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thinhorn_AK

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I have a strange question.

What is the difference between the 2804-20 and 2804-22 hammer drills?

I ordered a 2804-22 off eBay and didn’t look to closely, when I looked this evening it’s actually a 2804-20.

I got this to run my k-drill ice fishing auger and they give a list of approved drills on their website, one of which is the 2804-22. They don’t list the -20 model.

I’m sort of pissed and it looks as if eBay is going to expect me to pay return shipping.
 

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I think the 22 if from the compact set so it’s shorter from the back of the drill to the chuck. I think they offer the same brushless motor and torque output.
The 22 I believe indicates it’s part of a set and the 20 is the bare tool.
 
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I think the 22 if from the compact set so it’s shorter from the back of the drill to the chuck. I think they offer the same brushless motor and torque output.

Interesting, I wonder why k-drill wouldn’t list the -20 as a suitable model.
 
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According to the the 20 is a drill/driver and not a hammer drill.



That looks like the 2903-20 is a driver while the 2804-20 and -22 are hammer drills. I’m still confused though. For a minute I thought the difference was that the -04 came with the case and batteries etc but it’s strange there are reviews comparing the 2.
 

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20 is the physical drill.

FYI if you're using the k-drill, get yourself a fleet of batteries. I have an Eskimo hand drill that I put an adapter on and it does 20 holes on the XC5.0 batteries. Hooked it up to the k-drill and it did 7 on a fresh XC5.0.
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20 is the physical drill.

FYI if you're using the k-drill, get yourself a fleet of batteries. I have an Eskimo hand drill that I put an adapter on and it does 20 holes on the XC5.0 batteries. Hooked it up to the k-drill and it did 7 on a fresh XC5.0.
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Will do, I have 4 batteries. One review said he got 40 holes per battery. I don't really believe that.
 

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Don't feel dumb about it. Milwaukee could do a lot better on publishing their specs, making it clear what model is current and what it replaced, defining what the 2-digit suffix actually means, and archiving discontinued models on their website. It's kind of a mess over there. I switched to Milwaukee from Makita a couple years ago and have become all too familiar with their shortcomings in the published information department. I do like their tools a lot though.
 

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As some of the other guys stated the 2804-20 is the part number of the drill only. I have 2 of them on the bench right now. The 2804-22 is the part number for the whole kit.
 

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Meh. Dewalt's published information is similarly as opaque. And their tools are similarly as nice. The real problem is that all these batteries are proprietary - I'd like to see a universal battery. Being locked into a battery platform the way we are is lame, especially when batteries are often more expensive than the tools they power.
 
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