To be completely fair, these were only the drills. I’ve never ever had a problem with their sawzall circ saw or hole hawgs.
I’ve only ever had problems with their drills.
pancing wrote:
1 minute ago, pancing said:To be completely fair, these were only the drills. I’ve never ever had a problem with their sawzall circ saw or hole hawgs.
I’ve only ever had problems with their drills.
I’m guessing it was a service center? Or did you go online?
KnarlyCarl wrote:
1 minute ago, KnarlyCarl said:I’m guessing it was a service center? Or did you go online?
Called in, they told me to go to to a service center or send them in. Sent them in the first time if i remember right and went to service center after they told me no the first time to get a second opinion. I gave up with their drills, may as well keep the circ saw and sawzall and sell off my one keys that I bought new for myself :<
I never heard of Milwaukee denying warranty claims. I take it back one guy here had an issue with a hackzall with water damage.
Canada’s division of the big orange box has their pricing for FlexVolt up. 199 for one battery, 279 for 2. The tool prices aren’t bad at all though, which makes me think the suppliers who actually care about moving product will have excellent pricing. 2-packs aren’t horrible. $200 for one sucks though. Makes me scared for M18 HD9.0.
Bremon wrote:
24 minutes ago, Bremon said:Canada’s division of the big orange box has their pricing for FlexVolt up. 199 for one battery, 279 for 2. The tool prices aren’t bad at all though, which makes me think the suppliers who actually care about moving product will have excellent pricing. 2-packs aren’t horrible. $200 for one sucks though. Makes me scared for M18 HD9.0.
In terms of USD we are being told same price for the 9.0 as the 2 pack 6.0/2.0 flex volt pack
Right now, using promo code “DEWALT20” on Toolup.com brings the price of 2x 6Ah Flexvolt batteries down to $159
Add another $40 of merchandise and you get free shipping. I’d be all over it if I lived in US!!
Big Adam wrote:
9 hours ago, Big Adam said:Right now, using promo code “DEWALT20” on Toolup.com brings the price of 2x 6Ah Flexvolt batteries down to $159
Add another $40 of merchandise and you get free shipping. I’d be all over it if I lived in US!!
That’s a good deal. Wish we had them offers here except its €186 for one or €320 ($357) for two ???
Big Adam wrote:
16 hours ago, Big Adam said:Right now, using promo code “DEWALT20” on Toolup.com brings the price of 2x 6Ah Flexvolt batteries down to $159
Add another $40 of merchandise and you get free shipping. I’d be all over it if I lived in US!!
Oh that is tempting and I didn’t want to buy until 9ah came out. Ohhh mannnn….
What is the proposed ship dates if one were to hypothetically order now? You know, like… if a friend were interested. >.>
I’m seeing August dates, with September 1 at the latest for Canadian dates. USA must get them quicker.
Big Adam wrote:
18 hours ago, Big Adam said:Right now, using promo code “DEWALT20” on Toolup.com brings the price of 2x 6Ah Flexvolt batteries down to $159
Add another $40 of merchandise and you get free shipping. I’d be all over it if I lived in US!!
Ooorrrrr……. You could the grinder!
so yeah, hitachi’s got dewalt and milwaukee beat 750 WH! http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/hitachi-bl36200
LOL
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pancing wrote:
44 minutes ago, pancing said:so yeah, hitachi’s got dewalt and milwaukee beat 750 WH! http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/hitachi-bl36200
LOL
Hard to beat that combination of ergonomical and economical. Not sure if that’s harder on a guy’s back or wallet 😛
Hugh Jass wrote:
On August 3, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Hugh Jass said:What is the proposed ship dates if one were to hypothetically order now? You know, like… if a friend were interested. >.>
Hahahaha
Holy Crap!! That’s a big battery
Jimbo
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In the spirit of keeping the discussion going (we don’t let sleeping dogs lie here at TIA do we?) I must say I’m very optimistic about the FlexVolt grinder; the grip on that beast looks very comfortable. My two biggest complaints about my Fuel grinder is the grip sort of sucks, and the paddle switch is a pita (though I insist on having a paddle for safety purposes, an ergonomic paddle would be appreciated). Plus, it has the brake at a better price than the way overpriced braking M18.
pancing wrote:
On 8/5/2016 at 11:42 PM, pancing said:so yeah, hitachi’s got dewalt and milwaukee beat 750 WH! http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/hitachi-bl36200
LOL
That’s awesome, never know what I’m going to read when I open the forums!!
