I'm looking to buy a house at the end of this year, so I decided to cut back on my gun purchases and start building a savings for all the incidentals that go along with home ownership. Having been a DeWalt guy for the last 20 years and not having much exposure to Milwaukee other than some older Sawzalls, I never really ventured into this thread. That is until mid December when my 10 year old 14.4V Dewalt drill's NiCads started dying on me. So with 140ish pages to the thread I figured I'd see what the deal was.
My thought process was this: I need a new drill and the M12/18 system looks great, no more random assortment of tool specific batteries, I'll just buy the drill that I need and upgrade slowly. Oh, Home Depot has a special on the drill and driver. I didn't even know I needed an impact driver, but I obviously do. Oh, for a net of only $50 more I can pick up the Fuel Sawzall. I already have a DeWalt, but it's the only tool I have that runs on their 18V and commonality is king. I live in an apartment, what do I need a second recip saw for when I don't even use the first? Who cares? Just buy it for that future house. I don't have access to my compressor and air tools, so the 1/2" Fuel Impact would be awesome for working on my truck in the parking lot. Oh, and so would the 3/8" ratchet. Well that escalated quickly...
Probably would've been cheaper to continue buying guns and ammo, but the plan is to replace the rest of my air/cordless/corded tools with the M12/18 line after I get into a new place.
