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Hi
well, its official now
DeWALT will launch their cordless premium drill range approx. April 2016
- DCD991
- DCD996
are the new additions to the family !!
brushless, faster, better “the whole nine yards”
toolguyd.com just confirmed / wrote a post about the new drills
pics , some info about combo kits, etc….
the link has extensive info & specs even pricing
(I still have one big secret)
cheers
mike
Was just about to buy the the DCD791…. Maybe I should wait [emoji57][emoji57][emoji57][emoji57]
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Gen 2 fuel? What’s that? Hello yellow! 🙂
Sweet drill. Has the same light as 791/796.
team yellow
‘That’ light is nothing short of Epic… Incredible difference in my opinion.. I have the 2 speed Gen 2 and love it…
So power is up from 707 in-lbs in the DCD 995 to 893 in-lbs in the DCD996. Pretty damn awesome.
Love the light.
How is this in comparison to the newest from the competition for this generation?
Lacking and disappoint info, gen 2 Milwaukee has 1200 in lbs, hitachi has one near there, Makita is around 1000 lbs and I’m sure metabo is up there as well, I love dewalts compacts but once again they are behind the 8 ball on the big hammer
Jimbo
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rossi7x wrote:
19 minutes ago, rossi7x said:‘That’ light is nothing short of Epic… Incredible difference in my opinion.. I have the 2 speed Gen 2 and love it…
I briefly tested the 791 and loved the light. That worklight mode is awesome. Will have to wait till the gen 2 land here to update my 985. I slacked getting the 995, but I’m happy I did now 😉
I want to get the 791, seems a good upgrade from the 790
Jimbo
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JimboS1ice wrote:
15 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:Lacking and disappoint info, gen 2 Milwaukee has 1200 in lbs, hitachi has one near there, Makita is around 1000 lbs and I’m sure metabo is up there as well, I love dewalts compacts but once again they are behind the 8 ball on the big hammer
Jimbo
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The Metabo is not rated nearly as high the Makita and Gen2 FUEL and yet is definitely on par with them. Specs are not always a true guide.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the DCD996 is pretty close to that pack…
JimboS1ice wrote:
13 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:Lacking and disappoint info, gen 2 Milwaukee has 1200 in lbs, hitachi has one near there, Makita is around 1000 lbs and I’m sure metabo is up there as well, I love dewalts compacts but once again they are behind the 8 ball on the big hammer
Jimbo
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By the time Dewalt matchets Milwaukee’s power, Milwaukee will have started measuring their drills in ft lbs. Just hoping for Dewalt users’ sake that they fix the transmission switch. Three speeds is a nice feature to boast over Milwaukee…if it worked every time you tried to change gear. I have never had a Milwaukee hang up when trying to switch gears but on the brushless Dewalt I couldn’t change down in gear without it hanging up…not once.
The Dewalt was sticky from day 1, to go to 1 from 2 you have to go from 3 all the way down and to go to 2 from one you can barely touch it.
@dwain I hear you dude it’s hard to say until we get our hands on it and run them head to head but there is a big difference between 893 and 1200… And I wasn’t sure on metabo thanks for clearing that up.
Jimbo
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Mine went 1 to 2 with a fair amount of force, sometimes going to 3, then 3 to 2 I’d have to feather the trigger, same with 2 to 1. So it went from my hand to box and back to HD.
dwain wrote:
The Metabo is not rated nearly as high the Makita and Gen2 FUEL and yet is definitely on par with them. Specs are not always a true guide.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the DCD996 is pretty close to that pack…
Lmao NO way dude
Apprentice carpenter had that same drill today and it struggled to drive a 7/8 self feed bit in low… I was waiting for the magic smoke
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Dewalts saving grace today is their dedicated fan base from the 90s and early 2000’s and a select group of homeowners. That company and its products are nothing today compared to what it used to be.
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Renner_construction wrote:
12 minutes ago, Renner_construction said:Dewalts saving grace today is their dedicated fan base from the 90s and early 2000’s and a select group of homeowners. That company and its products are nothing today compared to what it used to be.
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That and the assembled in the USA sticker on the side.
