Comments on: Dealmonger: Free Milwaukee Tool W/ Kit Purchase http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/15/dealmonger-free-milwaukee-tool-w-kit-purchase/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/15/dealmonger-free-milwaukee-tool-w-kit-purchase/#comment-965268 fred Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:10:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=25783#comment-965268 This turns out to have been a very useful post - and I now stand corrected about the tubing cutters. I just did a start-of-the-shift survey this morning and learned that 4 out of the 6 tubing cutters no longer work and were silently relegated to the front of the trucks - out of the way of the real tools. They apparrently did not fail immediately - and the failures were not related to battery failure. We have had several problems with some batteries that did not take an initial charge (or at least the charger's LED's said that they were broken. I'm told that even though we were using them mostly for tight-spot cutting - and they seemed to work very well initially - they just died - and then out came our old reliable Imperial-Eastman's. I asked about the Hackzalls and the small drivers - and was told that they still seem to be performing - but I now will be watchful. This turns out to have been a very useful post - and I now stand corrected about the tubing cutters.
I just did a start-of-the-shift survey this morning and learned that 4 out of the 6 tubing cutters no longer work and were silently relegated to the front of the trucks - out of the way of the real tools. They apparrently did not fail immediately - and the failures were not related to battery failure. We have had several problems with some batteries that did not take an initial charge (or at least the charger’s LED’s said that they were broken. I’m told that even though we were using them mostly for tight-spot cutting - and they seemed to work very well initially - they just died - and then out came our old reliable Imperial-Eastman’s.

I asked about the Hackzalls and the small drivers - and was told that they still seem to be performing - but I now will be watchful.

]]> By: donutboy http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/15/dealmonger-free-milwaukee-tool-w-kit-purchase/#comment-964690 donutboy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:12:43 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=25783#comment-964690 so out of the 36+ 12v tools that you have how many have you had to return? so out of the 36+ 12v tools that you have how many have you had to return?

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/15/dealmonger-free-milwaukee-tool-w-kit-purchase/#comment-964578 fred Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:49:29 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=25783#comment-964578 It is really best as a tight-spot cutter - and for tubing (read this a meaning untempered copper - not anything else) It is really best as a tight-spot cutter - and for tubing (read this a meaning untempered copper - not anything else)

]]> By: donutboy http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/15/dealmonger-free-milwaukee-tool-w-kit-purchase/#comment-963932 donutboy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:31:06 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=25783#comment-963932 wow you are drinking the kool-aid. how many tubing cutters have you broken? I have sold 5 and had 4 returned. wow you are drinking the kool-aid. how many tubing cutters have you broken? I have sold 5 and had 4 returned.

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2009/06/15/dealmonger-free-milwaukee-tool-w-kit-purchase/#comment-963282 fred Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:04:01 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=25783#comment-963282 Same comment I made earlier: We have been so impressed with this line that we have bought 1 dozen each 2401 drivers, 2420 hackzalls and 2471 tubing cutters. We have also bought half that many each 2450 impact drivers and 2451 impact wrenches - to have 12 in total. The complement our other recent cordless purchases which have been Makita 18V LXT tools. Same comment I made earlier:

We have been so impressed with this line that we have bought 1 dozen each 2401 drivers, 2420 hackzalls and 2471 tubing cutters. We have also bought half that many each 2450 impact drivers and 2451 impact wrenches - to have 12 in total.

The complement our other recent cordless purchases which have been Makita 18V LXT tools.

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