Cordless Tools reviews

Festool PDC 18/4 QuaDrive Cordless Drill Set Review

PDC 18/4 QuaDrive Cordless Drill Set The cordless drill category changes faster than the car market due in large part to extremely fast developments in the lithium-ion battery market. Festool recently introduced a serious workhorse cordless drill in their PDC 18/4 QuaDrive Cordless Drill Set featuring a 5.2 Ah 18v lithium-ion battery pack. According to […]

Continue reading »

Makita Releases New 18V Batteries With LED Charge Indicators

Makita Releases New 18V Batteries With LED Charge Indicators La Mirada, CA – Makita®, the industry leader in cordless power tool technology, has released new 18V Lithium-Ion batteries with on-board L.E.D. charge level indicators. New 18V L.E.D. batteries include the 18V 2.0Ah (BL1820B), 18V 4.0Ah (BL1840B), and the 18V 5.0Ah (BL1850B) Lithium-Ion batteries. Makita has […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee M18 3-1/4” Planer 2623-21

Milwaukee M18 3-1/4” Planer 2623-21 Milwaukee just released a brand-new 3 1/4 inch power planer. This new tool is now part of their 70 cordless lithium-ion product line, which I’m sure will grow even more this year. Using a Power Planer Power planers are already convenient, useful and versatile job-site tool. As a remodeling contractor […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee M12 Heated Hoodie Review

Milwaukee M12 Cordless Heated Hoodies Milwaukee continues to expand their popular heated gear lineup with an obvious choice, heated hoodies! You’d be hard pressed to visit a jobsite in cold regions of this country without seeing a large percentage of laborers wearing some type of hoodie sweatshirt. This is a brilliant move by Milwaukee and […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee® Introduces Three Unique, Game-Changing New Lighting Solutions to the TRUEVIEW™ Family

Milwaukee® Introduces Three Unique, Game-Changing New Lighting Solutions to the TRUEVIEW™ Family MILWAUKEE, WI – Milwaukee Tool continues to expand their TRUEVIEW™ High Output Lighting family of products with the introduction of three new lighting solutions that maximize productivity. Uniquely designed to adapt, perform and survive the demands of professional use, the TRUEVIEW™ M18™ LED […]

Continue reading »

RIDGID JOBSITE BLOWER

RIDGID JOBSITE BLOWER Last month RIDGID released the Gen5X Jobsite Blower. It’s part of the same 18V system as all of their current and previous li-ion tools. If you have RIDGID 18V batteries, they’ll work with this blower. If you have a home shop or are in the trades, give the RIDGID jobsite blower a look. […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee ONE-KEY App Now Available

Milwaukee ONE-KEY App Now Available The app and first component of the new Milwaukee ONE-KEY tool system is now available. We got a preliminary look at this system at the 2015 Milwaukee New Product Symposium and we walked away pretty impressed. Now you can get a small taste for yourself with the new app and […]

Continue reading »

RYOBI Drain Auger Introduction

RYOBI Drain Auger Introduction RYOBI Tools already seems to have every tool under the sun as part of the vast ONE+ line of tools. As of right now they have over 50 tools on that platform and today they’re adding one more. What more could they add that they don’t already have in the line? […]

Continue reading »

Ryobi 18v ONE+ 10″ Orbital Buffer

Ryobi 18v ONE+ 10″ Orbital Buffer Review – Model P435 Ryobi continues to add new tools to their already extensive 18 volt platform. The 10″ cordless orbital buffer is one of more than 50 tools they have in there 18v line and it does not look like they will be stopping anytime soon. From indoors to […]

Continue reading »

RIDGID Gen5X Combo Kit Review

RIDGID Gen5X Combo Kit Review About 3 months ago, the RIDGID Gen5x kit showed up at the shop. The box was shaped roughly the size of a metal tool box and the heft to match. Just picking up the package you could tell there were a lot of tools inside. 5 to be exact. 4 […]

Continue reading »