JimboS1ice wrote:
3 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:Lacking and disappoint info, gen 2 Milwaukee has 1200 in lbs, hitachi has one near there, Makita is around 1000 lbs and I’m sure metabo is up there as well, I love dewalts compacts but once again they are behind the 8 ball on the big hammer
Jimbo
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Well…then nevermind I guess. The 995 is all the drill I need personally for now, so I guess I wait a few years for them to up their game again. I do think I’ll get the updated impact soon though.
Disappointing they can’t even keep up with Hitachi for their Hammer Drill. That’s embarrassing.
Hugh Jass wrote:
Well…then nevermind I guess. The 995 is all the drill I need personally for now, so I guess I wait a few years for them to up their game again. I do think I’ll get the updated impact soon though.
Disappointing they can’t even keep up with Hitachi for their Hammer Drill. That’s embarrassing.
It’s a shame because I honk they really hit the mark with the 887 impact, that thing is light and powerful and feels really good in the hand, but for guys like me and a lot of us on here living on both sides of the line… Just a bad call on their part, it’s like they shoved it out just to because they had to answer to everyone else, should have held on another year and made it better.
Jimbo
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Hugh Jass wrote:
17 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:
Well…then nevermind I guess. The 995 is all the drill I need personally for now, so I guess I wait a few years for them to up their game again. I do think I’ll get the updated impact soon though.
Disappointing they can’t even keep up with Hitachi for their Hammer Drill. That’s embarrassing.
When I received the kit that I returned. I didn’t get to “bond” with the tool like Jimbo and put it through the paces, I basically went by the quality and feel of the tool in basic testing tasks…I felt the drill was garbage(for the price) compared to what I have(Brushed Milwaukee hammer drill), BUT the impact was one of the best impacts I’ve used. I liked it better than the Fuel(haven’t tried the gen 2). If you pick up the two, the drill almost feels hollow and it kind of feels cheap. The impact feels like a sold piece of billet, trigger feels better and the motor seems to feel smoother.
Disclaimer: I never asked for exchange so I cannot say if I had a defective drill. It(the brushless drill) was the first Dewalt product that I actually didn’t think was comparable to the Milwaukee counterpart.
The thing is it’s a great drill, really is and the only thing I don’t love about it is the transmission switch, but I dealt with that until gem 2 fuel came in my life and it just can’t compete anymore in the big boy category, dewalt shines with their compact drills though, I love the 790 and the 791 looks even better
Jimbo
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I don’t deny that, I have a similar feeling with the Bosch stuff…which get great reviews but they just feel cheap.
I first read this and said oo maybe I can return my DCD995 to Home Depot! Maybe they’ll accept it. Buy I’m getting the feeling that I shouldn’t bother lol
I’m still a dewalt fan but this just frustrates me and drives me farther into the red line.
Jimbo
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DeWalt
At the DMV…..give me a couple hours and I will try a post a short one here.
DeWalt
OK Crew, need your opinions, should I replace my DCD780 with the new 996? That thing looks awesome, also the 780 is NOT brushless.
EDIT – Sorry meant DCD991 Drill/Driver
-Steven
DeWalt
Not as good as Jimbo….but it was Fun!
DeWalt
Never tried running those in my 887…
Well here’s the secret in the other thread after watching dans periscope I ordered the 791 to replace my 790 I couldn’t keep it in any more!!
@77ford thanks dude that’s an awesome impact it’ll do you good
Jimbo
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That 887 is nice. Still the 895 is going like crazy, but I probably can’t resist lol 😉
Any opinions on switching the 995 for the 996? Is there really that big of a change?
T75R wrote:
Any opinions on switching the 995 for the 996? Is there really that big of a change?
About 200 inch pounds of torque difference, so it is more powerful but still not gen 2 power
Jimbo
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Better light with 3 modes also. If you wanna join the spec war then yeah Milwaukee may be better but there’s more to it than just a chart with numbers.
What’s everyone drilling or driving that they actually need so much torque. I’m a general carpenter/builder and I haven’t come across anything my dcd790 couldn’t handle
Turner85 wrote:
34 minutes ago, Turner85 said:What’s everyone drilling or driving that they actually need so much torque. I’m a general carpenter/builder and I haven’t come across anything my dcd790 couldn’t handle
Nothing we need really. Older tools will handle any typical tasks thrown at them, but the more powerful ones take care of things you wouldn’t previously do with a cordless drill. With some of these you can completely do away with a secondary, heavy corded drill and use a cordless for heaver tasks.
