Ton ton
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Truth has been spoken.
Milwaukee Cordless Circular Saw?
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You either got your apples mixed up or you have a bad impact. Mine zips my lug nuts that get hand torqued to 165 ft ib like nothing.
LOL the hi torque is rated at what 1200ft ib? I'd like to see these lug nuts, better yet I wanna see what you put them on with.
700, but that's ideal world, lab test.
My mid torque looks nothing like that one.
I bought it thinking it's be awesome, no more dragging an air hose or dealing with starting the gas powered air compressor when working out in the woods.
It was 100% a let down. I was talking to my Dad about it, and he mentioned there's a ****** model and a good one. "Do what now?" Sure enough, I got the ****** one, with no idear there was a good one. Of course it was too late to return it by that point.
So it sits unused, everytime I open that drawer it gives me a bit of the PTSD of the $$ I wasted on it.
WWheeler
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Gotta luv how a thread about a Milwaukee cordless circular saw turned into a thread arguing about the faults or praises of their mid-torque impacts. How very GJ. 
You bought the non fuel version of the hi torque expecting fuel hi torque results. That's a "you" problem not a Milwaukee performance problem. And your mid torque that looks nothing like the mid torque pictured means you don't have a mid torque. So your dragging a tools name through the mud you've never used nor owned. Sounds like the kinda info I'd listed to
think we found the problem
In my best Jeff Foxworthy voice. "here's your sign"
isb cornbinder
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I have it, I like it and I use it.
That's Bill Engvall, and the unit I have is a mid torque I bought it maybe 5-6 years ago... ish. Apparently they've made a new version recently.
WWheeler
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FWIW I use my mid-torque impacts a LOT more than my high torque. They're different tools made for different things.
I have the 1st gen 7 1/4 fuel saw and got it as a starter kit, hated it till i replaced the crappy Milwaukee blade with diablo and love it. I much prefer using 5ah batteries as it is a lot better balanced with them versus the 9ah, don't notice any lack of power either.
I have the FUEL 7 1/4 circ saw 2732-20, ran it on High Output CP 3.0 batteries and it zipped through 2x4s just fine. Not a real serious task, of course, and it seemed like it had some more in it. I do concur that a High Output XC 6.0 would be a more ideal match for it. I would not consider the weaker saws, you want the best of the best to compete with corded.
Renegade1LI
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I have the fuel & dewalt, I like the dewalt better but it's just personal preference, they both cut wood. To me the sweet spot for batteries is the 5amp, it just seems a good power to weight ratio, once you go to a 8 amp or flexvolt they get noticeably heavier, just keep a few more 5amps on hand.
Skiff Builder
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Looking good! You know Renn was a Skill77 guy! I stuck with a corded sidewinder for skiff hull work. Like the m18 after rollover.I have the front handle fuel. I've been using it to build a boat and using it for a lot of scarfs (full depth blade cut) and curved cuts. With a normal 5.0 batteries it's worthless and wouldn't make a 30" scarf cut without changing batteries. Put a 8.0 on it and it's been a great saw. It's been the only circular saw I've used on the boat from about the 4th day on when I decided my corded Ryobi wasn't up to the task. Sharp blades are very important along with big batteries. If you don't want to buy a 8.0 battery I would just buy a corded saw.
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