I'm on my 2nd 14.4v Milwaulkee, and I wouldn't buy a third.
Almost everything else I own is Milwaulkee, so I'm a fan of their stuff, but the cordless drills haven't been up to (atleast my) shop use.
They both still work, but first one sounds like it's got rocks in it.
Both brakes have failed :shaking:
The first one acted up after a couple days of heavy use, the second one's brake stopped working some time a couple months ago, for no reason at all.
By comparison, the two junk 18v Ryobi cordless's I have might have no power, and their batteries suck ass, but they still sound good, and their brakes work.
One of the companies I do work for has used only Milwaulkee 14.4's for atleast 3+ years. (maybe 50 guys, spinning the drills 5-10+ hrs a day).
Maybe 7, or 8 guys still use them, but they've completely switched to buying Dewaults now.
Another, bigger company I do work for has anywhere from 50-150 guys, spinning their drills the same 5-10+ hours a day.
They've used Dewault almost exclusively for 5 years + still use them.
The old style would crack at the fwd/rev switch if you dropped them, but the newer (heavier) 3spd style, with the metal band by the gear box seems to be holding up even better, and doesn't crack at the fwd/rev switch.
A third company I do work for is pretty small, and they've been using Home Depo/Rigid stuff for the last year, or so.
They seem pretty happy with them so far.
For me, the jury's still out.
If I was gonna buy a new drill tomorrow, I honestly don't know what I'd choose.
I'd probably look at the Dewault, Porta Cable, and maybe even that Panasonic (never really caught on, but an excellent drill rated higest by most sources a few years ago) if they're still making it.