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I decided in for a penny in for a dollar. Just ordered sawzall, impact driver, drill and driver,oscillating tool and three batterys not including 60 volts with saw. So 5 batterys total. I think Im set for the rest of my life without dragging around fuckin cords. I sure as shit aint buying anymore tools.

I have said fuck dewalt all my life and looky here.

I decided in for a penny in for a dollar. Just ordered sawzall, impact driver, drill and driver,oscillating tool and three batterys not including 60 volts with saw. So 5 batterys total. I think Im set for the rest of my life without dragging around fuckin cords. I sure as shit aint buying anymore tools. I have said fuck dewalt all my life and looky here.

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Yeah these days that's the game. Pick a brand and you're locked in until they decide to stop supporting that particular battery.

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The sales I found were just to good. All brushless also.

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"good blades, cheap tools" seems to work out OK

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Well, many wouldnt call dewalt cheap. Im a makita man myself. Dewalt should last long enough for me now though.

[–] • 2 pts

Did the same with Craigslist deals for Milwaukee. Feels good to be done.

[–] • 4 pts

Been on woot recently? They unloaded some discount dewalt gear lately. NGL i was tempted.

[–] • 2 pts

Thats were I made my last order today :).

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I almost did too man. I just need to buy some new batteries for the shit i have, i'm no contractor and haven't worn em out. Batteries are just old. Even just the battery packs are expensive af these days

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Fuck Dewalt because they decided they were no longer going to support their older battery powered tools. Got a NiMH-based tool? You either buy the shitty converter device that isn't worth the plastic it's made from, or you buy Chinese knock-offs that may or may not work.

I've got a perfectly good drill and sawzall that takes the old packs, and they're worthless now.

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didnt you at one time post about how to rebuild battery packs? Fuck I got a shitload of old bosch battery tools that no longer work, and dead makita batteys.

[–] • 2 pts

I don't remember posting about that. It can be done, but you're going to need something to spark-weld new connection tabs on to the batteries with.

[–] • 1 pt

With the sheer amount of electronics stuff you post I would have thought that slapping together a working tac welder would be easy for you.

A quick glance it looks like a dual probe system using 200-400 watts.

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I don't buy battery operated tools outside a drill. I hate the battery game. Cords don't bother me much anyway. Besides, you get more power more power and torque with corded tools.

[–] • 2 pts

I bought one of their battery powered weed eaters last weekend. Mostly because I already have one of their drills, and thus already had two batteries needed to power either the drill or the weed eater (since both use the same dewalt battery).

What a clown show. The fucking batteries lasted - and I’m not exaggerating - a full 7 minutes in the weed eater.

I took that shit back to Home Depot.

You should actually saw some shit and see how long it lasts you. Hopefully you’ll have a better experience than me.

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Make sure to keep the batteries out of the cold otherwise they won’t last very long

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Yeah well this shit was cheaper than buying new makita batterys. Batterys are what matter for tools. I had the tools but can get new with battery for the same price.

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I can recommend their 12 inch electric chainsaw. I know what your thinking, right. An electric chainsaw? Are you crazy? Nope. It's worked for about 2 years now. On the third or fourth chain and second or third blade. Watch a few videos about how to adjust the chain properly or you'll burn up the channel on the blade. Bar oil. Buy a big jug or several. Can't use any other oil. Needs to be bar oil, it's very sticky.

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I heat my home with the wood I process each spring. My buddy had been using some smaller electric saws for limbing etc... I bought decided if I was going to waste money I'd buy myself a Harbor freight Atlas 80v saw and laugh when it died the first hour.

Two years later... It's been ran over by an excavator, left in severe rain multiple times, bounced in and out of side by sides... Dropped, pinched... I have a total of 3 batteries and one fast charger. Three batteries gets me through a good day of dropping trees, limbing them out and sectioning them for transport. Oregon chains fit it and work great 👍🏻.

Only gas saw I've busted out in two years is the 28" bar for larger sections when I'm getting ready for splitting.

Noise stops when the saw does. No lugging the gas can or mixing fuel.

Fuck all the green energy horseshit but God damn I'd be hard pressed to find another tool I've respected having more.

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There were 5 saws here. 4 gas and the electric DeWalt. One by one, the gas saws went down. Different manufacturers, different types, different problems, different weather, etc. As I waited for parts- Every time, the little 12 inch electric chainsaw went to work. At first, I didn't think much about it, but it just kept going and it took all the abuse you mentioned. (Haven't run it over... yet. Yet.) I'm impressed with the durability for sure.

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> Fuck all the green energy horseshit but God damn I'd be hard pressed to find another tool I've respected having more>>

Have had the same experience with the same sentiment lol.

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Depends on your winter on oil. Chains and blades? Ahhh you mean bar?

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Bar, yes. Idk about using any other oil, cuz I had several gallons of bar oil. It worked all winter long.

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I just bought one this spring. Great for smaller stuff. I do need to buy bigger Ah batteries.

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There is a reason you have always said Fuck Dewalt. Should have stuck to it. I replaced all my dewalt stuff with makita and most of my guys are getting rid of their dewalt stuff too. Dewalt is not so good anymore. Their batteries suck.

You're supposed to post here about it before you go spend a bunch of money!!

On a side note, if you're just using this stuff around the house then disregard, dewalt is fine for the occasional use. I am in construction so using my stuff every day really exposed the weakness of dewalt tools.

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Well ya know what? Im not gonna use them daily anymore but you know the brand you love to hate? Ryobi? I have seen those fuckers beat the hell out of and keep on going. I know its controversial.

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When I went down to South Carolina to do floors for my brother, he bought all new tools for me to use so that I didn’t have to try to bring mine on an airplane. They were all Ryobi‘s and I was actually really impressed with them. For the price they were excellent quality and did good work. I can’t speak to how long they would last being used every day, but I was pleasantly surprised.

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Dewalt batteries are made by Ryobi, Makita batteries are made by Panasonic

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Well I guess that would tell the tale of quality then.

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And btw, the only dewalt tool I will defend is their portable table saw (electric) better than any others.

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I have had multiple Dewalt Jobsite table saws and they are just fine, I had no complaints. However when it came time to buy another I got the Skil Worm Drive and I'll tell you what, it is night and day better. It's stronger, faster and came on a built in gravity rise stand with big ol' wheels for rolling around the jobsite. I love it.

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I will admit, I dropped skil when bosch bought them out. I still have a never used circular saw when they did that. I didnt even know skil was around? I was brought up on the skill 6 1/2 saw.

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The comments here on the internet are fairly moderate/supportive, but I know irl guys are going to say things like "hehe DeWalt what's it like being gay?"

Funny. Usually you expect the opposite.

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I have all Ryobi tools, ok for what I do these days. The only thing I hate is if you don't use them enough the batteries don't last worth shit.

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As a carpenter, my team has used Dewalt for as long as I've done the work. My grandfather is who I work for, he's 82 and been building since he was 21. I think he's used Dewalt for most of his life EXCEPT for a few odds and ends. Like skilsaws, he's always only bought one kind. Which now I'm blanking on what kind. Its teal colored though. Just recently he's really switched to cordless. We got a new jigsaw, the oscillator tool and a new Sawzall. All battery.

They've been great. My only complaint is, is that we have about 4 or 5 different types batteries and some chargers won't charge all of them and its a hassle. I get very irritated. I've got 1 charger that charges 4 batteries and 5 chargers that charge 2 batteries. Pisses me off.

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