Hilti

[Smiffy]

Makita now do one that compete with the Milwaukee powerwise but the Milwaukee feels more substantial and better built
Quite a price difference though

 

[Mogman]

I have a de Walt 1/2 impact gun that will out run a snap on gun
And also have
A 4 1/2” grinder
1/2” drill
1/4” drive impact driver
Led torch
10,000 psi power grease gun
Compressor
All run on the same batteries, ho and a charger that plugs into a 12v supply in my van so always got a charged up battery

 

[Shovelhands]

We run all Makita battery gear, have 1/2” impacts which are good, but not Brushless motors (Brushless will be next) and a 3/4 impact with a Brushless motor, that is a friggin animal! I’ve not put it on anything that that it’s not undone yet

Can’t see me changing from Makita now, good kit and good value for money imo, the list of tools we have now on that platform is extensive! So changing would be madness, but I have no desire to, it’s all performing well imo.
I also like the fact that Makita is one of the only powertool companies that has retained its original private ownership as far as I know. Unlike the likes of Milwaukee, who are Chinese owned now.

 

[CPS]

Snap-on end off just got there cordless grinder on demo on on Thursday...... tried it first thing that morning and called the rep and told him to order me one. Still has the same battery in it now and I was using it alot

 

[doobin]

I'd go Makita. Like Shovelhands says, the 3/4" is a total animal. Yes mine had problems, but they fixed it and sent it back OVERNIGHT! As in, picked up Monday morning, back Tuesday afternoon. No idea how they managed it, but THAT is what you call service.

The Makita range (by which I mean the number of tools that use 1 battery) is unparalled.

I've been using knock off 6AHs for a while, but thought these would go well with the brushless grinders we use. Arrived in the post yesterday. About £58 on eBAY IIRC

 

[doobin]

Snap-on end off just got there cordless grinder on demo on on Thursday...... tried it first thing that morning and called the rep and told him to order me one. Still has the same battery in it now and I was using it alot

Snap on are about five years behind the major proper power tool manufacturers IMHO. All i own by them is a spanner, and that's only because I found it

 

[Smiffy]

Snap-on end off just got there cordless grinder on demo on on Thursday...... tried it first thing that morning and called the rep and told him to order me one. Still has the same battery in it now and I was using it alot

Pretty sure that snapon grinders are metabo if the batteries are the same metabos range of cordless metal working kit is the best, alsorts of very specialist tools they just completely lacking in the rest of the department's

 

[V8Druid]

'Fraid my only contribution to this thread is .....
having been workshop based most of me life and always having power outlets to hand, even on site, with a welding genny almost always to hand, I read some of these eyewatering prices for cordless gear and thank my stars we never needed to use it .

I've a couple of cordless Makita drills I've had years, which've always performed well ... batteries are now getting 'tired' and could do with replacing
I also bought one of Screwfix's lil' brushless Erbauer 1/2" drills recently ... I'm impressed with it and makes my old Maks look like relics of the industrial revolution, so depending on battery prices, they may never get replaced. Would rather go buy another Erbauer from Screwfix, for what I use them for
I'm still lucky that I have power relatively easily to hand, 90% of the time, so'll be sticking with my existing gear ..... plus it's probably possible to buy 2 or 3 corded units for the price of a cordless

 

[doobin]

'Fraid my only contribution to this thread is .....
having been workshop based most of me life and always having power outlets to hand, even on site, with a welding genny almost always to hand, I read some of these eyewatering prices for cordless gear and thank my stars we never needed to use it .

