In the home improvement world, it’s often necessary to do more with less. To improve things you already have, vs. starting from scratch and building something new. A good example is upgrading your home’s thermostat to an IoT-connected (Internet of Things), “smart” one. The core function is still the same – to cycle your home’s HVAC system on and off. However, your new thermostat comes with new functionality and options that can significantly increase your home’s efficiency. DeWalt, as a leader in the home improvement space, certainly understands this mindset. Case in point: the new line of 20V MAX* DeWalt Flexvolt Advantage™ tools. These build on existing DeWalt tool frames by incorporating some neat technology that significantly increases power levels in some instances. More on the technology and tools in this installment of Tool News Nirvana. Read More
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Dewalt 20v Max Pole Saw – Nothing is Out of Reach
Regular Home Fixated readers by now grown almost as tired as I have of our struggles to beat back nature, or at least achieve a draw on our 80 acre farm. Years of inattention and neglect have allowed opportunistic weed trees and shrubs to shrink our usable space as well as provide harbor for rodents and other pests that have hampered our efforts to harvest sufficient amounts of produce to sustain us through the year. I have featured a number of the DeWalt 20v Max outdoor power tools in previous posts, and the newest addition is the DeWalt 20v Max pole saw that DeWalt sent our way for review. Let’s take a stroll through the farm and see what my new favorite tool can do. Read More