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I bought the Milwaukee 0882-20 M18 Compact Vacuum for $99. Now I see why it was on sale from $171, it shuts off every 30 seconds or so. I sent it back for another one. This one is doing the same. So I checked the reviews on the Red Tool Store (something I wish I had did first) and there was 7 out of 9 with the same problem. I have never bought a Milwaukee product that I was this disappointed in. Milwaukee needs to find a fix for this issue!
That really sucks. I have one and use it but it doesn’t shut off on me. That is weird you had two do that.
That strange coz Milwa have good tools i have one M12 impact doing about 330NM cost 220 EUR ( promo ) and im so happy with coz is small,light and powerfull .
Milwaukee is my favorite.
But I spent a little more and bought separate battery, charger, and vac in a Makita.
On paper, the Milwaukee was slightly stronger, but the Makita compact vac had the better rating.
Generally I would say Milwaukee makes great gear almost all the time but sometimes they have a bad design so I check reviews and I also have Makita battery tools just in case I need something but Makita has the better model.
The few times I bought Makita over Milwaukee was the subcompact 18 v impact driver over the M12 or M18 FUEL. The other time was Makita sidewinder LXT saw over the M18.
I have the same problem. Worked fine for about a year. Not heavily used, about once a week for 15 minutes. Now it shuts down every 20 to 30 seconds. Any known fix?
Thanks
Doug