Dewalt DCF887 – holy mother of torque

Yea that thing has some balls to it

Jimbo

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Sweet beast !!!

I WANT IT!!!

Great video Dwain! Dewalt is killing it lately and making my Mikwaukee gear look second rate lol. Despite that, I think at this point I solely blame your praise and enthusiasm for them in OTT reviews for actually making me want to buy them.

Bigmikez wrote:

1 hour ago, Bigmikez said:

I WANT IT!!!

Mike you don’t want it…You need it.

Just got mine yesterday.

I love mine and I only used it a couple of times. Can’t wait to re-do my deck. 

Bremon wrote:

10 hours ago, Bremon said:

Great video Dwain! Dewalt is killing it lately and making my Mikwaukee gear look second rate lol. Despite that, I think at this point I solely blame your praise and enthusiasm for them in OTT reviews for actually making me want to buy them.

Haha, maybe I should be looking for a job in sales!

Appreciate all the love guys. It’s a killer tool.

NOW – WHO CAN PREDICT THE SCORES (out of 25) FOR THE IMPACT DRIVER COMPARISON????

Bosch – ? / 25

Dewalt – ? / 25

Hitachi – ? / 25

Makita – ? / 25

Metabo – ? / 25

Milwaukee – ? / 25

Makita 24: speed and compact size make it the winner. 

Dewalt 23: ergonomics give it a boost.

Milwaukee 22: self-tapper mode and potted electronics aren’t enough to keep up with the makitas speed, or dewalt’s better speed, torque, and ipm. 

Bosch 22: combination anvil/chuck is awesome but the rest of the specs aren’t up to the challenge.

Metabo and Hitachi are wild cards for me but I’m guessing they bring up the rear. 

dwain wrote:

 

Haha, maybe I should be looking for a job in sales!

 

Appreciate all the love guys. It’s a killer tool.

 

NOW – WHO CAN PREDICT THE SCORES (out of 25) FOR THE IMPACT DRIVER COMPARISON????

 

Bosch – ? / 25

Dewalt – ? / 25

Hitachi – ? / 25

Makita – ? / 25

Metabo – ? / 25

Milwaukee – ? / 25

 

I have the bosch it’s a great tool but I know it won’t keep up with the dewalt and Milwaukee in this test plus the metabo isn’t brushless so I think that will be lower down the scale !

I predict

Dewalt 24

Milwaukee 23

Makita 21

Bosch 21

Metabo 20

Hitachi 20

At a guess lol

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I predict a tie of 24 with Dewalt and Milwaukee for the win. Depending on the tests done, both shine for different uses and in the real world the numbers on paper don’t mean as much, they’re going to be very close with Makita being the wild card IMO. 

So I have it: 

24 Dewalt

24 Milwaukee

22 Makita

21 Bosch

19 Metabo

18 Hitachi

Hugh Jass wrote:

6 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I predict a tie of 24 with Dewalt and Milwaukee for the win.

You don’t by chance live in the USA do you? 😉

Depending on your tests when I did my impact fight the Dewalt is slightly quicker than the Milwaukee, but depending what you do it could be different

Jimbo

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Hugh Jass wrote:

I predict a tie of 24 with Dewalt and Milwaukee for the win. Depending on the tests done, both shine for different uses and in the real world the numbers on paper don’t mean as much, they’re going to be very close with Makita being the wild card IMO. 

 

So I have it: 

 

24 Dewalt

24 Milwaukee

22 Makita

21 Bosch

19 Metabo

18 Hitachi

I agree with that but I’d flip Makita and Milwaukee, the Dewalt is a little more powerful then the Milwaukee

Jimbo

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I’ll take the Milwaukee don’t care what score it gets….

dwain wrote:

22 minutes ago, dwain said:

 

You don’t by chance live in the USA do you? 😉

I actually have little love for Milwaukee 18v line. I don’t miss anything from Dewalt between them as most of their appeal is for trade specific tools which A- I don’t need and B- Dewalt is apparently now really starting to get into anyway…but there is no denying that the M12 is unquestionably humping the rest of the competition into submission on every front. That said, I admit their impact you’re reviewing is strong, I just don’t like the ergonomics that much…same issue with Makita, they seem to feel awful in the hand to me despite having some good quality offerings. 

Dewalt’s handles really do shine, obviously everyone has different sized hands, but I think they are really a cut above the rest for comfort. First gen fuel was noticeably less comfortable than 20v Max. The 2nd gen stuff is much closer. 

Interesting that the brands are from only 3 countries:

Germany – Bosch and Metabo

Japan – Hitachi and Makita

USA – Dewalt and Milwaukee

It’s like Europe v America v Asia…

JimboS1ice wrote:

27 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:

I agree with that but I’d flip Makita and Milwaukee, the Dewalt is a little more powerful then the Milwaukee

Jimbo

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Again though it’s going to blow it away on paper, I bet the test is very close for a variety of tasks. Obviously low load tasks the Dewalt will crush due to a much higher no load speed, but when it comes down to the milk and cookies they’re probably one in the same in speed tests.

