Makita Vs DeWalt

[Bernie2]

Hmm! Festool's are good. But you need to be a millionaire to buy them.

 

[b.lynch plum]

Milwaukee. Proper stuff.


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Milwaukee combi drill all the way 🙂

 

[Phil]

If we're talking SDS then Bosch wins hand down over Makita or Dewalt, after all they invented SDS back in 1975.
Generally though I prefer Makita but do have a Dewalt circular saw and I'm very happy with it.
I'm powertool mad and buy at least one a month.

 

[Best]

Ask the people that use power tools more or less all day every day, like kitchen fitters & they will generally probably not be overwhelmed with either makes. Hire firms can give good insight to what each type of tool of each brand does after getting a rough hire life. Each manufacturer will make certain tools better than other tools.
Guess it all depends on how much YOU use or abuse each power tool. I notice Panasonic cordless drills are used by a lot of pros & also Milwaukee, but both are serious money.

 

[Kyle87]

Been buying makita. Picked up a dewalt ads the other day and it just felt cheap. I want to try Milwaukee next

 

[Mike Jackson]

The problem with most manufacturers is they now have two ranges, one for the sheds and one for the pros so you think you are picking up a decent drill but it's actually one downgraded for DIY use.

 

[mike-c]

Love my Makita 18v Li-on. Only takes 22 mins to charge. Even got a little light on it.
i have tried the DeWalt but I feel that the start-up on it is a bit too fast for putting screws in gently especially the flat bit round heads needed for guttering brackets.

 

[kay-jay]

I use Milwaukee 18v and its awesome. My mate has a makita but still needs his sds for clip holes in masonry whereas my cordless zips em in no problem

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[glenno1]

I have dewalt 18v gear mainly but do have a bosch 18v drill,they are both good tools but you have to run the battery right down before re-charging them to get the most out of the battery life

 

[Destroyer2813]

My mate had two Milwaukke drills and bust em both

 

[Glenwils]

Use Makita myself.

 

[TBServices]

My mate had two Milwaukke drills and bust em both

HOW?! Lol


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[Phil]

I've yet to 'bust' or burn out any powertool apart from that god awfull Bosch green jigsaw that failed me when I most needed it and I lost my temper and shattered it on the ground by its cord. Only 2 weeks old and I missed out of a replacement cos I smashed it in. :6:

 

[kennedy1978mark]

milwalkee all the way ,, upgraded all my kit to 28v ..and 12v for the smaller tools

 

[tamz]

Like everything else it depends how you use or abuse them.
Believe it or not this was one of the best drivers ever made and it has still imo never been bettered which is why 20 years later it is still on sale unchanged. Best balanced driver you can buy.
Makita 6095DWDE 9.6v Drill Driver 6095DWDE £109.95
It is not a drill, it is a driver. Use it for what it is the same as any other tool.

Try Hilti and you will never use anything else for your serious stuff. Your money will be well spent.

 

[mike-c]

BSS have Milwaulkee drill with 2 Li-on batteries for £159.

Learned a harsh lesson with a brand new Makita a few years back. Always make sure you scratch your name very deeply on the batteries. I failed to do so and after putting one on charge on what I thought was a good building site with a few so called good workers on it, I returned to find an old plaster covered battery in its place followed by a total denial from everyone with the same drill. Had my suspicions who done it but could not prove it. Never spoke to him or worked with him again and now keep a close eye on everything whenever any of his countrymen are on sites.

 

[TBServices]

milwalkee all the way ,, upgraded all my kit to 28v ..and 12v for the smaller tools

The 12v are my favourites. So handy.


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[AWheating]

Like everything else it depends how you use or abuse them.
Believe it or not this was one of the best drivers ever made and it has still imo never been bettered which is why 20 years later it is still on sale unchanged. Best balanced driver you can buy.
Makita 6095DWDE 9.6v Drill Driver 6095DWDE £109.95
It is not a drill, it is a driver. Use it for what it is the same as any other tool.

Try Hilti and you will never use anything else for your serious stuff. Your money will be well spent.

i remember those makita drills. Carpenters would sleep with them they were so popular.

 

[hammers4spanner]

makita 110 is good stuff, gone off the newer dewalt stuff think its bit lame

 

[Mike Jackson]

BSS have Milwaulkee drill with 2 Li-on batteries for £159.

Learned a harsh lesson with a brand new Makita a few years back. Always make sure you scratch your name very deeply on the batteries. I failed to do so and after putting one on charge on what I thought was a good building site with a few so called good workers on it, I returned to find an old plaster covered battery in its place followed by a total denial from everyone with the same drill. Had my suspicions who done it but could not prove it. Never spoke to him or worked with him again and now keep a close eye on everything whenever any of his countrymen are on sites.

I used to work with a chap who, when his battery ran out, would swap his flat one with your fully charged one and put the flat one in your box. You'd go to the next job, flatten a battery and get your charged one out to find it flat. Not an issue with nicking stuff as it was all company issue but flipping irritating.

I was unfortunate enough to have to work with him on quite a few jobs. On one job he cleared the rubbish into the back of my van. When I opened the back of the van the next morning to put it in a hippo bag he had put it all in loose instead of bagging it. It all fell out and proceeded to blow up and down the road.