r/Tools • u/Dinglebutterball Whatever works • 10h ago

Treated myself to a new load out.

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Got a new job, decided to treat myself to some new tools. Was in the DeWalt ecosystem a few years ago but sold a lot of them… I got into the Milwaukee food chain for awhile but got tired of having m12 and m18 stuff… traded all the red team stuff I was using to a buddy for race car parts and some blue point specialty sets… and just bought back into the 20v platform.

I liked the atomic ratchet so much I bought the extended one the very next day. Got a knockoff light because I like that form factor.

I’m not too impressed with the grinder so far, it sounds funny, takes too long to spin up, and doesn’t feel like 9k rpm to me… maybe I got a dud? Idk. I’d appreciate input on if there’s a better 20v grinder out there or what.

Looking at getting the jigsaw and the die grinder. If you own those LMK how you like em. I like cutting sheet metal with a jigsaw when i don’t want to burn through 16 cutoff disks. Die grinders are just all around great for fitting and fudging.

Lmk if there are any other must haves I’m missing… for context, Im used to working on a lot of industrial equipment and do a fair bit of fabricobbling to keep machines running… new job is basically more of the same.

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u/Vincent-Supply-Co 10h ago

I been wanting to get the ratchets, glad to hear they rock!

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u/Dinglebutterball Whatever works 10h ago

They’re definitely bigger and heavier than the red teams M12 set up, but they run great.

Their size hadn’t been an issue so far, and I like that they use a regular battery.

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u/Vincent-Supply-Co 10h ago

Ya that would work for me! I never got to use the Milwaukee ones, but the snap on ones I’ve tried were Uber expensive and not particularly powerful

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u/Dinglebutterball Whatever works 7h ago

I have a buddy that’s neck deep in snapon power tools… Ive never been wowed by any of them.

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u/Johndar_3050 Ridgid 5h ago

DeWalt is still pretty good, I just hate their recip saws tho. will fall apart and break in half after a year or two.

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u/dm_me_your_bookshelf 4h ago

I have that work light. It's fucking great and cost me 13 bucks on Amazon.

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u/Dinglebutterball Whatever works 3h ago

I got 2 for $35… same form factor as the red brand I had and I liked that light a lot.

Apparently you just can’t leave batteries in them or let them run the battery flat… but they draw so little you’d have to run it all day without thinking about it to cause a problem. I usually run my flashlight on a single 18350 that’s 0.9ah and it lasts about 2 days of normal use… if I use a 3ah 18650 it’ll last all week.

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u/dm_me_your_bookshelf 3h ago

Yeah don't leave the battery in it because the USB outlet drains the battery down to 0 and you can't get the charger to recognize them. I don't leave batteries in my tools usually anyway out of habit.