Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless Drywall Screw Gun (Tool-Only)

I actually this from Home Depot recently and have had some time to use it on a few of my jobs.
I already own the DeWalt cordless screwgun which is a great tool and I’m glad to own it and use it. This Milwaukee is even better and I’m even more happy to own and use it. The Milwaukee’s auto start feature is probably the single most defining difference that makes me prefer the Milwaukee screwgun. I don’t own the collated attachment for the Milwaukee but I do own one for the DeWalt and I have no complaints at all about it or it’s performance. I do think the DeWalt nose cone is more well constructed with it’s bayonet style mounting attachment that locks on to the tool. The Milwaukee nose cone is held in place with ball detention but seems to have a more fine depth adjustment. Overall the milwaukee is larger, and heavier than the DeWalt and it doesn’t quite feel as good in my hand but still feels good to hold for extended use. Where it really shines for me is the torque, really high rpm, very quiet operation, auto start (silent between driving), immediate spin up while driving feels just as fast as a constant spinning motor to me and the fine depth adjustments work great. I get about 10 decibels lower fo a reading with he Milwaukee than the dewalt. I’m happy to sacrifice a little size and weight for all of that. I mostly use this one for setting wood screws rather than drywall application but am looking forward to using it for my next drywall project with the silent on and auto start feature. The slightly longer length is not a problem for me since it makes it easier for me to judge the angle of the gun against the work surface and get a more perpendicular drive into the surface. I mostly use the gun with torx drive screws and it works well. I just used it to drive #8 x 1-1/4” (4.0 x 30mm) wood screws into phenolic resin glued exterior grade A-C-X plywood in order to fasten a double layer of the material together. I drove 964 fasteners into the plywood, then in a single day, removed them and transported the project for a performance where we re-installed and de-installed it again. It seemed to take the gun about :45 minutes for each part of the screwing process and would use 2 out of the 4 bars on the battery gauge lights regardless of whether I was removing or installing fasteners. It’s lightning fast and had no problem setting screws consistently in the dense plywood. This is one of My first M-18 tools and am happy with the battery platform. I own almost every major 18v and 12v platform and have Bosch as my personal favorite. The M18/M12 charger is fast and can charge both 18 and 12 voltage batteries. The tool comes with a well constructed Milwaukee fuel bag as well. The belt clip was already attached to the tool from factory for a right handed user but can easily be moved to the other side with a t-15 torx driver. I hope this review is helpful.

I got this kit for clearance price of $189 at my local Home Depot. Worth every nickel. Well built tool of high quality materials and excellent fit and finish. Very lightweight and easy to handle. Sinks the screws perfectly every time after adjusting the initial depth of drive, which was simple. I’m just a handy man not a pro drywaller or contractor and man did this make hanging drywall a ton easier. Made me look like a pro and felt like one too!

It works great for me, only thing is the depth with a nose cone I haven’t figured it where it doesn’t stay consistent, it could be the drywall

It is a lightweight tool that has enabled me to complete the job faster and efficiently. I would 100% recommend it.

Had this gun for a while and otherwise a great product. I noticed from the start that the grey end of the nosecone spins freely independent of the adjustment ring. This results in inconsistent screw depth and in general screws will become less deep as each screw is pushed. I replaced this part with another genuine nosecone and experienced the same problem. Unfortunate, I switched to dewalt because of this.