Doesn’t matter too much to me. One is Dewalt and the other Ryobi. I like them both but I prefer yellow over green. The Ryobi has a large battery that lasts a very long time. The Dewalt has better ergonomics and is older, the batteries are gone (but that’s the benefit of having two drills/four batteries). I’ve dropped the Dewalt a bunch. The Ryobi is quieter and smoother torque at variable speeds.
I’ve eyed Festool for their sanders and dust collection, but soo expensive I don’t think I could buy them unless I’m getting paid for my work.
I mostly do fix ups around the house, and I make furniture in my spare time. For Power Tools I use Metabo and have for the past 5 years including some of the old Hitachi stuff. My three of my old Hitachi batteries failed and Metabo HPT replaced them no questions asked not even a receipt.
As for woodworking equipment I stick to Delta, and Grizzly. Though I did pick up a helical head Wen planer after chasing down multiple reviews. 10/10 that thing just works.
Ryobi. I have a bunch of 18v tools and a 40v lawn mower and they’ve all been great. I could afford better I suppose but so far I haven’t had any reason to switch.
Mostly festool with the occasional bosch blue in between. Was mostly bosch blue beforehand. I have no access to milwaukee and makita looks weird. Is ryobi bosch green/black and decker ish quality?
Bosch blue. They have moved closer to the centre ground in recent years, to compete with cheap Chinese tools but still very solid and good value. I have a Bosch jigsaw from the 90s that I recently repaired with genuine OEM parts.
My father always insisted on buying me useful tools for holidays so I'd have a large tool chest as I grew up. Back as a young teen my father bought me a ryobi one+ 18v set of power tools (Power drill, flashlight, and circular saw). I've continued to add on to that set for the past 25 years, even upgrading the batteries to nicer lithium battery packs. But I still have those original ryobi tools my father bought me all those years ago.
Now I've recently started expanding my lawn care powertool collection of Ryobi 40v tools - leafblower, chainsaw, trimmer, and now lawn mower. I know Ryobi isn't exactly "pro grade" but they work well enough for my needs
I bought a really nice gas mower a few years back and figured it would last me a long time. Had it professionally tuned up about a year ago. Couldn't get it started for the life of me (dirty carb as I later discovered).
So I went on the local classifieds and scooped up a used-twice (they gave up and hired a lawn company lol) 40v push mower with the 6-amp battery and charger. Mower still looked brand new. it takes up such little space when folded up - we love it. Sometimes I can't tell if it's running when wearing my ANC earbuds while mowing lol
But I'm so done with small-engine gas powered lawn care equipment. It's dirty, messy, heavy, and unreliable. My electric lawn tools have been so much more reliable and comfortable.
I believe that "Hart" at Wal Mart is also a TTI brand, roughly Ryobi quality but of course so many fewer offerings. I think Wally World got pissed that Stanley B&D wouldn't do a DeWalt line for them and made a better deal with TTI.
They must be decent since Walmart still sells them and i’ve not seen much, if any, bad press about them.
Honestly debated picking up some Hart stuff at a couple points, but I’m a cheap miser who keeps falling back to using his something like 70 year old corded drill.
Keep using that glorious 70-year-old corded drill. So, long as it’s not a fire hazard, and it’s doing what you need, don’t let anyone convince you that your relationship with your drill is wrong. Either they don’t understand the love that you two share, or they’re jealous
Nah, its not that, just dealing with the extention cord gets old and tiresome, especially when its 90 degrees out and the heats making your temper flare:p
But on the plus side… Its a brushed motor, so every time i pull the trigger its like my own personal 4th of july, lol.
Sure, but if you get a cordless one, never let your old drill know. Just like that hand drill that sits in the box under your desk, wondering why you stopped needing to put holes in stuff so many years ago
Which is why there are a plethora of battery adapters out there to allow you to use almost whatever goddamn battery you want on any tool you want (in the same voltage group, at least), lol :D
I buy Makita battery tools because there are extremely good quality chinese clones available of the Makita batteries. I get the skin for dirt cheap, and then I get the largest capacity battery for dirt cheap.
It would be super cool if they made the battery interface universal so that buyers could base their decision on the quality of the actual tools but this is unchecked capitalism, baby!
This is correct. I almost worked for them. They also make (or at least did) make the pump/sprayer for swifter wet jets, Hoover and dirt devil vacuums, and I’m sure I’m forgetting some others. Their HQ is where I first saw a 3d printer like 15 years ago. It was a pretty interesting company.
I went with Dewalt when their 20v tools came out, so i stuck with them. It's nice to be able to use the same batteries for all my tools. Kind of want to switch to Milwaukee though, they seem to perform a little better, but I don't use them enough to justify changing at this point.
Milwaukee is kind of over-priced for what you get. It’s good, but from what I’ve seen, not better enough to warrant the price. The corded Sawzall is the exception. It’s the only Sawzall to get.
Used Craftsman for the longest time until Sears sold/spun off the brand, then stopped purchasing altogether. I moved into a new home and when I needed a replacement, my new neighbor turned me onto Milwaukee and I never looked back. Replacing years old Craftsman tools with Milwaukee as needed.
Yes, but it's better than no tool. Honestly, neither of those ratchets have broken yet and I've literally hammered on them so I don't have any complaints so far.
