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welndmn said:
Any one use any of the radios, $150 for a radio is steep, but the lazy man in me likes that it's already a battery I own.
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get the battery adapter to run anything from;


and I have one of the early M18 radios, but wouldn't buy it again. it is good for what it is, not great for sound but the wife took it over and hasn't killed it yet.... so it has to be damn near bullet proof. I think its half covered in dirt getting rained on in the garden currently. right now this little thing runs the shop music, cuz I always seem to have speakers but the driver goes to shit.

or outside the shop the wife picked up a speaker from Costco. ion I think. pretty damn good for what it is. better than the M18 and has a microphone that the tipsy women camping love.
 
Any reason to keep an m18 transfer pump? Used it couple times, but mostly collecting dust.
 
Sceep said:
Just buy a BT speaker. You already have a radio in your pocket.
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or one of them battery adapters that has a couple wires dangling off of it, combobulate that onto whatever ghettoblaster boombox you got that takes 12 D-cells
they even make ones that regulate the m18 down to 12v
 
tracyb said:
get the battery adapter to run anything from;

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yeah them sortsa dudes
got one for my lawn mower
got one for my 'hyundai comes with a 12v cigarette lighter inflator instead of a spare tire' compressor
thought about hooking one to one of those $50 12v gear pumps that used to be around, but those became $90 while I was thinking about it

only downside is that they will run your batteries down below where the charger will charge them, gotta do a little farting around to get them brought back up
 
welndmn said:
Any one use any of the radios, $150 for a radio is steep, but the lazy man in me likes that it's already a battery I own.
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I won the m18 one in a raffle few years ago. I’ve got no complaints but I wouldn’t pay $250 for it. A month or two ago they had the newer m12 version of mine for $80 with a battery. Picked up another to have around as a Bluetooth speaker. I’m terrible at charging “things” but I always have charged m12/m18 batteries laying around the house, shop and job site.

M12 one is about half the size of the m18, quart of milk vs a gallon of milk.
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Milwaukee M12 12V Lithium-Ion Cordless Bluetooth/AM/FM Jobsite Radio with M12 12V Lithium-Ion CP High Output 2.5Ah Battery Pack 2951-20-48-11-2425 - The Home Depot

The Milwaukee M12 Radio and Charger provides users with unmatched sound for its size. This radio speaker has a full-range speaker and tweeter for clear mids and highs to turn it up on and off the jobsite.
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My old one

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Milwaukee M18 Lithium-Ion Cordless Jobsite Radio/Charger 2792-20 - The Home Depot

The Milwaukee M18 Jobsite Radio/Charger is the first charging radio to bring the power of Bluetooth to the jobsite, while delivering the industry's best reception and sound. The most advanced radio of
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[486] said:
yeah them sortsa dudes
got one for my lawn mower
got one for my 'hyundai comes with a 12v cigarette lighter inflator instead of a spare tire' compressor
thought about hooking one to one of those $50 12v gear pumps that used to be around, but those became $90 while I was thinking about it

only downside is that they will run your batteries down below where the charger will charge them, gotta do a little farting around to get them brought back up
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the battery drain thing does suck, and I'm still trying to get out of the habit to drain them before charging. my kids and wife are better about than I am now. just charge them, its not the old days of nicad... always reminding myself.

I've got M18 or M12 batteries on everything i can. just put one on an inflator, but usually have co2 bottles on hand. damn near everything I have is on an m battery, all the kids toys, m12 made the airsoft a bit hotter too. what doesn't run on M gets those 18650 batteries.

I ain't buying the M stuff just so the battery klicks in.



tranfer pump, radio, inflator all sorts of that type of stuff is way cheaper to just run an adaptor on. I have killed a few batteries, but I just need to be better about charging them all things considered in the years I've been running the m stuff, the batteries have been very good. I have a pile out back of bad ones, and there isn't very many for the 10+ yrs i've been running them.


before the adapters where a thing I used dead drill handles for the batteries. I don't go thru drills, one or two, but the shipyard did, so tool repair always had dead ones.
 