I've a couple of cordless Makita drills I've had years, which've always performed well ... batteries are now getting 'tired' and could do with replacing
I also bought one of Screwfix's lil' brushless Erbauer 1/2" drills recently ... I'm impressed with it and makes my old Maks look like relics of the industrial revolution, so depending on battery prices, they may never get replaced. Would rather go buy another Erbauer from Screwfix, for what I use them for
I'm still lucky that I have power relatively easily to hand, 90% of the time, so'll be sticking with my existing gear ..... plus it's probably possible to buy 2 or 3 corded units for the price of a cordless

For me it doesn't matter. Today I had the following out- all battery and all makita

Circular saw with steel cutting blade
1/2: impact wrench
2x grinders
2x impact drivers
SDS drill
LED worklight
Drill


We got shitloads done, from installng Dexion racking to cutting and glueing 2mm sheet sheets on a trailer floor. Not a power lead in sight.

It's not that expensive for what it'll do for you. Leave aside the cost of the batteries- after all, you had to but a genny and put diesel in it, and cheap copy batteries work perfectly well. Each tool I have is top of the range, and as a bare tool they average £140-£150 each. For a tradesman, I'd say it's a no brainer- mine pay for themselves just in convenience.

 

[Quattromike]

Looks like I will have to look into the cost of makkita gear

 

[Shovelhands]

I rarely by a corded powertool now, unless it’s something very specific. With the Brushless technology and big Li-ion batteries, the power is there in these tools now. My biggest battery drill, I can’t recall the model, is a beast! It’s got as much guts as a coreded drill, with none of tge corded drawbacks. Circular saws are the same, ok they are not quite there with blade size to give depth of cut, but they are close, and it will come. The twin battery Makita saw is incredible.
SDS drills are another one, we have single and twin battery versions, even the single battery drills hit harder than our corded Bosch SDS drills. And will do light chiselling. The convenience is brilliant.

 

[doobin]

I rarely by a corded powertool now, unless it’s something very specific. With the Brushless technology and big Li-ion batteries, the power is there in these tools now. My biggest battery drill, I can’t recall the model, is a beast! It’s got as much guts as a coreded drill, with none of tge corded drawbacks. Circular saws are the same, ok they are not quite there with blade size to give depth of cut, but they are close, and it will come. The twin battery Makita saw is incredible.
SDS drills are another one, we have single and twin battery versions, even the single battery drills hit harder than our corded Bosch SDS drills. And will do light chiselling. The convenience is brilliant.

The twin battery cicrular saw is 185mm, it's what I use. Happily runs steel cutting blades or diamond blades for the odd slab.

 

[Shovelhands]

The twin battery cicrular saw is 185mm, it's what I use. Happily runs steel cutting blades or diamond blades for the odd slab.

What steel cutting blade do you use in it?

 

[doobin]

http://quantumpowertools.com/blades.html

Bloody good. Blue are best for steel. Much cheaper than evolution brand.

They are 25.4mm bore. On the makita, flip the blade bush thing around- it’s 30mm one side and 25.4mm the other.

 

[Brendan]

I’m thinking on treating myself to a new battery impact gun, this thread cam up in the search. It looks as if the Milwaukee 1/2” M18 fuel is tops with all the top ten comparisons sites, or ingersol rand make an appearance to. Anyone have any good experience with either?
We use metabo at work and seem good and lasting.

I've got the DeWalt one it's something like 950nm tighten and 1650nm undo. Great bit of kit

 

[CPS]

Snap on are about five years behind the major proper power tool manufacturers IMHO. All i own by them is a spanner, and that's only because I found it

If it's a 36mm it's mine

 

[CPS]

Pretty sure that snapon grinders are metabo if the batteries are the same metabos range of cordless metal working kit is the best, alsorts of very specialist tools they just completely lacking in the rest of the department's

It is a metabo but I think the batteries are snap-on's own so i doubt they fit other metabo gear.
Have had a good few bits of snap-on gear over the years, put there guns up against others with top results so I've stuck with them. They do most the tools I will ever need as I don't really do any joinery work etc.

 

[V8Druid]

If it's a 36mm it's mine

will have hurt losing that

 

[CPS]

will have hurt losing that

It did..... but i lost alot more on that job

 

[V8Druid]

It did..... but i lost alot more on that job

Hirwaun?