This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. Take a stroll through pretty much any job site where there’s carpentry going on, and it probably won’t take long before you come across someone using a power miter saw. Whether it’s for rough or finish work, the sliding compound miter saw has become one of the must-have tools of the trade. While all the major tool makers have been working toward a cordless job site, there are a few tools that demand a lot of power – like miter saws – that have foiled their plans. Until now. Milwaukee’s engineers have combined a highly efficient brushless motor with proprietary advances in battery capacity and output, and come up with the Milwaukee M18 Fuel Miter Saw. They sent one to HomeFixated HQ, so we could see if it has enough slicing and dicing power to convince you to leave the corded saw in the truck. Read More
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Milwaukee M18 String Trimmer Gets The Tall Grass With No Gas
Every year, Milwaukee hosts an extravaganza of new and upcoming tools known as the New Product Symposium. It’s sort of like legal porn for tool lovers, and there’s a lot of RED in evidence. Last year, they introduced the first products in an upcoming line of Milwaukee Outdoor Power Equipment (OPE): An M18 Hedge Trimmer, an M18 Blower, and an M18 String Trimmer. These first three tools hit the market earlier this year. In this post, we’ll give the Milwaukee M18 String Trimmer sent to us a whacking workout; in future posts, we’ll do some in-depth slicing and blowing with the other two products. Read More
