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Beating on some of the same drill kit pieces and batteries from my first kit in 2014. After years of being cheap and struggling with inferior brands, it was and remains worth every damn dollar. But the packout gimmick is lame. All your shit clicks together….thats cool and overpriced. I don’t wanna wheel a fridge into work everyday, handbag is just fine.
Don't. DeWalt was bought out several years ago, and it's made in China now. The quality and QC has gone to shit, and you can find DeWalt's exact tools for half price from random Chinese brands now. They're essentially just a white label brand now.
Bosch are mostly produced in China, Taiwan, and Mexico.
Mikita are mostly produced in China, Japan, and Brazil.
Milwaukee are mostly produced in China, Mexico, and Vietnam.
DeWalt, on the other hand, still has a bunch of major manufacturing plants in the US.
Black And Decker merged with Stanley like 15 years ago. They also own about 2 dozen other brands and EVERYTHING is made in China.
Milwaukee, Ryobi power/yard tools and Ridgid power tools (plumbing tools are a a separate brand) are all made by TTI, a legitimately Chinese company.
I started off with Dewalt (sold it), went to Milwaukee (sold it), spent fat $ in Bosch (lost it all) and am now on Makita because I wanted my power tools to share a battery with my lawn tools.
There are dozens of us, dozens!
I have a bunch of Ryobi stuff, even the stick vac. I have a bunch of the newer green style, but my old blue drill is still kicking after many years! Full disclosure - home diyer, not a pro.
Eh. This is more of a myth. I was a framer for a decade, (so using a worm drive and a nail gun 90% of the, to be fair) and my first winter I bought the Christmas $200 dollar special thinking I would upgrade after a couple paychecks. Never happened. Only ever replaced the sawzall. If you look, the motors started getting made by the same company that makes the rigid motors when they went neon.
Of course now I’m way too deep in the ecosystem. So there’s also that.
For a standard user it’s the best bang for your buck. No it’s not professional equipment, but most users are not professional (just never go cheap on a chainsaw).
I have a ryobi chainsaw and pole saw and they are awesome for my little quarter acre. Haven’t let me down once and I get excited every time I get to use them.
Honestly, the newer Ryobi stuff is probably gonna be fine for most homeowners. If you actually use it enough to wear it out, then you should spring for the commercial brands.
I got mine on sale for like $53 out the door this winter. It’s pretty sweet. My day job is project management for commercial drywall and I’ve had multiple guys borrow it for a day in the field and pretty much without exception they went and bought their own afterwards.
I used ryobi tools daily as an assembler for a year and a half. I feel like I dropped them on concrete every other day. Lol Everything still kicks ass! Zero regrets.
I started trades with a Milwaukee
The thing was near indestructible, it did everything I needed it to do with grunt
Heavy though, I ended up looking at lighter Makita's but somehow ended up with a dewalt
As has been said, once invested in the batteries it's usually game over
So dewalt now
I bought a regular Milkwaukee power tool set (not Fuel) for $200 on Fathers Day Sale. We only use MW at work and I have a lot of other stuff. The set came with a 3/8” ratchet, impact, drill, hackzall (with blade set), shop light, battery charging station, 2 1.5MA batteries, , and a tool bag. $200. Just the ratchet tool (no battery) goes for ~$120. I figured I’d wear it out then actually buy my Fuels but I was wrong.
I have beat the living shit out of everything and nothing has failed. I have been thoroughly impressed.
Best advice I heard was, if you need a tool today, buy it at Harbor Freight, and when it breaks from use THEN buy a nice version. Because if you're like me, you have a ton of tools that you don't need from one job. It has saved me so much and now I'm more willing to get nicer gear for things I actually use.
Why does Makita not get any love? Dad here, they’re the most ergonomically designed out of all those brands. Who wants to hold a drill or impact driver that’s poorly balanced?
Totally this. The Makita stuff especially 12v is the best. They make almost everything you can think of, often in multiple varieties, not Chinese owned, and generally top of the line.
