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What is a good makita brushless kit around $200 i am looking for a friend he wants to get a milwaukee but my opinion is makita makes better impacts and he hasn’t owned anything makita 🙂 thanks
The DCF887? 😛
surprised to see makita in the dewalt section. I would say the makita has compact going for it. The quick shift and assist features seem nice. You get customizability but without the need of a phone like one key. Dont know if milwaukee has a precision fastening mode like makita or dewalt. I like how the speeds are separate from the specialty modes. Not sure if this helped but I tried.
the new sub compact kit just came out. or look at the home depot buy a kit get a free tool promo going on right now
Jronman wrote:
22 minutes ago, Jronman said:surprised to see makita in the dewalt section. I would say the makita has compact going for it. The quick shift and assist features seem nice. You get customizability but without the need of a phone like one key. Dont know if milwaukee has a precision fastening mode like makita or dewalt. I like how the speeds are separate from the specialty modes. Not sure if this helped but I tried.
The Milwaukee does have that mode if I’m picking up what you’re laying down..
The function buttons on the Makita seem quite versatile like you’re explaining
If you look here http://www.homedepot.com/b/Featured-Products-Gift-Center-Makita/N-5yc1vZcf3j there is a bunch of Makita deals at HD some impact kits of $99
if if he wants a Milwaukee there is one for $129 that has impact and flash light
If by kit you mean drill and impact, Makita’s new subcompact brushless kit is $230, and I don’t think you can do bettery for the price point. After that I think the good ones go up to around $200 bare tool which isn’t exactly what you want.
I love makita’s impacts, but you definitely pay a premium for them.
KnarlyCarl wrote:
5 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:The Milwaukee does have that mode if I’m picking up what you’re laying down..
The function buttons on the Makita seem quite versatile like you’re explaining
if milwaukee has a precision drive mode it would only be available on their one key model. Their latest impact without one key has a sheet metal mode instead of a precision drive mode. Precision drive mode is a feature that slows down rpm and lowers the ipm to make for more precise fastening to help reduce over fastening, striping of fasteners, and breakage of fasteners. Supposedly it makes flushing a screw to the wood easier.