Milwaukee. I bought early into the launch of the brushless fuel line when they were clearly above the rest, and now I’m in their ecosystem. Anything corded or doesn’t have it’s own battery I’ll use whatever I meets my needs best though.
My cordless tools do get used professionally though. I might add some Ryobi to my kit for some of the odd ball items that only exist in their ecosystem like the extended power brush.
Same. I bought an electric impact and used it for working on cars for something like three years. I think that was like six or seven years ago and it’s still going strong.
Worked at depot until recently found out the only difference between your Ryobi rep and Milwaukee rep is a shirt. At least that’s how it was at my store.
Yeah, they may not last my whole life but neither is anything else with a battery. I don’t put enough strain on the tools I use around the house to break them.
I think Ryobi is perfect for as an entry tool. If you break it from overuse, then buy a high quality product. But if it’s the first time buying a tool where you don’t know how often you will use it, Ryobi is perfectly fine to get started with and fmailiarize yourself with it.
I agree. to add both 18 and 40v are have high and low quality feeling devices. The high quality lawn mower and hand held yard tools are good enough. get big batteries. Have enough to keep going with an ulta fast charger. the hybrid 18v are my jam. Plastic weld is great for fixing their plastic. battery warranty is pretty good.
Mower: Toro 60V Leaf Blower: Toro 60V Hedge Clipper: Toro 60V I absolutely love all of the above, they work extremely well for my less than 1/5th acre of land. When it was time to replace my 16 year old Toro 6.5hp gas mower, I wanted a battery powered unit. Looking at Ego and the others, I went with Toro as it seems a lot better built. It also helps that in a distant past I worked for a company that provided Toro’s IT services, so I got to know the company.
String Trimmer: Black and Decker 20V (My first battery powered yard tool purchase and it’s been great. Will replace with a Toro 60v when it dies.)
Tools: All are Makita LXT powered Circular Saw Sawzall Drill
I have the EGO mower and Weed whacker. They have been fantastic. Not having to deal with gas and oil and a fucking ripcord is a godsend.
Side note: Originally didn’t think I needed the blower. Now I can’t stop thinking about getting one. The girlfriend still mocks me whenever I use the push broom to clean up the driveway and sidewalk.
I have the blower and I guess you cant win either way. I like the mini EGO blower i got but I still feel a little silly trying to blow all the debris back onto my lawn instead of into the street or into my neighbors lawns, but it feels silly because often it seems like Im just blasting stuff into the air to get blown back onto me lol. So either youre sweeping manually or blowing shit all over the place lol
Bosch because I got a stupidly low deal for a blue drill, two batteries and a fast charger (i still think it was a labelling mistake) and now everytime I look at tools I want the wireless version and since I already have batteries it just make more sense to stay with one system. It was a fantastic idea to vendor lock the clients.
Used to have cheapo 12v hitachi. Its poor little clutch didn’t fair well when I asked it to drive several 5 inch lags.
DeWalt what I use now. Received a 6ish tool kit as a present a while back. They all get light use but the sawzall is certainly the most used. Diablos 3tpi blade makes for a great and violent pruner.
No more cheap bits though. Driver or drill. (Sockets too.)The level of annoyed and frustrated cheap bits makes for just isn’t worth it. Drivers hold better, strip less, and last longer. Drills go through material faster, break less, hold an edge longer.
Started life as a Makita user for electric handhelds. Became a Milwaukee user after finding the magnificent beast that is their higher end impact lines. All hail the torque!
We’re a Makita home, but I wouldn’t mind other nice brushless based tools from other brands. I’ve considered custom printed battery adapters to be able to make other brands compatible with my Makita battery investment.
Still have a fairly well stocked of “still sears” craftsman gear, (not yet chinesey-um) including some old pneumatic impacts/etc, a few Matco/Cornwell tools mixed in there as well. Detailed for a lot of years and Makita made great (if not terribly impressive) stuff for rotary grinders/buffers.
