 so fooling around with a gas chain saw isn't for me any longer. Got a Lynx from Harbor freight and still going strong after 3 years. Mixed collection of both cordless and corded power tools. Last I looked they wanted close to 200 bucks for Dewalt 4 ah batteries. For quick down and dirty work cordless. When I need longer run time break out the Porter Cable or Makita corded drills. I have a 3/4" electric drill that I put big pipe nipples on. If that puppy hangs up, hold on as it will darn near launch you across the room if not paying attention. All my saws are corded. Frank

just bought this a couple weeks ago to stick in the jeep with the chain saw. under 90 bucks for an 8ah and the same dealer has two packs of 5ah for the same 90 bucks. all kinds of them at those prices. now go to lowes and youll pay another 20 or 30 bucks https://www.ebay.com/itm/374362083448

[Lloyd Smale]

Just MY experience: I went to Home Depot 12 years ago and purchased one of their Ryobi "kits" -- an 18V Drive, 18V Drill, flashlight, battery charger, battery, and case which had a msrp of $99.99. I opened a credit card (discount) plus used another in-mail discount postcard from them, to gimp out of the store with all for $58.99 USD!
I did buy a 2nd battery so I might be using one as the other was charging. I gutted a 30' RV Trailer to bare metal, and cut and installed all walls and ceilings -- tongue & groove knotty pine -- with this set. In the decade since I hardly ever pull out/use my 110V tools. I should mention I purchased, too, their battery opperated 18V "Skil-saw" -- with which I did all the cutting.
I'm still -after TWELVE years still on the original batteries, and all tools ('cept maybe the flashlight which I really have never needed to use...???) work as good as the moment I first used them!
Maybe re this, I'm lucky?
geo

ill have to make an confession. my first set was a CHEAP back and decker 20v. they are well over 10 year sold. the snout bearings in the drill got a bit wobbly so for another 90 bucks i bought another set. ive got 8 batterys for them and there all still going strong. my brother in law and two nephews built a new cabin on our hunting land last summer so i gave them both sets. all i kept were the two lights because there hand when ive got a vehicle up on my lift. he said for the most part those tools did most of the work. because there cheap there also very light. with a 4ah battery the drill feels like my dewalt without a battery and ive always shook my head because other then the circ saw the sure dont lack in power. you might get 3 2x4s cut on thse included 2ah battery and even then its slow going. but its a good enough bunch of tools to leave at camp.

[Lloyd Smale]

I burned up a DeWalt drill the first time I had it out ice fishing. I got motivated to quit messing with my old gas auger and bought a $25 kit for a hand auger. I replaced it with a 20 V Ryobi from Home Despot. I can get a dozen holes through 15" of ice on the same battery. The Ryobi cost $150 and came with three batteries. It's heavy and not as handy as a Dewalt but boy does it run.

amazes me any drill would run an ice auger. ive seen gas ones struggle at times. was the dewalt you had the brushless one or the cheaper brushed ones. ive seen other neg. comments on that brushed one. all my tools are now brushless. they have more power, never get hot and battery life is much better its why milwaukee 12v fuel tools will outperform the older 18v-20v brushed tools. gas and battery ice augers have a gear box to multiply torque. cant imagine how much abuse that would be on a drill! probably about like trying to drill i 4 in hole through 4 inches of steel. i think in that caseill stick with my gas one or buy the batttery ones with a built in motor and gearbox

[Thumbcocker]

Bought an Echo 50 volt chainsaw. For a quick limbing or a few quick cuts it is great. Put it on a 10" log and you get maybe 3 cuts before the battery is flat. Nice to have but will never replace a gas saw for cutting firewood.

[Lloyd Smale]

Bought an Echo 50 volt chainsaw. For a quick limbing or a few quick cuts it is great. Put it on a 10" log and you get maybe 3 cuts before the battery is flat. Nice to have but will never replace a gas saw for cutting firewood.

my 10 inch stihl battery saw will make the same amount of cuts on a full battery as my 10 in stihl gas saw will on a tank of gas. its mostly a matter of battery amp hours. id bet my dewalt would go as long as the stihl with an 8ah battery but stick in a 2ah battery and you just might make it through. ive got a couple clone battery's that are 2ah that i use to maybe drill one hole with my drill. there nice because there light. there light because they have cheap made in china batterys in them and id bet with them i wouldnt get through a 10in log once

[snowwolfe]

I love my Milwaukee battery tools. Jig saw, circular saw, and impact guns. Will never go back to corded or air unless forced into it.
Been running a Echo battery chain saw for about 5 years. A battery charge lasts as long as I do. My Echo gas is a little quicker but can't deny how useful the battery saw is. Pull the trigger and go. It is my go to saw when I need to clear a trail or our driveway.