Milwaukee power tools

honeymonster · Post by **honeymonster** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:40 pm

I have just been on ebay and whilst looking at dewalt tools I spotted some milwaukee power tools for sale. These seem very expensive tools and make Bosch and Dewalt seem cheap!

Has anyone out there ever used these tools?

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:59 pm

I have heard mixed reports about Milwaukee power tools, some people love them and others hate them, having never used them I cannot comment. But from a price perspective they seem to be more expensive than dewalt or bosch, and personally I'd go for Bosch.

Better the devil you know!

I believe that Milwaukee are renamed Atlas copco tools, who used to have a pretty good reputation.

misterk · Post by **misterk** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:19 pm

You are not kidding about the price-

Â£229.00 for a 9" Angle grinder

m3 fitter · Post by **m3 fitter** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:29 pm

ultimatehandyman wrote:
Better the power devil you know!

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:54 pm

:evil2: :evil2: :evil2:

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:58 pm

Power devil :twisted:

My first cordless drill was powerdevil. Mind you i was only 15

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:36 pm

Hitch wrote:Power devil :twisted:

My first cordless drill was powerdevil. Mind you i was only 15

Did it make it to your 16th birthday??

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:53 pm

Believe it or not, i still kept it as a spare untill a few months ago.
Gave it to my grandad and hes using it now occasionally!

Batteries not great now, but Â£30 for 7 years use.

Scrit · Post by **Scrit** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:36 am

Milwaukee are part of Atlas-Copco, who also own AEG Power Tools and Kango (or Wolf-Kango as it used to be?) so depending on where you are in the world the machine might have one of three different badges. The tools are a mixture of AEG, Atlas and Milwaukee designs (Kango is almost no more) and in general seem to be built to quite a good standard. They do a brilliant corded drill range called the "Magnum" (a US design). I know someone who has moved over onto Milwaukee cordless drills and angle grinders because they last longer, but I can't say I fancy the prices. There are one or two lemons in the range, though, like the Casals FT2000 router badged AEG and Atlas-Copco (also sold as the Freud FT2000).

Scrit

whitevanman · Post by **whitevanman** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:43 am

at those prices they can keep their tools :o