We've been doing a bit of construction lately, which involves driving about 25,000 1.25" screws AND removing them. Three years in a row.
We have bought 5 Ridgids, and two Milwaukees M18 Fuel (Brushless). Both Milwaukees are still working as designed, though one is getting a little wonky, the brake doesn't always work anymore, I think. We have two of the large batteries for it and two of the small ones. One of the large batteries seems to not like charging under extreme temps anymore.
Three of the five Ridgids died on the first job. Fiven of the seven batteries are dead. Batteries last about a third of the run time of the Milwaukees. With the Milwaukees you can drive srews for half a shift, load them during lunch, and finish the day. The Ridgid batteries last a little over an hour. Ridged warrantee can KMA.
Haven't used DeWalt, Makita or Hilti, but the Milwaukees are doing me right. I figure they are each close to driving and removing 30,000 screws. Pretty fair.
