Archived from the Tools In Action forum (Dewalt). This thread is read-only.
More of a comparison than a “vs.” video, but here is a comparison of the two drills. Cordless vs. Corded – the DeWalt is pretty impressive:
The Dewalt kit isn’t cheap by any means, but at almost $700 for the Hilti I’ll take the Dewalt every time. Regardless of how good they are, Hilti is not intended for working people to buy.
Conductor562 wrote:
The Dewalt kit isn’t cheap by any means, but at almost $700 for the Hilti I’ll take the Dewalt every time. Regardless of how good they are, Hilti is not intended for working people to buy.
Well, if my experience counts for anything, I would say if your using them daily, the Dewalt will be lucky to last a year, while the Hilti will keep going for three. When the Dewalt breaks down, you will end up with your tool out of service for a month or more while the service center orders parts, while if the Hilti breaks down you will walk out of the service center either with your tool working or a loaner tool to use for a couple or three days until your original tool is repaired. You are also a lot more likely to have a Hilti rep come to your job site and pick up your tool for repair then you will to have anybody from Dewalt ever showing up. So, I would have to say that Hilti are for people who make their living with tools, Dewalt is for those who can afford back up tools or can afford to be out of work while they wait on repairs.
It’s all perspective I guess, but around here the vast majority of Hilti tools are purchased by the companies rather than the men using them.
Conductor562 wrote:
The Dewalt kit isn’t cheap by any means, but at almost $700 for the Hilti I’ll take the Dewalt every time. Regardless of how good they are, Hilti is not intended for working people to buy.
Dewalt will be my first choice too. 🙂
Welcome Fred,
As long as folks are happy with what they buy then Happy Days. 🙂
Over in the U.K Hilti are more on fleet meaning the company or the tradesman pays a monthly fee to have the tool for a set period.
With full back up e.t.c but it is more for the guys on very good money.
In florida if you bring a hilti to a job site, you will probably get laughed off the site.
ChaseRogers wrote:
In florida if you bring a hilti to a job site, you will probably get laughed off the site.
Why is that?
You dont see many hiltis at all down here. Same for service centers and no one sells them.
Most individuals don’t buy Hilti largely because of the outrageous prices. They’re business is on big time sites. Government jobs, and jobs with 10 or 12 figure price tags. They don’t want to sell you a tool, they want to sell you a system. Make no mistake, their tools are some of the finest made and their service is A+, but they’re just not economically feasible for individuals and small contractors. In most cases people using Hilti tools are doing so at the companies expense.
yeah that explains why they are not down here.
I think Hilti is as good as it gets. I have a couple of Hilti tools but I’ve had my Dewalts for years now and have never had a problem. Just blow them out and keep them semi clean and you wont have a problem. Don,t get me wrong if I had money to throw away I would buy Hilti but since I have to work for my money I’ll buy Dewalt.
A Hilti tool usually costs twice or more what a Dewalt or Milwaukee version will.
Yeahh i have been pretty happy with my DeWalt stuff so far. Do You guys have all of one brand or do you mix and match?
ChaseRogers wrote:
Yeahh i have been pretty happy with my DeWalt stuff so far. Do You guys have all of one brand or do you mix and match?
For cordless I buy strictly Milwaukee. I like having everything running on the same batteries and charger, plus I can add bare tools for a fraction of the cost of a kit. Many people have 2 lines running, but I’ve never had the right motivation to do it. If there were a Makita or Dewalt tool that was so many leaps and bounds ahead of the Milwaukee version that it justified the price of another kit I’d not be opposed to it, but I’ve never found that to be the case. As for corded tools, I have Milwaukee, Makita, Ridgid, Porter Cable, Dewalt, Delta, B&D, and even Ryobi. Pretty much everything except Bosch. No reason to limit yourself to 1 brand of corded tools. I typically give Milwaukee first look, but sometimes the just don’t have exactly what I want.
Conductor562 wrote:
For cordless I buy strictly Milwaukee. I like having everything running on the same batteries and charger, plus I can add bare tools for a fraction of the cost of a kit. Many people have 2 lines running, but I’ve never had the right motivation to do it. If there were a Makita or Dewalt tool that was so many leaps and bounds ahead of the Milwaukee version that it justified the price of another kit I’d not be opposed to it, but I’ve never found that to be the case. As for corded tools, I have Milwaukee, Makita, Ridgid, Porter Cable, Dewalt, Delta, B&D, and even Ryobi. Pretty much everything except Bosch. No reason to limit yourself to 1 brand of corded tools. I typically give Milwaukee first look, but sometimes the just don’t have exactly what I want.
Thanks for the info!
Conductor you are a smart man with alot of information!
crazyandy wrote:
Conductor you are a smart man with alot of information!
I appreciate the kind words. Thank you sir!
I pretty much do the same as the conductor but I run Dewalt for my cordless tools.
The other problem in florida is its next to impossible to find a hilti rep or service center.
Hilti usually sends reps out to the job sites where the contractor has bought into their system.
Ohh ok.
My question is why does Dewalt not make one?
Think you might have posted in the wrong topic there Conductor 🙂 I was wondering sitting there for a second trying to figure out what you were saying then I remembered the multtool thread.
DR99 wrote:
Think you might have posted in the wrong topic there Conductor 🙂 I was wondering sitting there for a second trying to figure out what you were saying then I remembered the multtool thread.
Yep, got my wires crossed.