Automotive Reviews

I've owned this drill for a few years and continued to use it (until a few days ago) because I couldn't bring myself to just chuck this thing and start over. Notice, if you will, the trigger used to operate the drill. It's big and sits out in space just waiting to be bumped at the least convenient time, it's also in exactly the spot you want to grab the drill when you change bits. The second danger, and also the reason this drill is now in my garbage can is because there is no clutch. You here that clicking noise? That's not the clutch - it's the gears grinding over what used to be teeth. This weekend was the second time they've stripped out and I'm not going to replace them again. All it takes is a bit to catch wrong (as they often do) and either your wrist or the bit is going to get damaged. WooHoo! Go Milwaukee! ...back to mechanical engineering school that is.

I'm a part time builder and find this tool indispensible for installing cabinets (screwing them together especially in narrow cabinets). It just fits where other drills can't or won't go! My buddy has a right angle Makita(cordless) and it just doesn't have enough power to handle maple and hickory.
A couple of things: hand is close to the head so your able to put extra pressure on the screw head and the switch is pulled with your last two fingers (it takes a little to adjust to but when you do it works like a charm); the reverse and forward switch are a little awkward because you have to pull the drill out to switch directions(different from the typical cordless); it has good power; it comes with an all metal good quality chuck, and it just gets where other tools can't!
Obviously, this isn't the first drill I reach for (we usually set up 5 or 6 cordless when installing for..speed) but when used for the purpose it's intended it works very well! (Finally we're starting to see a few cordless right angle drills with 250 - 350 foot pounds of torque - enough to handle the job but this drill competes well and in my case is paid for!)
For what it's worth, Craftsman has an interesting looking corded right angle drill that has the reverse switch similar to the typical cordless drills, but it's head is much larger and it won't fit where the Milwaukee will plus it's difficult to put the same pressure on the head as with the Milwaukee (Bosch and Makita also produce right angle corded drills that might be O.K.). All provide an interesting trade off to the Milwaukee.
Do I like the drill? Yes! Would I buy it again? Absolutely! Of course I've had mine a few years and it should last a number of years!

I am just trying to warn everyone, please DO NOT buy this or any product from this seller. If you check this seller's reviews, they are negative. Their products either arrive very late, or don't arrive at all. I ordered this and another product May 1st, and was supposed to receive them between the 8th and the 12th of the same month. I sent them e-mails to check if they were on their way or if there was some kind of delay, but the e-mails were returned to me. I called them and they said the supervisor would not be in until the following Tuesday. Now, I am going to hope that I can just get my money back. It seems like they don't know how to run an online business. The whole point is to keep the customers happy. I just don't want anyone to waste their time, money, or energy on this company! To me, they are just a bunch of thieves that run with your money!!! They're craaaazeh!!!

Junk !!! Engine ran for about 4 hours. Pulled unit out of box. Filled with oil as per instructions. Started generator. After about 3-4 hours of light load I heard a huge clank. Stopped generator and pulled the oil plug. Huge metal chunks came out of the engine. Only plus it has a one year warranty and it is honered at any local repair shop. Still I now own a junk rebuilt blown engine generator.
Do not buy.

I bought 2 H&S Auto Shot Cure lamps through Amazon from ToolTopia Inc. I paid for them on 11-07-05 and they said it ships in 1 to 2 days and to expect 3 to 5 days for delivery. Two weeks later I was trying to find out where they were and finally got an answer that they should arrive no later than 11-24-05. By 11-28-05 I emailed again asking for them to look into why such a long delay if they were already shipped. After a few more days I finally got an email back saying that they were never shipped and were never going to because they were permenantly out of stock and won't get more. Now they are saying that they will initiate a refund in a few more days. I have lost a few large jobs because of this delay and they have nothing to say for it. Now I will have to start all over shopping and waiting for two more to get delivered from a real company. Do not use these guys. That is the worst customer service I have ever received. Amazon should look at who they let be vendors for them a little closer. And why do these guys still to this day have the cure lamps on their web site for sale if they don't exsist? So they can pretend to sell them to the next guy and tell him they have already been shipped when they don't even have them to sell or ship? Great company Amazon.

This may work for smaller rivets but DOES NOT work with 1/4 rivets. No way.

With 24X write speed CD burner, the CD-Rs can only achieve 8X maximum speed even though it is marked as 48X. This is misleading. The same product from Maxwell product gives me 24X full write speed.

The product picture shows a pair of pliers to remove spark plug wires. The item is ACTUALLY only a pair of TIPS! I never would have purchased a pair of tips for a set of pliers I don't even own. The item is completely useless unless you have this special set of pliers that works with these tips.

I think this is very deceitful, the picture should have shown a picture of just the tips.

The vender is trying to make money on shippingIt does not cost that much to ship. Specially if you order in bulck .You can buy it at the same price including his shipping at NAPA/home depot/Lowes.

i install the remote and i found that the jackplug for the blue wire. the horn wire was very week it broke and the white code buttonis week it push in when i tried to program itand i had to take it apart to fix it.
but it seems to be working good

I bought the vector cooler warmer (16 can version, same item), and tried it out. The metal element inside got cold, but it couldn't chill a small bottle of water after 3 hours- no way it was 40 degrees belwo my room temp of 75 degrees. No wonder this thing is always on clearance. It did a little better on metal cans of soda directly touching the element, but not by much. The manual says for best results the food should be put in cold, or with an icepack, but as soon as it's shut off theres no insulation to keep the food cold, so the food quickly reaches room temp, according to the manual! Besides if I have to put in pre-chilled food and icepacks Im beter off using my insulated cooler which works, and is much more space efficient! Plus, the cooler only ostensibly brings the temp down to up to 40 degrees below ambient temp ( after 3 hours). I guess in a car where the temps go up to 130 degrees in the sun it would keep the food at 90 or so. I bought it for fifteen dol. on clearance , but returned it today. It simply wasn't worth the price. I would stay clear of this product. The only exeption I can think of is for someone who needs it only for metal cans of soda or beer and can wait several hours for a cool drink, although a cooler would still be more practical and cost effective.