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Ok I am partners with Tool Barn and they sent me three impact wrenched to test out and review. I got the makita brushless, the Milwaukee brushless and the dewalt brushless. All 1/2 impacts. They sent me the wrong dewalt so I don’t know about it yet but here are my thoughts. The makitas grip is the best. The Milwaukee definitely has more power and feels like it has more power. The makita does have three modes and the Milwaukee only has two. I don’t like that you can’t feather the makita like you can on the Milwaukee.
I love my 2763, only downside is the old style Fuel grips suck. My meat hooks must not be heavy duty enough by Milwaukee standards.
When you get the other dewalt, stand them all upright and notice the difference in angles and see which one you like
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I heard the makita was more powerful I have the dewalt 1/2 and the 3/4 I seam to like them better than the milwaukee but there all amazing
I don’t feel bad when new tools come out better than the ones I have. The M18 was the first mainstream brushless high torque impact that I know of. I’d feel worse if Dewalt and Makita had theirs first and the M18 I waited for fell on it’s face :lol:. Being newly converted to yellow I must admit it’s hard not to want to just buy everything twice and have a full line of both brands lol. Are there boots available for the 20v Max or Makita?
That Makita looks like a Beast. I still have a brand new corded Milwaukee Impact wrench for about 9 years now and have never used it…
No boots for DeWalt, poor fella ? 
Are you saying the Makita doesn’t have a variable speed trigger???
It Sure does and you van feather it anyway you want. Om holding it right now…..
No idea what the OP is talking about ?
I just got the Dewalt and I love it, thing drives hard and fast, and at this power level I don’t think I’ll ever encounter something it won’t handle unless the damn thing is welded.
Stercorarius wrote:
7 hours ago, Stercorarius said:No boots for DeWalt, poor fella ?
Are you saying the Makita doesn’t have a variable speed trigger???
It does have variable speed but if you go to tap the trigger a quick the motor does not respond. It is part of their design.
Hugh Jass wrote:
7 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:I just got the Dewalt and I love it, thing drives hard and fast, and at this power level I don’t think I’ll ever encounter something it won’t handle unless the damn thing is welded.
Only three fasteners it couldn’t handle so far and one was an impeller not a fastener.
Rutter wrote:
Ok I am partners with Tool Barn and they sent me three impact wrenched to test out and review. I got the makita brushless, the Milwaukee brushless and the dewalt brushless. All 1/2 impacts. They sent me the wrong dewalt so I don’t know about it yet but here are my thoughts. The makitas grip is the best. The Milwaukee definitely has more power and feels like it has more power. The makita does have three modes and the Milwaukee only has two. I don’t like that you can’t feather the makita like you can on the Milwaukee.
Way to go Nick! I’m very interested in the Makita and how it preforms against the other contenders. Looking forward to seeing what type of head to head test you come up with lol.
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Gotta admit I like the look of that makita I own the fuel beast which is a awesome machine I keep in my truck I am looking forward to your thoughts on the dewalt cuz I wanna get that one for wifeys car
Bigmikez wrote:
8 hours ago, Bigmikez said:Gotta admit I like the look of that makita I own the fuel beast which is a awesome machine I keep in my truck I am looking forward to your thoughts on the dewalt cuz I wanna get that one for wifeys car
Oh he posted his thoughts on IG a while ago.