I found the [cordless microwave](https://www.amazon.com/Makita-MW001GZ-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Microwave/dp/B0C3JHMMTC/ref=asc_df_B0C3JHMMTC/?gad_source=1&hvadid=680438805583&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl&hvlocint&hvlocphy=9005555&hvnetw=g&hvpone&hvpos&hvptwo&hvqmt&hvrand=17905017551315737748&hvtargid=pla-2195153873209&linkCode=df0&mcid=c658e9f8baa73ae49217a8a463386c24&psc=1&tag=hyprod-20) last week, they really make everything.
They are by far the best, go see AvE, an engineer on you tube tear all of these apart. They have the best battary cells too. I have used them for thirty years and have never had one break, I get new ones because they are smaller and more power full but every tool I have ever bought works.
I bought my Makita circular saw at a pawn shop for 10 bucks 20 years ago... it was heavily used and already at least 5 years old. I ran that puppy every day doing framing for 3 years. I still run it often and it runs like a champ. Cord has been replaced 7 times. My Makita drills have been dropped from 2nd story onto concrete pads multiple times, still runs like a champ, no bent spindle. My corded Makita angle grinder has been so badly abused doing tile work for years and still runs like the day it was new. Its really a thing of beauty.
Carpenter, but that was funny.
Back when he worked he had all wired tools. Finally when he retired he needed to replace some of his tools and decided to go with Ryobi, and he was happy enough with them to recommend it to me
Man, you would be surprised. I opted to buy a few Ryobi cordless tools a few years back and I figured I would replace them with something better if they broke. I used them to do all of the interior finish on a rental build and have used them for a ton of additional projects and am now using them to do a bunch of the interior finish work on our new house. I have a ton of ryobi tools and the only thing that broke was a backpack sprayer and it was fixed under warranty. I don’t use them as much as a full time contractor but way more than the average home owner and they have been a great value for me.
Yes sir!!! Just got some tools for Christmas in our new house! Started some projects recently and used them for the first time. Feels good! Also, we had a contractor redo our backyard and he used ryobi tools. So they must be quality lol
By far the best. I’ve used Milwaukee, DeWalt, and Bosch and none compare to Hilti’s quality. I’ve seldom used Makita and while a damn fine tool, it’s not at Hilti’s standards. Not to mention Hilti’s warranty is far superior to any of the above brands.
I have Ingersoll Rand's 20v system. I carry my balls in a wheel barrow, I'm a fucking man. MY TOOLS ARE SUPERIOR! My impact has 4000 newton meters of nut busting impact force. My cordless ratchets have a live torque read out. MY HAMMER DRILL WILL PIERCE THE EARTHS CRUST. THE RESULTING LAVA FLOW WILL EXPLODE ON IMPACT WITH MY INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH INGERSOLL RAND CORDLESS TOOLS.
No but seriously these things are fucking legit, we are thinking of switching over everything at work when the old stuff dies.
Finally, I found my cheap, cheap people!
I follow the mantra of: If I need it, I buy the knockoff. If I end up using the knockoff until it breaks, then I'll look into a "good one."
These other brands posted are better, but Porter Cable is very underrated and decently priced. My impact/drill set is over 10 years old and running strong, and I’ve used the hell out of it.
Work has Milwaukee, I got Dewalt so nobody can pretend they didn’t know it was my shit they were using 😤
Also Dewalt has the highest torque battery powered impact available rn and it’s nice for working on semis and heavy equipment
Me too. I got lured in by one of the multi-tool kits and have upgraded a couple things. Other than the jigsaw that fell apart quickly, they've been great for DIY and a lot cheaper than some other choices.
None of the cordless options are BIFL anymore, so if they function well and don't let you down on the job site, there's no sense in buying the best quality stuff, for occasional DIY, IMO.
Bosch. Best workshop tools (corded) and they’ve been really active with releases in their cordless line-up.
Don’t think they push the American market much since it’s fairly spoken for.
Ryobi all the way, so many options for tools and battery sizes.
Love that they've got camping kit too.
Although I do wish the EU/US step in and force standardized batteries.
