Hilti vs Dewalt wheel polishing

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Well since I am here at work bored waiting for a load decided to ask this interesting question.

As for wheel polishing a lot of us use a drill and just adding the right tool to it to clean the imperfection of the wheels. Between a Hilti brand and Dewalt who would have a better drill? Hilti has lifetime warranty with their tools I don't know about dewalt. Also what other drill would be better off with if it was another brand.

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[aerogt01]

The high end of both drill brands were designed for a demanding, construction site application. However, the Hilti is much more expensive. While you might see an advantage to this, I do not. If you won't be boring large holes in concrete or wood 8 hrs a day, why spend extra money?

I have a 14.4v compact dewalt I use for polishing wheels, and it does amazingly well. The only thing it may not have is the battery life. I would recommend an 18v Compact Li-Ion Dewalt and pick up a car charger (make sure it's the yellow one) or an inverter. You can start a job with two charged batteries and they charge in 30 mins.

The other brand I might recommend is a compact Makita (batteries charge in 15 mins), but I have dealt with too many failed batteries from them.

EDIT: Hitli does not offer a non-hammer cordless drill.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

The high end of both drill brands were designed for a demanding, construction site application. However, the Hilti is much more expensive. While you might see an advantage to this, I do not. If you won't be boring large holes in concrete or wood 8 hrs a day, why spend extra money?

Totally agreed. Unless your aim is to have a certain brand name on the tool you use because you think it will give you "bragging rights" it's foolish to waste money on a tool you're probably never going to push to even half of its capacity.

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[matth9]

Neither, I would go with a Bosch!
Also, I'm sure you will find additional uses for it other than polishing wheels

 

[Nick Billings]

I have always used Dewalt products and been very happy. I have polished a lot of wheels and metal parts with my current Dewalt 18v xrp hammer drill.

One cool feature I found on a Millwakee drill while shopping in the tool section the other day is they have a 18v lithium Ion battery ( way lighter in weight and last longer) with a bright L.E.D light when you pull the trigger. I am really thinking of getting this one, I think having that light in a small 15" hot rod wheel would be a huge help as I am polishing, that way as I move around I dont block the light from behind me as this light on the drill would be right in front of me in the section I am working. Something I thought was pretty cool..

 

[tuscarora dave]

I have always used Dewalt products and been very happy. I have polished a lot of wheels and metal parts with my current Dewalt 18v xrp hammer drill.

One cool feature I found on a Millwakee drill while shopping in the tool section the other day is they have a 18v lithium Ion battery ( way lighter in weight and last longer) with a bright L.E.D light when you pull the trigger. I am really thinking of getting this one, I think having that light in a small 15" hot rod wheel would be a huge help as I am polishing, that way as I move around I dont block the light from behind me as this light on the drill would be right in front of me in the section I am working. Something I thought was pretty cool..

Where I work at we have one of the Dewalt drills that Nick Billings mentions here. We have pushed this drill way beyond what a drill should be able to do. For a $250 drill it is as good as any out there. On the other hand, Hilti don't make no junk. If the Hilti costs less I would get it but that is highly unlikely.

Nick also mentions Milwaukee drills here which IMO are the toughest drills on the market and have a great overload feature where instead of the drill shutting off in an overheating situation, it bypasses to full speed only mode (shuts down it's variable speed) so that the fan blades on the armature cools the windings. Once it cools down to normal operating temperatures the variable speed kicks back in. The Milwaukee that I used to use accepted the battery either by sliding it in from the front of the drill or from the rear of the drill which gave me better battery clearance choices in certain situations.

 

[daveinsweethome]

used hilti my entire working life at work. like stated great for killing concrete and such.absolutely the best quality but way too expensive for homeowners. i would compare it to buying $30000 wax. the dewalt is good, bosche even better and more reasonable. you almost cant go wrong.

 

[sabrina]

You can't compare Hilti to Dewalt. The Hilti just keeps going where the others fail.