PROTOOLNUT wrote:
8 minutes ago, PROTOOLNUT said:
Try to drill a 5/8 lag screw through a 4 by 4 with the DCD790, I’d love to see you try, but you will fail. Thats why the newest cordless technology is so attractive, because new drills are capable of doing that.
I’m just curious as to what people need the power for. Not stating nobody needs more power than the 790, just that I haven’t.
Don’t know why my reply ended up inside the quote
Why? …because it really sucks when you’re trying to do whatever job and you suddenly hit your tool’s limitations. You’ll probably not push any of your tools to it’s peak performance every day(some will) or even every month but sometime(s) you might…before when we did it we grabbed our corded tools. That’s kind of a pain in the ass.
It’s also a lot of knowing what you need and what you don’t need. I know plenty of people that don’t own an impact driver at all, not everyone is going to need something more powerful. I know I’ve hit the limitations of my impact driver more than once.
I’m new to this forum. I have been reading it for a while. After this post, I decided to join. Mr. Yellow’s van is what got me hooked on this forum.
I ordered a new DCD995 the other day. My 985 burnt up. It had lived a hard life and probably been pushed too far, one too many times. We already have a 995 so I know what to expect.
builditguy wrote:
I’m new to this forum. I have been reading it for a while. After this post, I decided to join. Mr. Yellow’s van is what got me hooked on this forum.
I ordered a new DCD995 the other day. My 985 burnt up. It had lived a hard life and probably been pushed too far, one too many times. We already have a 995 so I know what to expect.
Yeah a lot of us like mr yellows van it’s nice
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Sounds like a sweet drill. Everybody likes to jump on numbers, but for me my 995 has never had a problem in any of my applications so I couldn’t care less how numbers compare. I won’t be upgrading untill it fails either, that being said, if any form of impact tool comes out with significantly higher numbers my wallet will be empty immediately.
Good point stercorarius
Renner_construction wrote:
On 3/18/2016 at 2:22 PM, Renner_construction said:Apprentice carpenter had that same drill today and it struggled to drive a 7/8 self feed bit in low…
that doesn’t sound right. the 985, and 995 would make mince meat of a 7/8″ in framing timber. Maybe in a super tough hardwood…
Hell, I’ve tried a 32mm self-feed in the (compact) dcd790 and it made it … just.
Yea the 995 should run that size now problem at least on speed 1, it can chew through quite a bit
Jimbo
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I know the 995 can mix mortar in a 5 gallon bucket. That requires alot more torque than a self feed bit. Especially when you don’t add enough water.
I would say the drill itself has an issue.
We weren’t mixing the mortar. The plumber was mixing mortar to go under a tub. He was using a spade in a 5 gallon bucket. I offered our paddle mixer, to speed things up. His Milwaukee drill couldn’t turn it. I removed his drill and used our 995. It had no problem. I don’t think it is all Milwaukee drills, just his. I know my 985 did great for years, then got weaker. The other day, when it burnt up, we were mixing Easy sand.
