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Love this new makita sawzall its brushless powerful two speed settings and a variable speed trigger and a trigger lock. Rafter hook light on front , adjustable shoe. I would highly recommended I use 4ah batteries with it and works great.
Yee haw dude those are awesome saws
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I’m with you Trevor, I’ve got this and it is awesome
It does everything that a saw coming out after the benchmark Fuel Sawzall should do; copy it and improve it. Somehow Dewalt didn’t get that memo.
@CATERPILLAR Looks like a nice saw. does it have AVT? The speed selector looks nice and intuitive. almost like a drill direction selector.
Bremon wrote:
4 minutes ago, Bremon said:It does everything that a saw coming out after the benchmark Fuel Sawzall should do; copy it and improve it. Somehow Dewalt didn’t get that memo.
do you like anything about the DeWALT recip? haha
Jronman wrote:
[mention=54219]CATERPILLAR[/mention] Looks like a nice saw. does it have AVT? The speed selector looks nice and intuitive. almost like a drill direction selector.
To a point I’ve heard it’s not the smoothest
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Jronman wrote:
21 minutes ago, Jronman said:do you like anything about the DeWALT recip? haha
The FlexVolt? It’s powerful enough that you can’t really stall it. If you cut posts all day with it you don’t need an adjustable shoe and still make use of most of your blade.
Other Dewalt recips; 4 way blade positioning.
If you have a loose tooth you can use them to knock it out. Other than that there’s not really anything to like. Corded if you’re buying anything other than a Milwaukee or Makita AVT you’re crazy. Cordless there are clearly multiple superior options, one of which is in this thread lol.
Bremon wrote:
The FlexVolt? It’s powerful enough that you can’t really stall it. If you cut posts all day with it you don’t need an adjustable shoe and still make use of most of your blade.
Other Dewalt recips; 4 way blade positioning.
If you have a loose tooth you can use them to knock it out. Other than that there’s not really anything to like. Corded if you’re buying anything other than a Milwaukee or Makita AVT you’re crazy. Cordless there are clearly multiple superior options, one of which is in this thread lol.
Gotta be the x2 makita
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JimboS1ice wrote:
8 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:
Gotta be the x2 makita
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x2 with avt would be nice
It’s a tool I’ve put off for a long time because I don’t use them enough to warrant buying another (already have 3) but there seems to be a lot of push from manufacturers to develop better recip saws.
What prompted you to buy the 18BL over the 36?
ChrisK wrote:
5 hours ago, ChrisK said:I’m with you Trevor, I’ve got this and it is awesome
Lol it is I love it more then my corded and I really love it I have used the shit out of my corded
Jronman wrote:
4 hours ago, Jronman said:@CATERPILLAR Looks like a nice saw. does it have AVT? The speed selector looks nice and intuitive. almost like a drill direction selector.
Anti vibration tec I don’t think really a sawzall is always going to vibrate around lol
Bremon wrote:
4 hours ago, Bremon said:The FlexVolt? It’s powerful enough that you can’t really stall it. If you cut posts all day with it you don’t need an adjustable shoe and still make use of most of your blade.
Other Dewalt recips; 4 way blade positioning.
If you have a loose tooth you can use them to knock it out. Other than that there’s not really anything to like. Corded if you’re buying anything other than a Milwaukee or Makita AVT you’re crazy. Cordless there are clearly multiple superior options, one of which is in this thread lol.
I agree milwaukee and makita make the best corded sawzalls hands Down
stductwork wrote:
1 hour ago, stductwork said:It’s a tool I’ve put off for a long time because I don’t use them enough to warrant buying another (already have 3) but there seems to be a lot of push from manufacturers to develop better recip saws.
What prompted you to buy the 18BL over the 36?
Battery life I believe just my theory this is more fuel efficient one battery dead throw it on charger put other battery on work and probably by time u run out if u do then other will be done and plus 2x the batteries to charge isn’t a option its more of a pain
CATERPILLAR wrote:
Anti vibration tec I don’t think really a sawzall is always going to vibrate around lol
Huh?
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JimboS1ice wrote:
21 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:
Huh?
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I don’t know I confused my self ahh lol
Toolaholic and toolpig in Instagram mentioned that the Makita vibrates Alot in the air, but inside the cut it’s very good with anti vibe.
kornomaniac wrote:
4 hours ago, kornomaniac said:Toolaholic and toolpig in Instagram mentioned that the Makita vibrates Alot in the air, but inside the cut it’s very good with anti vibe.
It’s like putting an umbrella up indoors and considering how well it works in my opinion.
kornomaniac wrote:
4 hours ago, kornomaniac said:Toolaholic and toolpig in Instagram mentioned that the Makita vibrates Alot in the air, but inside the cut it’s very good with anti vibe.
I agree if u get it steblized good it cuts very well
Yeah indeed. Should only really matter in the cut right 🙂
I got the 36 as I felt it had less vibration, maybe due to the extra weight.