I think that Dwain will find what others have that will keep Dewalt from the sweep, and that is the very odd action of the speed 1 setting where it kicks the tool kind of violently as it impacts, and the Milwaukee has a very smooth action in comparison. This will keep Dewalt from scoring 25 points making a tie likely because Milwaukee will gain a point for having the sheet metal setting. 24’s are obvious.

If by some kind of magic I’m wrong, Dwain should send me the 887 as a form of unusual punishment. And If I’m right, he should send me the 887 as congratulations for winning. 

comp56 wrote:

I’ll take the Milwaukee don’t care what score it gets….

That’s why I took the Milwaukee and sold the Dewalt

Jimbo

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dwain wrote:

6 minutes ago, dwain said:

Interesting that the brands are from only 3 countries:

 

Germany – Bosch and Metabo

Japan – Hitachi and Makita

USA – Dewalt and Milwaukee

 

It’s like Europe v America v Asia…

Good thing you’re from down under so this can be at least a little bit less biased, lol. 

Hugh Jass wrote:

 

Again though it’s going to blow it away on paper, I bet the test is very close for a variety of tasks. Obviously low load tasks the Dewalt will crush due to a much higher no load speed, but when it comes down to the milk and cookies they’re probably one in the same in speed tests.

 

I think that Dwain will find what others have that will keep Dewalt from the sweep, and that is the very odd action of the speed 1 setting where it kicks the tool kind of violently as it impacts, and the Milwaukee has a very smooth action in comparison. This will keep Dewalt from scoring 25 points making a tie likely because Milwaukee will gain a point for having the sheet metal setting. 24’s are obvious.

 

If by some kind of magic I’m wrong, Dwain should send me the 887 as a form of unusual punishment. And If I’m right, he should send me the 887 as congratulations for winning. 

All depends on what he does thiugh, i prefer the precision setting of Milwaukee better than the Dewalt and self tap mode is amazing, but if he does more high torque and speed stuff is yellow peddle down

Jimbo

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as we speak about all these tools …….one day not long from now they will all be on a shelf at some pawn shop……cause there will be better ones…… it is bad enough trying to have as many useful tools to fill a shop/job site but if you are truly the type that needs/wants the latest and greatest as it comes out you will go broke even faster…..

comp56 wrote:

1 minute ago, comp56 said:

as we speak about all these tools …….one day not long from now they will all be on a shelf at some pawn shop……cause there will be better ones…… it is bad enough trying to have as many useful tools to fill a shop/job site but if you are truly the type that needs/wants the latest and greatest as it comes out you will go broke even faster…..

I’m a self employed middle class american that loves tools, it was destined to be so, lmao. It’s probably inscribed in hieroglyphics inside the great pyramid, A Donkey, stack of burning paper, and a facepalm emoji tells the story of my life. 

I forgot how awkward mode 1 of the Dewalt seems. *pause….failfailfailfail* That mode seems like a good idea gone wrong.

Bremon wrote:

I forgot how awkward mode 1 of the Dewalt seems. *pause….failfailfailfail* That mode seems like a good idea gone wrong.

Was never a fan of it, didn’t know about it until I watched the TIA video after having the tool a good month, I found control easier on the Milwaukee or if I really need control I’ll use my m12 impact or get this… A screw driver!!! Lol

Jimbo

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Well I think it just takes you from using the tool one handed for such work to using it as a two handed tool. Still offers great control but it could have been better executed. 

hmm, i didn’t notice this phenomenon in 1st speed. We didn’t test it much in 1st and 2nd speed …. :\

dwain wrote:

hmm, i didn’t notice this phenomenon in 1st speed. We didn’t test it much in 1st and 2nd speed …. :\

 

 

I think that’s because you have to keep the trigger pulled and wait a long while for the last few impacts and cos it’s such a long wait no one realises it does this in speed one , but putting that aside the way this impact works in speed 2 and 3 is making me want to buy my first dewalt 20v !

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By the way how much noticeable difference in power is there between a 2.0ah slim pack in this tool to a fat pack ? When dewalt say its 205nm is that figure using the slim or fat pack ?

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we will slightly touch on this in our comparison. certainly the high capacity batteries give a good step-up in power. and the 205Nm would definitely be with high-capacity battery.

dwain wrote:

we will slightly touch on this in our comparison. certainly the high capacity batteries give a good step-up in power. and the 205Nm would definitely be with high-capacity battery.

Yeah that’s what I thought , when are you doing the comparison then ? I have the brushless bosch GDR I changed the gdx for it as I got fed up with certain bits not clicking into the gdx , I do like the 887 though I’m very tempted

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will be released in about a week I think 🙂 

Well it looks like Bremon was closest, but still not right!