Mkta, Knipex, Wera, P.B. Swiss, Fluke, Hakko, Siglent.
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.
I have a bunch of Snap-on tools that I rely on for various things. For things I don’t have, I go to harbor freight for a “good enough to at least get the current job done” tool.
Over the pond here on belgium we have 2 main consumer brands that are quality: Makita and Bosch.
Then for more professional use there is Festool that is a pretty penny.
Less options but in the US, most of the “options” are owned by the same 2-3 companies anyway.
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!
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.
Craftsman still supports the lifetime warranty so if you have any tools that fall under that they will replace them.
Source: Had two ratchets replaced by them that were 50 or so years old. This was after they were bought out.
Yeah, but aren’t they replacing them with the new, inferior stuff?
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?
Lawn equipment:
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
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.
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.
As in the ryobi rep never wears shirts? Makes sense
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.
got myself some yellow japanese Makita drills!
I’m not a brand warrior. I have quite the mix of tool brands.
Is it not a hassle having so many batteries and chargers or are you wired?
I don’t have a ton of cordless tools.
Why can brands just have adapters for battery’s to ac power. If I don’t need it to be wireless then why do I need a battery.
I also think the tool company’s need to do what the EU doing with USB C, so I don’t have to go dig for a proprietary charger
Absolutely agreed that the battery situation is stupid and creating a lot of waste. Unfortunately I don’t think these companies are going to willingly give up the cash-cow that is proprietary batteries and chargers, along with the sunk-cost customer base they maintain with it, unless they’re forced to. It’s a shame other countries don’t protect consumers with as much vigor as the EU.
I use EGO because they have better battery guarantees than the other electric brands. Im surprised I havent seen that mentioned yet
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
Proud to be a Milwaukee Tool
You identify as a Milwaukee Tool? That’s pretty strong, albeit strange, but more power to ya!