Bremon wrote:
1 hour ago, Bremon said:In the spirit of keeping the discussion going (we don’t let sleeping dogs lie here at TIA do we?) I must say I’m very optimistic about the FlexVolt grinder; the grip on that beast looks very comfortable. My two biggest complaints about my Fuel grinder is the grip sort of sucks, and the paddle switch is a pita (though I insist on having a paddle for safety purposes, an ergonomic paddle would be appreciated). Plus, it has the brake at a better price than the way overpriced braking M18.
I can understand that…..I just wouldn’t like not being able to use existing batteries with a new tool. Let us know if you buy it!
Will do Knarly, I hear ya on batteries lol. Now that I added yellow pills to my vitamin mix I fear I’ll be overrun with batteries.
I’ve got the grinder on order. Seems like “Late August” should be here any day now.
Impatiently awaiting your thoughts on it wild!
I’ve got the grinder sawzall and circular saw I can’t wait to try them out
I ended up bagging the circ saw order, at least temporarily. Funds…
wildroamer wrote:
1 hour ago, wildroamer said:I ended up bagging the circ saw order, at least temporarily. Funds…
Yeah I totally understand I probably should have waited but I really wanted it
I bought a Makita 5007MGA that I’ve really been enjoying, so had a tougher time rationalizing another circ saw purchase.
I’m sure I’ll be ordering one though, after I’ve had time to play with the recip and grinder!
Do not forget to order your Flexvolt from Taner, CPO or Factory Direct……they are giving away some sweet yellow tools for “Free” with your Flexvolt purchase.
Flex volt track saw seems pretty promising too
Jimbo
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wildroamer wrote:
On 8/28/2016 at 5:04 PM, wildroamer said:I bought a Makita 5007MGA that I’ve really been enjoying, so had a tougher time rationalizing another circ saw purchase.
I’m sure I’ll be ordering one though, after I’ve had time to play with the recip and grinder!
Makita has made great circular saws for years, and haven’t changed that much in a dozen years or more. I know I took a good hard look at one while I was looking at new circular saws a few years ago. It came down to the Makita, one of the early Tilt lock Milwaukees and the Porter-Cable that was still around that was actually a contractor grade saw with the angle dust port on the front. I went with the Milwaukee and I love the tilt lock especially when cutting sheet goods. Unlike some folks around here, l like have both left and right hand blade saws available to me. There are just times that one works better than the other.
77Ford wrote:
On August 28, 2016 at 4:09 PM, 77Ford said:Do not forget to order your Flexvolt from Taner, CPO or Factory Direct……they are giving away some sweet yellow tools for “Free” with your Flexvolt purchase.
tried searching taner to see the free tool deal but found no store called taner.
Try cpo dewalt
found the website but no sign of the free tool deal. only found it on factory and cpo.
almost thought about canceling my 2 orders so I could rebuy the same 2 tools but switch the free tools so I could get the more valuable impact wrenches for free then sell the free tools and purchase the flextvolt hammerdrill and impact driver kit. Would’ve essentially given me a free flexvolt battery, 2 amp hour battery, a fast charger, and a tool bag for free. The extra flex volt and 2 amp hour batteries may come in handy for heavy tool usage or if a more compact battery is desired.
It’s just the dcd 996 and the dcf 887 it’s just the 20v drill and impact
www.tannerbolt.com
2448jman wrote:
tried searching taner to see the free tool deal but found no store called taner.
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Just noticed on CPO website ……still taking pre orders but delivery will be November 15th 2016
77Ford wrote:
20 hours ago, 77Ford said:www.dewaltflexvolt.com or www.Tannerbolt.com emoji481.png
Just noticed on CPO website ……still taking pre orders but delivery will be November 15th 2016
Hopefully that’s for the second wave of pre order…I’ll be pissed if it takes them 3 months to ship my preorder.
Especially since stuff is in stores now.
That’s bullshit I really hope I don’t have to wait that long
Bremon wrote:
2 hours ago, Bremon said:Especially since stuff is in stores now.
Exactly.
Looks like Milwaukee is having a fire sale lol. Everything is soaked in Fuel and the match is lit. This month’s flyers are rolling in and there’s special attention paid to the Fuel grinders, Sawzall, Hawgs, and circ saws in particular. All kits with a pair of 5.0s priced below the 1-battery FlexVolt kits (though as I said I can find 2 battery FlexVolt kits so the price difference isn’t huge). The FlexVolt kits all coming with the ridiculous fast charger is a huge plus, M18 is dragging as there, aside from the Super Hawgs and polisher, and 9.0HD kits.