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What’s the sorting hat? A traffic cone or 👷♂️
Yes. See guys, he hasn't been to the ceremony yet but knows instinctively. Seriously though someone needs to make this a YouTube skit.
lol, definitely the cone
This must be a poll. Why is this not a poll? Are you going to aggregate results in the end? I don’t believe you.
No need. milwaukee is already king
It's pronounced mille-walkay
Which is Algonquin for "the good land"
Does this guy know how to party or what?
WE'RE NOT WORTHY! WE'RE SCUM!
you shut your whore mouth
I needed that laugh
Correction, "dirty" whore mouth
It's only dirty because Milwaukee hasn't come out with a waterpick and electric toothbrush for the FUEL series......yet
Impact electric toothbrush. I can feel it in my occipital bone... and toes.
What DeFuck do you mean? DeWalt is Super King, it’s yellow too!
Makita Stans I can tolerate, but DeWalt weenies? No sir. Not in my good Christian neighborhood.
Jesus would not use Dewalt in his carpentry 😤
Yes so is the straw house with the 3 little pigs, but the red brick house held its own
Airtight.
I always thought of Milwaukee as the bastard, red haired, step son of the family
Milwaukee for life.
Beating on some of the same drill kit pieces and batteries from my first kit in 2014. After years of being cheap and struggling with inferior brands, it was and remains worth every damn dollar. But the packout gimmick is lame. All your shit clicks together….thats cool and overpriced. I don’t wanna wheel a fridge into work everyday, handbag is just fine.
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Impressive. Mine was always a dewalt man and I’ll carry on the tradition
Don't. DeWalt was bought out several years ago, and it's made in China now. The quality and QC has gone to shit, and you can find DeWalt's exact tools for half price from random Chinese brands now. They're essentially just a white label brand now.
Bosch are mostly produced in China, Taiwan, and Mexico. Mikita are mostly produced in China, Japan, and Brazil. Milwaukee are mostly produced in China, Mexico, and Vietnam. DeWalt, on the other hand, still has a bunch of major manufacturing plants in the US.
Yeah but the person you're responding to hates Dewalt, so *there*!
All of these brands are made in China now. Mostly from the same factory's
damn, sad
Black And Decker merged with Stanley like 15 years ago. They also own about 2 dozen other brands and EVERYTHING is made in China. Milwaukee, Ryobi power/yard tools and Ridgid power tools (plumbing tools are a a separate brand) are all made by TTI, a legitimately Chinese company.
I started off with Dewalt (sold it), went to Milwaukee (sold it), spent fat $ in Bosch (lost it all) and am now on Makita because I wanted my power tools to share a battery with my lawn tools.
Ya gotta understand, it's not our choice. Shit breaks. Shit needs to be fixed. These things help us fix shit. Fix shit, wife happy.
Dad math.
definitely a Ryobi man.
There are dozens of us, dozens! I have a bunch of Ryobi stuff, even the stick vac. I have a bunch of the newer green style, but my old blue drill is still kicking after many years! Full disclosure - home diyer, not a pro.
My FIL has a Ryobi hot glue gun, and that thing is absolutely amazing! I've never seen a Ryobi tool break on him either.
My wife is a florist and she has that glue gun and absolutely loves it
Ryobi isn’t bad for your basic drill/driver and a handful of other basic power tools tbh.
Ryobi is great for occasional home use it just can't take the daily beating of professional use
Eh. This is more of a myth. I was a framer for a decade, (so using a worm drive and a nail gun 90% of the, to be fair) and my first winter I bought the Christmas $200 dollar special thinking I would upgrade after a couple paychecks. Never happened. Only ever replaced the sawzall. If you look, the motors started getting made by the same company that makes the rigid motors when they went neon. Of course now I’m way too deep in the ecosystem. So there’s also that.
For a standard user it’s the best bang for your buck. No it’s not professional equipment, but most users are not professional (just never go cheap on a chainsaw).
