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Great review! I have this on my long list of tools to get and with your review it got bumped up to top 3 for sure now!! Happy New Years!!
haha, nice one Mike. It’s a kickass grinder.
[emoji1377][emoji1377] I’d still grab the Milwaukee, power or not this thing just doesn’t feel comfortable to use IMO, I know other guys have become used to theirs and I’m sure I would too IF I bought it lol
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The Fuel has been my go to for a couple of years, but I still love the feel of the Dewalt too. Just a little larger, and definitely needs the side handle on.
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The only thing I don’t like about flexvolt is you can’t use a 20v max battery with them it would be nice if all your flexvolt batteries are dead you could pop in a 20v and it could still work with less power
The thing that jumps out at me is that slick looking side handle in the screenshot. The handle that came with mine is a plastic lump of crap. My Fuel models came with a far nicer side handle that has a softer grip and I would guess some dampening.
I realize I’m paying attention to minute details here but it would be nice if Dewalt paid attention to them for once. I love the FlexVolt gear and I love this grinder but god damn; everything about FlexVolt is “put all the budget into class-leading power, forget everything else”. Power is great but why can’t I have a big V8 *and* air conditioning? 😆
I still have the brushless Makita and though I’m not a big metal worker….AT ALL…I like the Makita a lot. Plus I cannot justify the purchase for something that gets very limited use.
great review. i got this recently and used it already extensively. runs way more cool than my corded grinders. probably shouldn’t be using flap discs on cheaper grinders but when they are 20 bucks and pretty much disposable, i really dont care. the flex volt grinder does it no problem and stays cool. for cutting, its a beast.
only gripe i have about it is the charger that came with it. it is a straight up wind turbine when charging. i can hear the thing from almost 3 booths away at my shop.
Bremon wrote:
5 hours ago, Bremon said:The thing that jumps out at me is that slick looking side handle in the screenshot. The handle that came with mine is a plastic lump of crap. My Fuel models came with a far nicer side handle that has a softer grip and I would guess some dampening.
I realize I’m paying attention to minute details here but it would be nice if Dewalt paid attention to them for once. I love the FlexVolt gear and I love this grinder but god damn; everything about FlexVolt is “put all the budget into class-leading power, forget everything else”. Power is great but why can’t I have a big V8 *and* air conditioning? 😆
I have a V8 and my air conditioner is broken. I just tell myself the world hates me and that’s why I can’t have nice things.
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I used mine yesterday to cut granite. I don’t know what worse you could do to test it.
One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention is that the gear housing is perfectly symmetrical so you can unscrew the gear housing and rotate it 90 degrees to improve ergonomics if you’re into production work with repetitive cutting.
x1xkodiakx1x wrote:
2 hours ago, x1xkodiakx1x said:great review. i got this recently and used it already extensively. runs way more cool than my corded grinders. probably shouldn’t be using flap discs on cheaper grinders but when they are 20 bucks and pretty much disposable, i really dont care. the flex volt grinder does it no problem and stays cool. for cutting, its a beast.
only gripe i have about it is the charger that came with it. it is a straight up wind turbine when charging. i can hear the thing from almost 3 booths away at my shop.
I still much prefer that fan noise to the neurotic squeal of the Milwaukee rapid charger.
Man I love this forum, you guys are awesome
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Logan wrote:
On 1/1/2017 at 0:39 PM, Logan said:The only thing I don’t like about flexvolt is you can’t use a 20v max battery with them it would be nice if all your flexvolt batteries are dead you could pop in a 20v and it could still work with less power
Are you sure ? I was under the impression you could.
SevenOddosFence wrote:
Are you sure ? I was under the impression you could.
If it’s a Flexvolt dedicated tool, you can not use 20v max batteries. They don’t even fit.
SevenOddosFence wrote:
49 minutes ago, SevenOddosFence said:Are you sure ? I was under the impression you could.
FlexVolt works on 20v Max. 20v Max does not work on FlexVolt.
In reality the BATTERIES are flexvolt (flexible voltage). The tools are either 60v or 20v.
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RickyMcGrath wrote:
On 1/2/2017 at 11:49 AM, RickyMcGrath said:One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention is that the gear housing is perfectly symmetrical so you can unscrew the gear housing and rotate it 90 degrees to improve ergonomics if you’re into production work with repetitive cutting.
Yes, there was a video on this, but I can’t remember where I saw that.
Oh wait! It was a periscope of Scott at Total Tool South Melbourne in Australia, and showed how he did this… probably long gone now..
But i found this:
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dwain wrote:
On 1/5/2017 at 7:31 PM, dwain said:Man I love this forum, you guys are awesome
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Sweet review, I am really pumped about the new Metabo coming out with their crazy 36v grinders, no doubt stepping up the game once again…
KnarlyCarl wrote:
Sweet review, I am really pumped about the new Metabo coming out with their crazy 36v grinders, no doubt stepping up the game once again…
In sure them Germans were laughing at us silky Americans and our 54v grinder
Jimbo
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Hmm I find it difficult ult to imagine any grinder (even from Metabo) making the 54v grinder laughable!!
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RickyMcGrath wrote:
On 1/2/2017 at 8:49 AM, RickyMcGrath said:One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention is that the gear housing is perfectly symmetrical so you can unscrew the gear housing and rotate it 90 degrees to improve ergonomics if you’re into production work with repetitive cutting.
Almost every grinder does this, though I prefer barrel grip so I only turn them by accident doing repairs.
dwain wrote:
11 minutes ago, dwain said:Hmm I find it difficult ult to imagine any grinder (even from Metabo) making the 54v grinder laughable!!
Yeah it’s only a 9 inch grinder. Why would anyone care about that? lol
jeffmcmillan wrote:
Yeah it’s only a 9 inch grinder. Why would anyone care about that? lol
I didn’t say no one would care! I can’t wait to play with it.
I just thought that it making the 54V Dewalt seem laughable/boring was quite an overstatement [emoji13]
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dwain wrote:
I didn’t say no one would care! I can’t wait to play with it.
I just thought that it making the 54V Dewalt seem laughable/boring was quite an overstatement [emoji13]
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You know them Germans and their superiority complex!
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Logan wrote:
On 1/1/2017 at 0:39 PM, Logan said:The only thing I don’t like about flexvolt is you can’t use a 20v max battery with them it would be nice if all your flexvolt batteries are dead you could pop in a 20v and it could still work with less power
I agree big time I think this is a major flaw in Dewalts part
SevenOddosFence wrote:
17 hours ago, SevenOddosFence said:I agree big time I think this is a major flaw in Dewalts part
Pros and cons to both Dewalt’s and Milwaukee’s approaches. Dewalt burns some people (raise your hand if you were waiting on an XR recip, circ saw or grinder), Milwaukee has a lower ceiling for power potential, which we are already seeing with videos of overheating 9.0 batteries. Maybe Milwaukee might ape the teal-pioneered and yellow-copied 2x battery method.
Bremon wrote:
On 1/10/2017 at 1:04 AM, Bremon said:Pros and cons to both Dewalt’s and Milwaukee’s approaches. Dewalt burns some people (raise your hand if you were waiting on an XR recip, circ saw or grinder), Milwaukee has a lower ceiling for power potential, which we are already seeing with videos of overheating 9.0 batteries. Maybe Milwaukee might ape the teal-pioneered and yellow-copied 2x battery method.
well acording to the guys at my work they have tried out a dual battery milwaukee saw but its not out yet. m18 x2 or m36 (whatever it will be called) is coming. i’m guessing at nps2017
They should call it M2 (the M stands for “me”). Disruptive innovation!