dewalt or makita

chippy29 · Post by **chippy29** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:23 pm

im looking at buying a combi kit but theres so many which is best dewalt or makita

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:30 pm

makita lithium for me

Pigglet · Post by **Pigglet** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:24 am

Makita for me too, the majority of my kit is makita (cordless drills, sander, SDS drills, circular saws, jigsaw and planer)and I've not been dissapointed with any of it.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:50 am

dont have any makita so i am biased towards dewalt 18v

hammer drill ancient
jigsaw 5 years
angle drill 4 years
grinder 2 years
recip saw 2 years
cut out tool 1 year

240v

742 flipsaw 5 years
712 slider 4 years

i also have bosch 24v
circ saw
jig saw
hammer drill
14.4v drill driver

and the odd bit off ryobi

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:42 pm

on the other hand, if i was starting again, I'd go for Bosch Pro stuff, as it all has a 3 year industrial guarantee

carhartt kid · Post by **carhartt kid** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:45 pm

Makita Lithium all the way!!

Although the new DeWalt Nano Tech stuff is worth looking at! It is new to the market so might be worth waiting a year or two for them to iron out any problems. The Makita lithium range was a bit like this when it was first released. The combi drill gearing was a bit dodgy, and the first batch of batteries where a bit faulty. Now though Makita have got it nailed and the range gets bigger every month!

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:47 pm

I'd get Bosch to be honest.

Their tools normally have the highest torque ratings in their class and better battery life.

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big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:49 pm

a little bit of a contradiction
maximum tourque [nm]
maximum revs
maximum battery life

maximum torque is achived at low revs thus using more battery life
and the same again with high revs uses more fuel as the motor has greater ineficiencys

Rich-Ando · Post by **Rich-Ando** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:21 am

at the end of the day it's potluck. some of us have had makita and had problems, and the same can be said about dewalt and all other brands.

i've got both makes cos i rate them both highly. however, i had a range of bosch drills when i was employed, they were top spec back then but we burnt through about 6 in a row before we binned bosch. i just don't like it myself and will never go back to it.

as said above though, we will all state what we have and why we have it, doesn't mean it's going to be that way for you.

apprenticejim · Post by **apprenticejim** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:44 pm

Makita lithium Ion range for me, you can tell the difference when you use a different drill