Hello everyone. Just a comment on the Milwaukee vs Dewalt thing. I am on team yellow not because I chose to be but it chose me. In 2011 I had to replace a stolen Ridgid gen 4 kit quickly. I was at Lowes and a Dewalt dcd985 kit looked liked the best thing on the shelf at the time so I got it. That was in 2011 and the 985 is still going strong everyday along with the impact, and I do HVAC so I use them hard from big hole saws to drilling 1/4 steel, crawling through crawl spaces to working 40′ in the air on lifts. Now to my point. I am a spec of yellow in a sea of Milwaukee red here in my area, everybody is using Milwaukee, every supply store and hardware store is carrying Milwaukee. But everybody that has Milwaukee has had problems. One guy had a m18 fuel two days and was drilling a 1/2 hole in concrete and the motor fryed in it, another one has a fuel and the clutch settings do not work anymore, another one has to take the battery out of his m18 impact because the light will not go off. There is one Bosch guy who’s drill literally fell apart in his hands. Now I’m just saying is Dewalt the best, no. Is Milwaukee the best, no. They both are good enough for what needs to be done. I think the real quality is in hilti from what I see. We have a hilti guy that comes around on our jobs all the time, nice as can be. And if somebody as a issue with on if there tools he takes care of it pronto. Hell they even come to our shop sometimes to check on a core drill we bought from them. Sorry for the long post just my dimes worth
kentcatlett wrote:
4 minutes ago, kentcatlett said:Hello everyone. Just a comment on the Milwaukee vs Dewalt thing. I am on team yellow not because I chose to be but it chose me. In 2011 I had to replace a stolen Ridgid gen 4 kit quickly. I was at Lowes and a Dewalt dcd985 kit looked liked the best thing on the shelf at the time so I got it. That was in 2011 and the 985 is still going strong everyday along with the impact, and I do HVAC so I use them hard from big hole saws to drilling 1/4 steel, crawling through crawl spaces to working 40′ in the air on lifts. Now to my point. I am a spec of yellow in a sea of Milwaukee red here in my area, everybody is using Milwaukee, every supply store and hardware store is carrying Milwaukee. But everybody that has Milwaukee has had problems. One guy had a m18 fuel two days and was drilling a 1/2 hole in concrete and the motor fryed in it, another one has a fuel and the clutch settings do not work anymore, another one has to take the battery out of his m18 impact because the light will not go off. There is one Bosch guy who’s drill literally fell apart in his hands. Now I’m just saying is Dewalt the best, no. Is Milwaukee the best, no. They both are good enough for what needs to be done. I think the real quality is in hilti from what I see. We have a hilti guy that comes around on our jobs all the time, nice as can be. And if somebody as a issue with on if there tools he takes care of it pronto. Hell they even come to our shop sometimes to check on a core drill we bought from them. Sorry for the long post just my dimes worth
Some companies have started using their warranty instead of quality control.
kentcatlett wrote:
Hello everyone. Just a comment on the Milwaukee vs Dewalt thing. I am on team yellow not because I chose to be but it chose me. In 2011 I had to replace a stolen Ridgid gen 4 kit quickly. I was at Lowes and a Dewalt dcd985 kit looked liked the best thing on the shelf at the time so I got it. That was in 2011 and the 985 is still going strong everyday along with the impact, and I do HVAC so I use them hard from big hole saws to drilling 1/4 steel, crawling through crawl spaces to working 40′ in the air on lifts. Now to my point. I am a spec of yellow in a sea of Milwaukee red here in my area, everybody is using Milwaukee, every supply store and hardware store is carrying Milwaukee. But everybody that has Milwaukee has had problems. One guy had a m18 fuel two days and was drilling a 1/2 hole in concrete and the motor fryed in it, another one has a fuel and the clutch settings do not work anymore, another one has to take the battery out of his m18 impact because the light will not go off. There is one Bosch guy who’s drill literally fell apart in his hands. Now I’m just saying is Dewalt the best, no. Is Milwaukee the best, no. They both are good enough for what needs to be done. I think the real quality is in hilti from what I see. We have a hilti guy that comes around on our jobs all the time, nice as can be. And if somebody as a issue with on if there tools he takes care of it pronto. Hell they even come to our shop sometimes to check on a core drill we bought from them. Sorry for the long post just my dimes worth
Thanks for the input, and welcome!
Hilti is a foreign brand in my line of work, I wouldn’t know where to go for service or related necessities, and nobody around here knows either. Milwaukee was a brand I found out had trade specific power tools I came to really rely on such as copper tubing cutter, pvc shears, pex expander tool, etc. I always heard Hilti as a top notch construction tool brand too. I wonder if because there was such a large number of a certain brand there will be an occasional breakdown, it’s just a numbers game then
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welcome to the forum, Hilti is a great rugged brand, but you want have the tool lineup like milwaukee or dewalt. The problem is outsourced mass production… and what can we do about it? Fortunately Milwaukee stacks a five year warranty which is great, Dewalt is 3, i believe Hilti is now 20 years, used to be lifetime.