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Has anyone used one yet?? Not sure if it’s out yet. I have allot of the M12 line and am really pleased with their performance. My latest purchase was the drill/hammer drill. I used it all day yesterday setting pipe hangers in block and concrete (Tapcons). The size made it less of a pain climbing a 12′ ladder 4,000 times.
I have one and it’s pretty awesome. It cuts through your average 3/8″ lag or carrage bolt pretty fast. It’s very powerful and it does have a mild amount of kick when you first turn it on.
I also have one. Great tool powerful and pretty good battery life. Also has adapter for other manufaturers blades, which is nice because the blade that comes with it is soso.
jbrown44 wrote:
I also have one. Great tool powerful and pretty good battery life. Also has adapter for other manufaturers blades, which is nice because the blade that comes with it is soso.
I think you’re talking about the M12 Multi-Tool
Remember too that this M12 accepts the Dremel accessories as well making this very useful! I just bought Dremel’s polishing kit for taking care of uniform items and what not. What’s cool is Dremels EZ accessories are a real nice feature that you can use. I am curious as to whether Milwaukee will expand the accessory line for this tool.
I kinda doubt it. Milwaukee advertised the fact that the rotary tool accepted most competitor accessories. Dremel stuff is so widely available it would be a hard market for Milwaukee to accel in at even a vaguely similar price point. Though they do offer some nice accessories, Milwaukee has always focused more on selling tools than accessories. They were the first ones to offer a universal adapter for multi-tool blades that came included with the tool which leads me to believe that was likely the same notion they had for the rotary tool.
That makes sense and although it might affect prices ( more to chose from) Dremel does offer good quality accessories and when you couple the very unique add on that you can use, buying one of these should not be a hard choice. Milwaukee makes a great product in the M18 and M12 line as well as awesome ac power tools! Also keep in mind HD keeps dropping the price on this tool so last I saw for $80 you get a great tool, battery and charger as well as some city off wheels and an awesome warranty!
Milwaukee took 12 volt tools to a whole new level. I really feared TTI would run Milwaukee into the ground, but it seems they’ve done just the opposite.
Milwaukee just have a real bad name over here for repairs, guarantee problems and anything as far as after sales. 🙁
Metabo is hard to deal with over here 🙁
Isn’t it annoying that each manufacturer seems to have this problem apart from Dewalt who seem to have the globe just about covered?
Stanley/B&D is a truly global company. Bosch is probably the next closest in terms of global service.