@EvolLove @WhiteBoySummer @pepsi_man @sickburnbro @white_male i believe the problem with dewalts is the electronics in newer units.

the older ones later forever and you could get service parts. the new ones (covid era) were more compact with a phone mobo looking main board that took up most of the unit, and which you couldnt source for less than a new unit.

I think the problem is the circuit board would fail under load even though the motor and gearing was still up to it.

and, like I said, the battery issue was egregious. tool failure is one thing. those batteries are the real investment and they just didn't last and were often dead out of a package stamped with the current year.

You may be onto something with the regional supply chain.

They may have even taken care of the issue by now. But ive never had as many qa issue with a tool brand as I have DeWalt, and my experience with the vendors led me to believe they knew and didn't care.