My Dewalt 20v keyless drill chuck works great. The drill itself is probably the best hand drill I've ever owned in my life.
Never loosens bits, tightens without much effort. Standard Rohm chuck.
The OP's hastiness to name Milwaukee smells like a troll.
Do we have a list of known brand-name trollers on this forum?
I'm the OP. First off no I'm not a troll. As one other smart poster said, I have nearly 500 posts and before you go jumping to conclusions take a little time to investigate your accusations. Though I can see you're under 100 posts so please enjoy the forum and be nice. It is one of the greatest sources of information and help I've ever seen from any forum. But on the downside, it's really the thing I hate the most about posting on GJ, that is all of the potentially mean responses you have to endure. It's not very welcoming to be attacked.
The only reason I mentioned a Milwaukee was that I had the chance to use one once, and I noticed the chuck was very smooth & the trigger control was 20 times better than the Dewalt with regards to speed control, startup and braking (slowdown). Part of GJ being so great is helping us to decide what brands to buy. That's why I mentioned another brand that I considered buying.
It's probably just like some GJ members said, most keyless chucks are ****. I'm going to take it into a Dewalt licensed repair shop and see what they say and what options I have. I doubt Dewalt would spend money on a good brand name chuck when they can make them themselves for less. I'd be more interested in hearing what brands of keyless chucks are good?
I won't deny that i put that 20v drill through the ringer using it to mix thinset for my tile jobs around the house. Fireplace, garage floor, 2 bathrooms. But I'd expect a Dewalt drill to survive all that, it's designed and marketed as a workhorse. It is a top level drill is it not? It doesn't bounce around in a truck, it's a garage king. No the chuck doesn't slip or loosen, I always tighten it enough. But it's definitely got a bad spot in it, which doesn't allow me to loosen it sometimes, hangs on tightening and can be a pain trying to use it sometimes. Then I got a 12v smaller Dewalt over the holidays and have very light use on it, and now it's chuck is getting rough. So I'm really confused on that one why it would have problems after very very little use.
My old work had a "Albrecht" keyless chuck on the drill press, and you're right it was really nice !! I bought a cheaper keyless chuck for my bench drill press at home and it's great. But it's also heavy and I wouldn't want that on the end of my cordless drill....