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Sceep said:
Just buy a BT speaker. You already have a radio in your pocket.
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We still go to the drive in movies like old people, so I need FM tuner :(
My current boombox I got for free from a bank for opening a new account, if that dates how old and unused it is.
 
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Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless Deep Cut Band Saw with 12.0Ah Battery and 8.0Ah Starter Kit 2729-20-48-11-1812-48-59-1880 - The Home Depot

The M18 FUEL Band Saw cuts faster than its corded counterparts, provides the same legendary durability of a Milwaukee corded band saw and delivers up to 2X more run time than other cordless options. Utilizing
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Seems decent if you’re looking for the bandsaw.

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OHV Wildcat said:
Time to talk about the totally new phenomenon of brilliant but off-brand M18 tools. I just got the smaller version of this, and in shooting it around the yard tonight, it’s MUCH brighter than I expected.

LED Work Light for Milwaukee... Amazon.com

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I have a round one. cost me ~$20. it's fantastic.

the hi/lo switch really only goes into low most of the time, since it tumbled off the top of a door.....6 times in 5 minutes :lmao: :homer:
 
 
 
The hatchet has always been expensive, better off with a fuel hacksaw for a hundred bucks or the regular chain saw.
 
I think the M12 Hatchet is probably my favorite M12 tool - That being said I'm not sure how I feel about the M18 one. I have the fullsize M18 chainsaw as well so I'm having a hard time seeing what it would do for me that the other two don't - I can cut some pretty ignorant things with the M12 saw, but its ultimately mostly trail use for me, so form factor/smallness/weight is the whole advantage to me. I could totally see where an arborist or somebody like that would have use for it.
 
djljeep said:
I think the M12 Hatchet is probably my favorite M12 tool - That being said I'm not sure how I feel about the M18 one. I have the fullsize M18 chainsaw as well so I'm having a hard time seeing what it would do for me that the other two don't - I can cut some pretty ignorant things with the M12 saw, but its ultimately mostly trail use for me, so form factor/smallness/weight is the whole advantage to me. I could totally see where an arborist or somebody like that would have use for it.
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I have the m18 chainsaw and several size bars for it. It comes with 16", aftermarket has 10-18 every 2", and the polesaw 10" fits too. For "up in a tree" or trail use the 12" is pretty handy, packs up small, still cuts up a lot of stuff. Usually if I'm cutting smaller than what I'd cut with a 10-12" bar, I just go to a sawzall as I don't have an in between.
 
djljeep said:
I think the M12 Hatchet is probably my favorite M12 tool - That being said I'm not sure how I feel about the M18 one. I have the fullsize M18 chainsaw as well so I'm having a hard time seeing what it would do for me that the other two don't - I can cut some pretty ignorant things with the M12 saw, but its ultimately mostly trail use for me, so form factor/smallness/weight is the whole advantage to me. I could totally see where an arborist or somebody like that would have use for it.
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It’s most definitely one of my favorites too. Would hope the m18 would be better, but being as small and light as the m12 is, is what makes it so easy to use. For the price, it’s worth a try though :laughing:
 
[486] said:
only downside is that they will run your batteries down below where the charger will charge them, gotta do a little farting around to get them brought back up
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Just had a 6 month old lightly used battery not take a charge. I think it got run down from being in the trunk of a car on an impact and the trigger being slightly depressed by touching something and running it down to nothing.

So I jumpered it to a fully charged battery for an hour and then it took a full charge and seems back to normal. Jumpered with paper clips and wires on all 4 battery terminals. I was kinda pissed until that worked. Marked the battery for future reference.
 
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Milwaukee M12 FUEL 2-Tool Combo Kit has the Most Powerful Subcompact Drill, the Fastest Driving Subcompact Impact Driver while being the overall Most Compact Drill and Impact Driver. Includes Milwaukee
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Probably best you get unless you find a deal of the day type deal, if that’s what you mean by hex impact. Technically an impact driver, only say that to help if you are searching.
 
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