The 2731-22 at $350 CAD is especially good value when you realize the best price you can get lately on a 2 pack of M18 5.0s is $220 CAD. Dewalts battery pricing is so much better than Milwaukee it’s sickening. Not that Dewalt doesn’t have some prices that could make your brain hurt: bare tool power station $580 CAD.
Bremon wrote:
3 hours ago, Bremon said:Not that Dewalt doesn’t have some prices that could make your brain hurt: bare tool power station $580 CAD.
You can get a halfway decent generator for that not to mention adding batteries onto it. Power conversion electronics rated for that kind of power or expensive but not $580 expensive.
I’d pay it if it were a proper 4 bank rapid charger on top of the inverting because then you wouldn’t need another 4 batteries to cycle, you could just plug in and charge up in a very short period of down time… but it’s otherwise a big miss despite it’s game changing potential.
The minimum investment into the system for that ability is prohibitively expensive. 8 batteries, the station, and 4 stand alone rapid chargers to insure you can charge as fast as you’re depleting the station.
Cha-ching.
Yeah, that power station really ought to have been a rapid charger rather than 4 1 amp bays. Charge your future 9.0, it will only take all day. Guaranteed Slow.
joemontague wrote:
On August 31, 2016 at 7:45 PM, joemontague said:It’s just the dcd 996 and the dcf 887 it’s just the 20v drill and impact
the bare tool high torque 3/4 in impact wrench is priced at $269. The bare tool impact and hammer drill are $100 and $120ish respectively. If I were to have picked 2 of the 3/4 impact wrenches I could have sold them for $200 a piece which is around $60 of savings for the buyer and would have $400 to invest in the flexvolt impact and hammerdrill. The flexvolt impact and hammerdrill set is around $400
Bremon wrote:
On 9/2/2016 at 9:10 AM, Bremon said:Yeah, that power station really ought to have been a rapid charger rather than 4 1 amp bays. Charge your future 9.0, it will only take all day. Guaranteed Slow.
Yea…dewalt has always been good at pumping out something that makes me stand back and think WTF to myself. This one is way, way up there on the WTF scale. I’d much rather they remove the ability as a charger all together and cut the cost down to something realistic. As a charger it’s pathetically useless.
Compare.dewalt.com doesn’t pan out as favourably in my eyes as I think Dewalt would like it to:
Circular saw cuts faster than the 2731 but only gets 10% more run time with a 20% bigger battery.
Grinder looks to be an all-around improvement but they specifically list using a FlexVolt disc with the Dewalt. Could be the accessory leads to bigger improvements than the tool/battery themselves do.
The joist drill numbers really shine compare to M18 super hawg but bits aren’t detailed.
System looks terrific regardless and I can’t wait to see some reasonably-independent head-to-heads.
Bremon wrote:
2 hours ago, Bremon said:Compare.dewalt.com doesn’t pan out as favourably in my eyes as I think Dewalt would like it to:
Circular saw cuts faster than the 2731 but only gets 10% more run time with a 20% bigger battery.
Grinder looks to be an all-around improvement but they specifically list using a FlexVolt disc with the Dewalt. Could be the accessory leads to bigger improvements than the tool/battery themselves do.
The joist drill numbers really shine compare to M18 super hawg but bits aren’t detailed.
System looks terrific regardless and I can’t wait to see some reasonably-independent head-to-heads.
There are so many asterisks on that page I thought for a moment the Dewalt trademark was for 20V MAX* instead of 20V MAX. There are:
************************************ (36) total *
****************************** (30) point to a reference
******** (8) are doubled
****** (6) are the reference
**** (4) point from one reference to another
That graphic is HIGH- LARIOUS @jeffmcmillan!
Bremon wrote:
14 hours ago, Bremon said:Compare.dewalt.com doesn’t pan out as favourably in my eyes as I think Dewalt would like it to:
Circular saw cuts faster than the 2731 but only gets 10% more run time with a 20% bigger battery.
Grinder looks to be an all-around improvement but they specifically list using a FlexVolt disc with the Dewalt. Could be the accessory leads to bigger improvements than the tool/battery themselves do.
The joist drill numbers really shine compare to M18 super hawg but bits aren’t detailed.
System looks terrific regardless and I can’t wait to see some reasonably-independent head-to-heads.
Joist drill old vs new hole saw comparison:
As for the grinder, what sold me was a video of a guy trying to stop it by mashing a disk into a plate of steel, and he couldn’t make it stop. I don’t care if it necessarily cuts faster but I want the RPM’s it has to stay higher so that you’re getting maximum efficiency with the amount of battery consumed. The old grinder when pushed this way can kill my entire fleet of batteries within an hour.