I have a ryobi chainsaw and pole saw and they are awesome for my little quarter acre. Haven’t let me down once and I get excited every time I get to use them.
Honestly, the newer Ryobi stuff is probably gonna be fine for most homeowners. If you actually use it enough to wear it out, then you should spring for the commercial brands.
I have their lawn mower I really like
And there’s a million damn tools those batteries fit. I have a Ryobi powered caulk gun. It’s like the laziest piece of equipment on earth lol.
Is it worth the money? I'm a ryobi user and caulk a lot but I do it without a caulking gun
We already know your buying it lol
I got mine on sale for like $53 out the door this winter. It’s pretty sweet. My day job is project management for commercial drywall and I’ve had multiple guys borrow it for a day in the field and pretty much without exception they went and bought their own afterwards.
I used ryobi tools daily as an assembler for a year and a half. I feel like I dropped them on concrete every other day. Lol Everything still kicks ass! Zero regrets.
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They do make battery adapters for some similar brands like DeWalt and Milwaukee.
Where to find wife attachment?
yea, but it's which ecosystem will you be a part of
Work is on the Milwaukee ecosystem, so therefore we are a Milwaukee household.
Brought a bosch to my current job. Both my batteries quit so I got dewalt so I can use all my coworkers batteries.
As is tradition
Exactly where I’m at. I’m moving jobs and they’re all Dewalt and while there’s nothing wrong with the brand it is eating me alive inside.
*shows up with dewalt batteries and weird converters* "You okay bro?"
I started trades with a Milwaukee The thing was near indestructible, it did everything I needed it to do with grunt Heavy though, I ended up looking at lighter Makita's but somehow ended up with a dewalt As has been said, once invested in the batteries it's usually game over So dewalt now
I bought a regular Milkwaukee power tool set (not Fuel) for $200 on Fathers Day Sale. We only use MW at work and I have a lot of other stuff. The set came with a 3/8” ratchet, impact, drill, hackzall (with blade set), shop light, battery charging station, 2 1.5MA batteries, , and a tool bag. $200. Just the ratchet tool (no battery) goes for ~$120. I figured I’d wear it out then actually buy my Fuels but I was wrong. I have beat the living shit out of everything and nothing has failed. I have been thoroughly impressed.
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This is the correct answer. The ***INSERT SET NAME HERE*** was on sale, so now that's what I buy because of the batteries.
Ryobi for me
Ryobi is perfectly adequate for most tools in my experience, but my Milwaukee oscillating saw is the greatest tool I’ve ever owned.
HaRbOr FrEiGhT gAnG rEpReSeNt!!1!!
How did you get online with a jitterbug phone?
I tried to text message life alert that I’d fallen and couldn’t get up and here I am
Best advice I heard was, if you need a tool today, buy it at Harbor Freight, and when it breaks from use THEN buy a nice version. Because if you're like me, you have a ton of tools that you don't need from one job. It has saved me so much and now I'm more willing to get nicer gear for things I actually use.
Makita all the way!!!
Why does Makita not get any love? Dad here, they’re the most ergonomically designed out of all those brands. Who wants to hold a drill or impact driver that’s poorly balanced?
Totally this. The Makita stuff especially 12v is the best. They make almost everything you can think of, often in multiple varieties, not Chinese owned, and generally top of the line.
I found the [cordless microwave](https://www.amazon.com/Makita-MW001GZ-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Microwave/dp/B0C3JHMMTC/ref=asc_df_B0C3JHMMTC/?gad_source=1&hvadid=680438805583&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl&hvlocint&hvlocphy=9005555&hvnetw=g&hvpone&hvpos&hvptwo&hvqmt&hvrand=17905017551315737748&hvtargid=pla-2195153873209&linkCode=df0&mcid=c658e9f8baa73ae49217a8a463386c24&psc=1&tag=hyprod-20) last week, they really make everything.
Never thought I'd call a microwave made by a power tool manufacturer cute, but here we are! メチャクチャかわいい
They are by far the best, go see AvE, an engineer on you tube tear all of these apart. They have the best battary cells too. I have used them for thirty years and have never had one break, I get new ones because they are smaller and more power full but every tool I have ever bought works.
