DeWalt Tool Survey

Joining_heads

A lot of my bosch stuff is made in Switzerland or USA or Germany.

duburban

Hey Guys, Just had to chime in about my recent bosch customer service experience. The forward reverse switch broke on my impact driver. I called them up and they sent the new part out to me free in 4 days from New Jersey to Hawaii. Told me how to change it on the phone and its done. A+ for bosch!

dayspring

I thought this was a Dewalt survey, lol Go Bosch!

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woodworkbykirk

bosch table saw all the way,

we had the dewalt on site for a job and the fence was misaligned, it took 2 carpenters 1 1/2 hours to realign the damn thing not to mention 1/4 tank of deisel in a ford f-250 super charged running around to different stores trying to find the right size nut driver to fix the damn thing

my bosch fence got knocked out of alignment by a guy on site dropping it, 5 minutes later back up and running

TempestV

I've used quite a few dewalt table saws, and I've never seen one with a misaligned fence. I have seen a nearly brand new bosch with a bad fence though. I really had expected it to last more than 2 weeks before going off, but so much for wishful thinking.

Joining_heads

The Fence on the 745 misalignes very easily but it's a snap to recalibrate- we have two of them at work and it happens to both here and then. The only serious problem I've have with the fence on a 744 was several years ago when It jumped a tooth.

Reguardless, after using my bosch I don't bother with the other saws.

TBFGhost

I see ALOT of DeWalt stuff out there on job sights....to me, I just don't like alot of their stuff. Sometime I wonder if there is so much of it out there only b/c you can walk into Homedepot and walk out with one quick and easy and it is the "highest" line of tools they sell....

This one company I worked for had a slew of DeWalt Miters and I asked the owner why he liked them when I was shopping around for a miter. I was told "simply b/c the guys beat the crap out of them so he does not want to spend the money on higher end stuff only to have it broken". Don't get me wrong, I don't think they are junk, but I have yet to use one where I fell in love with it....

Bill in VaBeach

Back to the original discussion. Replied to DeWalt invitation about 5 months ago, and since then only have received one survey (general in nature) emails marketing new tools, and invitations to a DeWalt tool demo, which was not close by. Be interested to hear if anyone has actually been offered an opportunity to test a tool.

My cut on who does manufacture a top quality tool, based on experience and comparison:

Nailers - Porter Cable

Belt sander - Porter Cable

Jig Saws - Bosch

Tile saws - Felker (Target) and MK

Band saw - Delta (14")

Table saw - Delta Unisaw

Compressors - DeWalt Emglo

jiffy

Emglo was good before Dewalt bought them. They are now relegated to cheap. Similar to what has happened to Porter Cable products since under Black and Decker. I'm starting to see a trend.

TBFGhost

Nailers - Paslode
Miter - Bosch
Cordless (general) - Makita
Jig Saw - Bosch
Trim Router - Bosch
Job Site Table Saw - Bosch

It pretty obvious I get partial to Bosch...altho if I like another tool better, I will buy it reguardsless of brand....
Altho I have never tried out a Festool....

fireguy

I bought a DeWalt/Emglo compressor, tht is # 1. After 3 or 4 years it starts to leak. It is faster and easier to get another compressor , # 2instead of repairing that one. the junk chinaman compressor (not Dewalt)finally dies on a job. We get another DeWalt # 3, to keep the dry spirnkler system dry. It works constantly for 4 months before we can fix the leaks in the sprinkler pipe. In the meantime, # 3 quits working. # 3 goes to the repair shop in Portland. I have no paper work showing when it was bought. That afternoon it is done, no charge. They even put on a new tire, as the tire was flat. I asked about the compressor with a leaky regulator and was told if there was a charge,the maximum would be $200.00. Next trip to Portland, the compressor goes for repairs. While I was in the store, I noticed a flouresent light for $220.00. It runs off of 2 batteries and will charge 2 batteries if plugged in. We used the light in the attic repairing sprinkler pipe. Worked great, w/o blinding us with a halogen light.

DeWalt is not the best, but does have the best tool selection.

seifconst

Don't everyone bail out on the yellow stuff, how Matt Kennseth gonna stay on the track? Wonder if Bosch or Milwaukee sponsor any drivers?

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samthedog

It depends where you live. Here in Norway many DeWalt tools are manufactured in Germany as are Bosch tools. I have noticed a trend in Bosch tools being manufactured in Malaysia though. I hope this does not become a permanent trend. I am a fan of Makita tools that are produced in Japan and also Hitachi drills that are produced there too as that tends to mean fine tolerances and A1 quality control. I am yet to see a tool produced in China or Taiwan that matches the durability of those produced in Germany, Japan, USA or the UK (I have some old Black and Decker tools that are still chugging away after years of abuse).

I use:
Nailers: Senco (and a Bostitch pin nailer that I love)
Cordless: A mix of Makita and Bosch
Miter saws: A mix of Makita and Bosch (a GCM10S Bosch and a Makita LSO714L) and a Bosch saw stand
Sanders: Makita and Bosch
Drills: A mix of Metabo and Hitachi
Routers: Bosch
Planers: Bosch
Multitool: Fein

jimmynailbanger

De walt are getting cheap and nasty here in the uk,just bought a makita to replace mine,much better if you need to bang screws in all day.

samthedog

I just hate the colour. I have a DeWalt recip. saw and it's not bad, mind you it's made in Germany and not Mexico like it's US varient. It's like they had Big Bird find the colour to represent their product line.