Dewalt Combo Kits

nywoodwizard

Bought myself a little gift yesterday,after all i,m worth it,at least that what my wife says.(until she finds out what i spent on it).anybody have these? I've had problems with dewalt in the past lets hope things have changed.

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ron schenker

Now is a good time to buy nickel cadmium power tools. Lots of deals because the lithium ion is being promoted bigtime. Sorta like how the price of rear projection TV's came down when the plasma and LCD's hit the market. Here in Toronto, HD has a Ryobi 18v. 7 piece kit with 2 batteries, a charger, and a tool bag on sale for $149.99
Regular price was $279.99 Granted Ryobi is far from the best, but at that price I might buy one for Mrs. Ron for Mother's Day

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nywoodwizard

My biggest probem is getting use to the left handed cordless skillsaw,i'm still trying to figure out why on earth there not right handed.doesen't make any sense.

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dougchips

Once you learn it is hard to go back. All of my saws have the blades on the left even my Portor Cable. Hand me a saw with the blade on the right and I will hand it back.

Buy another charger those batteries take an hour to charge and they all like to die at the same time.

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RobertCDF

No... What I am trying to figure out is how you used a saw that was backwards all this time.

I bought the ridgid 24V combo and returned it the same day beacue the saw was blade right. The old 18V kit was blade left so I just assumed it would be the same.

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nywoodwizard

All the home centers and hardware stores sell (cordless) lefty's,meanwhile 90% of american's are righty's,after using right handed saw's for over 25 years its just uncomfortable.its like wearing your underware backwards,although it works ,it just doesn't feel right.

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TempestV

With the blade on the left, when you hold the saw in your right, you are looking right at the blade, so you can follow your line.
I am ambidextrous when it comes to saws, but I've gotten so used to a skil saw, that I doubt I could use a right side bladed saw with either hand.

tvvbsn

I have that exact set, and the only problem I have with mine is when you use the recip saw or the circular saw for an extended time the batteries get hot and won't charge until they cool which takes quite some time.

Not sure if that is a common cordless problem or not.

But I would definitely get another battery, seems like they are like a gas tank....empty all the time.

Tim

joasis

There is one advantage to a right side blade, and why we keep one in the truck (corded Dewalt)....when ripping OSB or plywood.....keeps the sawdust and chips out of your face.

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nywoodwizard

Thats for sure,i'll always keep my bosch right handed corded saw with me.The cordless will never take its place

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Ted W

You'll find that when you cut plaster or drywall with the recip saw the dust gets in the chuck and you have to clean it out to use a thinner blade, lest it be wobbly. For that reason alone my DW recip saw ended up on ebay. I like the Milwaukee quick-lock system way better.

You'll also have difficulty changing the speed setting on the drill, have to give it a little spin, then try again. Also, the clutch might have trouble going into the drillbit or hammer setting. I still use mine, having gotten used to this, but my next cordless hammerdrill is going to be a Milwaukee V28. Or maybe a Bosch, but not a DW.

But they definately get the job done, and that's what counts.

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nywoodwizard

Thats funny because that was one of the first things i discovered,the speed control is difficult to change,i guess dewalt has not cleaned up there act since my last ones broke 2 years ago

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Chris G

And I though it was just mine that did that.

Same Old

Mine too.

Plumber

I use to have an 18 volt drill and saw-z-all kit in the first 3 months my saw started to smoke. So I took it into Dewalt to get it fixed. Got it fixed and 3 months later started to make a knocking noise when in use. So took it back again! mean while I bought an 2nd one and 6 months after that to the shop it went so back to the first one and the triger went out. I finally gave up on dewalt. Now I have a 28 volt lithium 4 piece kit. milwaulkee brand. I only have had it for 2 months and not to bad VERY POWERFUL I can drill an 2 9/16 hole with no kick back! But be warned NOT to set the batteries on concrete or you will lose $150.00 on a new one and wait a very long time for yours to be repaired. that's my .02 on that topic. As for coreded tools The Milwaukee's right angle super hawg drill is the best ever!!

Michael

Ken@K&R

Wish I would have seen this a week ago. I bought the same kit on Friday. I used the hammer drill for about 6 hours one day and 3 times I had to place it between my legs and twist with both hands to get it out of the hammer setting. I am going to finish up with it today and return the whole kit. What a joke.

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Mike Finley

We have 7 Dewalt cordless drills of all sorts, hammer, driver, right angle. Use em every day, day in day out for the last 3 years. No problems.

Yep to change speed settings or take it out of hammer drill to driver if it won't click out, sometimes it involves a momentous, crazy, exasperating effort - you squeeze the variable speed trigger a tiny bit, then it clicks out. Whew, that's some crazy sh*t to have to put up with! Especially since 99% of the time when you want to switch it, your finger is already on the trigger since that is the natural way to be holding the tool in your hand. I could see your struggle with it the first time, until you figure it out, but after that, my God, hire an assistant to stand next to you and change your drill speed if it's that much of an mental hardship. Every tool we own, be it Dewalt, Bosch, Rigid, Milwaukee, Porter Cable, every tool has some idiosyncrasy about it.

tvvbsn - yes all these batteries get hot, that's just physics. All the Dewalt chargers we have are "conditioning" chargers, meaning they recondition the batteries everytime you charge them. One of their features is they sense the temperature of your batteries and won't charge (and lessen their life) until they cool down. Heat is the biggest killer or batteries, much more so than cold.

By the way, what the hell are you using a recip saw to cut drywall for?

After 3 years the 20 or so 18 vt cordless Dewalt tools we use are ugly as sin, they have been dropped, scrapped, burned, gotten wet, painted, splattered, banged, you name it, they look like hell, but they all just keep on making me money.

I feel for you guys with real problems, tools breaking on the job are frustrating to say the least. But let's be realistic about what a problem is and isn't.

I have heard many times never to buy tools from HomeDepot, that the manufacturers de-spec them for the big boxes. We buy all our tools from ToolKing, and almost all of them are reconditioned, not even new.

MechanicalDVR

Actually the saw is right handed, the one more people are used to seeing is left handed as they were first invented by a lefty, that is way using them right handed you have to actually look over the saw.

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nywoodwizard

Call it what you want ,i still don't like it, I'm not sure i even like the drill now ,the speeds are to difficult to change,its got a weird chuck,the only thing i like in this kit is the sawzal,the free impact driver and the flashlight,I'm going to stock up on some more craftsman 19.2 volt drills,there cheap on sale $89 and they work fine,$15 for a two year full replacement plan(my first one came with a right angel drill) which is the smallest head i've seen and gets into some mighty small spots.for the cost of a dewalt i can have 6 years of drill even if they only lasted two years for the same price.I've never had a dewalt last 2 years.

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Chris G

Ditto here. I got the combo pack with Recip, drill, light, circular, and a very good jigsaw. The drill is weird with changing gears, and the clutch, well....it doesn't really clutch at all in high gear, so you have to set it on drill mode in 3rd gear or it won't screw anything. But i don't use it as a driver much, I have two impact drivers for that. So no big deal. One fickle, (but still good) tool in a box of great ones is good by me.