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Idiots guide to Milwaukee.....

MF-ANDY

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Location
s.e cambs
Arrived today
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Was looking for an sds drill the other day and in some areas Milwaukee arent so competitive. Their Sds drills are dearer than equivalent makitas by some way.

Cheaper by £100 to buy a Makita sds, battery and charger than a Milwaukee SDS. I used to think its important to stay one ecosystem but given a rapid charger is only £25 and a battery £50 maybe not so important after all.

Site Radios is another area Milwaukee not so competitive
 

ACEngineering

Member
Trade
Location
Oxon
Was looking for an sds drill the other day and in some areas Milwaukee arent so competitive. Their Sds drills are dearer than equivalent makitas by some way.

Cheaper by £100 to buy a Makita sds, battery and charger than a Milwaukee SDS. I used to think its important to stay one ecosystem but given a rapid charger is only £25 and a battery £50 maybe not so important after all.

Site Radios is another area Milwaukee not so competitive

Milwaukee are extending the show offers from yesterdays CJ Sinclair's over the next couple of days. maybe blag a deal? maybe you were on holiday in the area and going to call in but due to bad weather you couldnt:sneaky:
 

tinman

Member
Location
Ulster
I decided to go for the lazier option for greasing so i spent a few quid on this one from the states, unless im badly mistaken the two speed isnt available here , there wont be any warranty i know but the money wasnt strong even with import charges n all.
only got it about 2 weeks ago so it hasnt been killed with work yet but it dose what it says on the tin, so far anyways.

im not a die hard fan but once you've got a few of their cordless tools your kinda half committed to staying with a brand re the battery's.
 

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SMID

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Sorn Ayrshire
I decided to go for the lazier option for greasing so i spent a few quid on this one from the states, unless im badly mistaken the two speed isnt available here , there wont be any warranty i know but the money wasnt strong even with import charges n all.
only got it about 2 weeks ago so it hasnt been killed with work yet but it dose what it says on the tin, so far anyways.

im not a die hard fan but once you've got a few of their cordless tools your kinda half committed to staying with a brand re the battery's.
Ye could well be right M18 GG-0 seems to be the only UK one , yours could be a higher pressure as well, sorely tempted as well,(y)
 

Grassman

Member
Location
Derbyshire
I decided to go for the lazier option for greasing so i spent a few quid on this one from the states, unless im badly mistaken the two speed isnt available here , there wont be any warranty i know but the money wasnt strong even with import charges n all.
only got it about 2 weeks ago so it hasnt been killed with work yet but it dose what it says on the tin, so far anyways.

im not a die hard fan but once you've got a few of their cordless tools your kinda half committed to staying with a brand re the battery's.
I ha e the same one. Excellent tool.
 

tinman

Member
Location
Ulster
Ye could well be right M18 GG-0 seems to be the only UK one , yours could be a higher pressure as well, sorely tempted as well,(y)
i looked hard but the two speed one isnt here yet and when i say Yet they've had long enough at this stage.
i dont know why they do that tbh.
yeah, she will do 10,000 psi on one setting.
bought it with a 5Ah battery for £220 inc shipping and customs charges, i didnt think it dear all in all.
another mcnaught k40 was cumin in round the £70 mark so it wasnt a pile more for what you got imo.
I ha e the same one. Excellent tool.
im allowing there cant be too much to go wrong with it tbh, afaik even tho there wouldnt be warranty a dealer could still get it repaired if it came to it.
its early days yet but the little ive done with it so far i find it a great way to grease something, done the whole digger in 5 mins or less.
im getting the impression that the 20-30 pumps per run is about what id normally heel in with the std gun.
the first thing it got was a g-coupler neways.
 

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