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Re: New Miter Saw

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
A lot of people say that, but I don't know. I've never liked our Dewalt drill, and it wobbles and makes funny noises now, and I easily cooked a Makita grinder (and it didn't seem all that powerful to begin with). I didn't like the spindle lock on the one Dewalt grinder I used. Someone I know cooked a dewalt grinder. And the one Makita drill I've owned was just about the worst design imaginable. I think some of the more expensive tools have a made-up reputation to some extent. I've used Milwaukee tools a lot too (very expensive) and I didn't like them any better than anything else. Their batteries didn't seem so great either.
I've liked DeWalt and Milwaukee tools I've used more than their cheaper counterparts. We've got an assortment of DeWalt drills (corded and cordless), jigsaws(corded and cordless), a cordless reciprocating saw, and a miter saw. They all work great and we haven't had problems with any of them.

When we were constructing extra field elements for the field we setup for teams to practice on during build we bought a combo pack of Ryobi tools to supplement our own. While for the price they were pretty good (and 18V, vs our DeWalts which are mostly 14.4V) the drill is currently fried, the jigsaw is pretty mediocre, and the circular saws can barely rip a 1/2" sheet of plywood without stalling.

Again, considering that the entire package cost less than the price of the DeWalt cordless drill, they performed admirably, but you definitely get what you pay for. Our DeWalt tools will still be going strong 5 years from now whereas if we switched to Ryobi we'd be replacing half the tools every year or so.
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