Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I had an older Kawasaki 18V Drill that won't hold a charge any more. So I was looking forward to get into the premium lines of power tools. After seeing a number of YouTube videos, it seemed to me Milwaukee has better build quality but also pricier and is not sold directly by Amazon. So, at $99, this brushless drill seems to be plenty powerful and a great deal for my DIY purposes. First time using it, I was driving cement board screws into a hardie board, a job even my old Kawasaki drill handled with ease. For some reason, the power of this dewalt drill keeps cutting off. If I let go the trigger and squeeze again, it would work, and it may or may not drive the screw home before the power cuts off again. For every screw, I needed to pull the trigger between 1 to 4 times. For a brand new tool, this is just unacceptable. Also, the power transition between slow and fast speed is very abrupt. You pull the trigger in little by little , the drill is turning slowly then suddenly the fast speed engages. There is no transition. This makes delicate work very difficult. Very easy to strip the screw. I ended up buying a brushed Milwaukee drill which did not have this problem. I am sure I got a lemon. Thousands of Dewalt lovers out there cannot be all wrong. I can only speak from my experience.