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I can’t comment on YouTube for some reason, so just wanted to let you guys know I really enjoyed it and didn’t even fall asleep lol jk. Next year maybe have a overall best 18-20 volt cordless tool award(cordless tool of the year award), to the one tool you thought the most of, of all the categories, just a thought.
agreed! great video! All of your followers really appreciate the time you guys put into these sites/videos!
Yeah Thanks for all the time put into this to make this happen for us!!
Ditto. I think this year was a big success!
Well I have seen from other places that we are too pro Milwaukee over here at TIA. The other tool companies didn’t put out anything crazy Bosch and Makita were absent for most of the year, and we still, haven’t seen the Bosch brushless stuff yet!
Yeah i know, everyone is bitching that there was to much milwaukee over here, tell me what was so good from the other manufacturers, Milwaukee is just killing it right now…Makita is a lost cause and Bosch is still under a bridge!!!
Where are you guys seeing all this pro Milwaukee criticism at?
Conductor562 wrote:
Where are you guys seeing all this pro Milwaukee criticism at?
Tool guyd Mostly, also on facebook and in the comments on the article
It’s hard not too win big when you release so many tools in a single year its insane between the M12 and M18 fuel stuff.
Sounds like sour yellow fans to me. We had a lot of Dewalt reviews too. Makita hardly put anything out and Bosch will get more press in 2014.
You can only review what the manufacturers send out.
Makita only sent out the 36v lawn stuff this year.
How is Makita a lost cause? I don’t use them but see them on jobsites all the time
Imo we are not seeing big stuff from them here in the Usa, they have the largest 18v line, and we dont even see most of those tools here in the USA.
See them where? Online or on jobs?
PT Custom wrote:
See them where? Online or on jobs?
Offered for sale.
PT Custom wrote:
How is Makita a lost cause? I don’t use them but see them on jobsites all the time
Makita let their cordless line slip a bit over the last 2-3 years. They were once a market leader and set many trends. They created the first cordless line, were the first to use Lithium packs, and were using Nimh packs when everyone else was stuck on NiCad, but in recent times it’s been a different story. They have been miserably slow in releasing new tools, their 12V line has been a joke, they’re the only one of the big 4 without a fuel guage (though the patented one 2 years ago) and their 18V packs have become somewhat synonymous with early failures. In short, quality control issues and lack of product expansion has placed Makita behind the pack, and that’s unusual for them.
As far as their corded tools go, I have no issue with them and own several. Their cordless line needs some attention though.
We have specialty tool stores here called Berlands they have a 30 foot long Makita display with hundreds of tools in all voltages. And like I said I see them on jobsites all the time. Where are you located ?
PT Custom wrote:
We have specialty tool stores here called Berlands they have a 30 foot long Makita display with hundreds of tools in all voltages. And like I said I see them on jobsites all the time. Where are you located ?
Florida
Meanwhile everyone here still uses 18 volt dewalt.
It really does seem like I’m the only one with Lithium ion tools in Florida…all you see a dewalt nicad haha
One guy has the older big cordless makita hammer drill. There is a place that rebuilds them here for about $60 with lithium cells so I’m not the only one here with lithium.
Home Depot here just added a Big Makita endcap with all their cordless tools. Makita is popular It’s seems not as much in the Michigan area though as corded tools go.
I haven’t used Nicad in almost 15 years I had NiMh until last year when I went to lithium
I do see a lot of Dewalt here also
Chase do you work at jobsites or in a shop?
I managed a hardware store for many years. Really introduced cordless drills to our market. Sold a ton of Makita. All Nicad back then ( almost 20 years ago )
Conductor I really appreciate all your info. You are very well informed I am curious about where you use all these great tools. In the trades or on your own home and vehicles ?
PT Custom wrote:
Conductor I really appreciate all your info. You are very well informed I am curious about where you use all these great tools. In the trades or on your own home and vehicles ?
I am by trade a Railroad Freight Conductor. Not many tools required beyond a few monster sized wrenches and the occasional Channellocks. My love affair with tools is almost entirely extracurricular. I grew up using Proto tools working on various things and learned to appreciate their rugged quality. I started building my set when I was 15 and while I bought what I could afford, I always wanted a full set of Proto stuff.
As I got older and had more money to throw at my collection, I did just that. I slowly phased Proto in and cheaper stuff out. I never really bought cheap stuff though. I invested mostly in Kobalt during the J.H. Williams era and still have a lot of that today.
I try to study up on tools. Everyone has something they love, sports, movies, books, whatever, tools just happen to be mine. When I found myself looking for answers I couldn’t get from Google, and seeking out obscure characters on the internet for answers, I decided I wanted to be the sought rather than the seeker. I’ve spent a lot of hours studying tools, though mostly Proto and Plomb (Proto was Plomb until 1948).
In my search I have been to every corner of the internet, multiple forums, read books, studied old catalogs, etc. and feel it is my job to carry on the history of Proto and Plomb to the next generation. There won’t be much interest, but at some point in the distant future some member of the next generation will come calling wanting to know everything he can find out about them. When that day comes Conductor will be there telling him to pull up a chair.
In my mind these forums are invaluable. Without this place and others like them, many of my questions would have gone forever unanswered. It is truly a valuable resource. I’ve met a lot of good people and consider many friends. I have sent and received many tools without a dollar changing hands.
I run the forum here and also write reviews under my street name. Everyone here gets along great, good guys. I don’t think I’ve ever warned or banned anyone that wasn’t a spammer. We get the occasional turd, but they usually don’t stick around long.
Thanks again for being a member here and if there’s anything I can ever do to make your experience here better, just let me know.
Thanks conductor. I love tools as well. My grandfather was a blacksmith and my uncle a finish carpenter. I ran hardware / home centers after college for many years so I dealt with tons of contractors and tradesmen. Almost 16 years ago I was asked by one of my customers to join his
Window treatment business. Two years later I started my own installation company
Now I use tools all day and I love it. The business is good enough I can afford to buy the best so I am always excited to read about the newest tools. Everyone here seems great I look forward to getting to know all of you
All of tia’s awards made sense after some explanation but the one that I didn’t understand was the award for the dcd985. I know from personal experience it’s an awesome drill but why didn’t the dcd995 win the award instead. It is the brushless updated version of the same drill.
Dan said it was because it wasn’t in stores yet. My local lowes just started carrying them.
It’s the same reason why the Dewalt Brushless nailer didn’t win it was like in a weird availability for the last part of 2013 some online stores had it most didn’t.
Makes perfect sense. I kind of thought that but remembered they did a review on it so didn’t know if that counted