If you’re looking just to buy a cordless drill, you get much more with Milwaukee’s compact brushless drills, and often at lower prices too. As mentioned above, they’re included in high value combo kits, but they can be safely ignored. The 2606 (and 2607 hammer drill) are older tech. The hammer drill (2904) is more popular and featured in more sales, promotions, and combo kits. With Milwaukee now having launched a compact brushless hammer drill, the 2902 seems almost unnecessary.Ģ903/2904 – These are Milwaukee’s M18 Fuel flagship models – their best drills with the latest tech and features. The 3601 looks to be replacing the 2801, which has been a highly well-regarded compact brushless drill in the years since it launched.Ģ902 – This hammer drill fills the gap between the compact brushless drills and M18 Fuel heavy duty models.
A lot of tool users delegate fastening tasks to impact drivers, but the repeatability of a drill with adjustable torque clutch is still very hard to beat. I see no reason to discuss it further.ģ601/3602 – Milwaukee recently announced these two new M18 compact brushless models, a drill/driver (3601) and hammer drill (3602).Īs an aside, cordless drills and hammer drills are both considered drill/drivers, but it seems unnecessary to write out “drill/driver” or “hammer drill/driver” every time.
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There are 7 models of M18 cordless drills, plus 2 more One-Key models (more on those below).Ģ606 – This brushed motor drill is most commonly available as part of high-value combo kits that are popular with DIYers, homeowners, and possibly tradespeople and pros on a very limited budget.Ģ607 – Although technically still available, the hammer drill version of the 2606 is increasingly rare to come across these days. Milwaukee’s M18 cordless drills operate at 18V nominal voltage, and the M12 drills operate at 12V Max, or 10.8V nominal voltage, with the same being true for competing brands’ offerings.
The M18 drills are great choices for most users, and the M12 are great choices where tool size, weight, and cost are higher priorities over speed and power. The first decision you need to make – or have already made – is whether you want an M18 cordless drill, or M12. If you’re looking for a cordless drill for light to mid duty use, that’s where you get a lot of overlapping options and tough decisions to make. If you want the highest torque and performance possible, there’s one clear choice. Model numbers and basic differentiating details are on the horizontal x-axis. The numbers for the torque specs are on the left, and speed specs on the right. The vertical y-axis labels are also color-coded to help guide you.īasically, compare red to red and blue to blue. If this is your first time seeing a two-axis chart, note that the scales are different. In the graphs featured on this page, above and below, the vertical y-axis values on the left corresponds to the maximum torque values for Milwaukee’s different cordless drill models, and the values on the right correspond to the maximum speed range values. The comparison chart above shows the maximum torque, and maximum no-load speeds.Īll of Milwaukee’s M12 and M18 cordless drills have 2 speed settings – low and high – and I feel it’s important to see how torque and speed compare between various models. Most tool users will start off their research by looking at a cordless drill’s maximum torque rating.
Milwaukee Cordless Drill Torque and Speed Comparison Chart Please let me know if you feel there’s something missing that could help make this buying guide better, and also if you would like the same approach applied to different brands or types of tools. So, I’m approaching this post as if I were an end user looking to make sense of all of Milwaukee’s different cordless drill offerings for the first time.Īfter going over some comparisons and specs, I’ll offer my recommendations on the best Milwaukee cordless drills for different user requirements, or rather what I’d purchase for my own needs depending on what I’m looking for. There are plenty of Milwaukee cordless drill buying guides out there, but I haven’t seen a single one that would actually help me if I were researching a purchase.
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