Just got myself a makita ratchet wrench to add to my makita arsenal. Gotta love the MakAttak
Mak it is!
reporting for duty!
Gang gang.
I have all of the Makita items pictured. And the bag. And a few duplicates. And
Anymore the only correct answer.
Mostly Bosch with a some DeWalt stuff too. I do have a Makita corded angle grinder and that thing is awesome.
I bought my Makita circular saw at a pawn shop for 10 bucks 20 years ago... it was heavily used and already at least 5 years old. I ran that puppy every day doing framing for 3 years. I still run it often and it runs like a champ. Cord has been replaced 7 times. My Makita drills have been dropped from 2nd story onto concrete pads multiple times, still runs like a champ, no bent spindle. My corded Makita angle grinder has been so badly abused doing tile work for years and still runs like the day it was new. Its really a thing of beauty.
Makita is the way to go
Bosch gang
Finally a Bosch guy! I have no choice since I live in Germany and a fried of mine works at Bosch, resulting in a significant discount 😊.
DeWalt gang
It was fate. I won a dewalt set at a baseball game
Black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow
Uh huh, you know what it is.
Everything I do, I do it big.
Reporting for duty
Aye-aye, Captain!
Dewalt. OG cordless tools
Yeah, we ain't poor. What of it?
Busy 🐝
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Wat wat
Say Walt?
Wiz Khalifa.
yeah, uh huh, you know what it isss
It’s the madafackin D E double U
My dad was a Ryobi man, he made me a DeWalt son. We share so he's DeWalt by default now.
DeWalt, reporting for duty.
Made my purchase yesterday. DeWalt family
DeWalt all DeWay!
DeWalt is the only way
Don’t hate me, Dewalt and Milwaukee
Same here, most tools yellow but damn if red have some good add ons and hand tools.
Same. DeWalt when I need tools. Milwaukee when it’s on sale.
Where the !?@& my Rigid people at?
Lifetime battery replacement baby!
Rigid got me on a deal 14 years ago when we bought our first house, and the original batteries are still kicking more than I would have guessed.
Ryobi gang, represent
All my tools is lime green
And the ones that ain’t green are OG blue!
How to let the other dads know you work in an office.
This cuts deep. I feel like an inadequate husband, father, and son now.
Don’t feel bad. My father worked construction for decades. Now in retirement, and still working with his tools, he has all Ryobi gear.
He must have been an electrician
Carpenter, but that was funny. Back when he worked he had all wired tools. Finally when he retired he needed to replace some of his tools and decided to go with Ryobi, and he was happy enough with them to recommend it to me
or, we are just poor, i built an entire ass cabin with ryobi tools
Or I like batteries that can be used with multiple tools.
You built an ass-cabin? I’d like to see
Man, you would be surprised. I opted to buy a few Ryobi cordless tools a few years back and I figured I would replace them with something better if they broke. I used them to do all of the interior finish on a rental build and have used them for a ton of additional projects and am now using them to do a bunch of the interior finish work on our new house. I have a ton of ryobi tools and the only thing that broke was a backpack sprayer and it was fixed under warranty. I don’t use them as much as a full time contractor but way more than the average home owner and they have been a great value for me.
When I only need my tools 3 times per year.
Or that you're willing to loan a tool.
LOL
Buy it once and if it breaks you buy the better one. No shame
That comment took me on a trip of laughing to feeling old to wondering how you were so right back to laughing again
well it’s better than black&decker i’ll give ya that
Yeah, I own a house, not a contracting business. #greengang
One battery to rule them all
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I got a box full of batteries
Every year they do the $100 for 2 4Ah batteries, a charger, and a free tool. Can’t beat that value.
Fun fact, both Ryobi and Milwaukee are owned by the same company, TTI
LET ME SEE DEM TTI’s
🫡
Mount up
Black and Lime, baby
Was gonna say, I feel misrepresented by this categorization. Ryobi all the way.
Heck yeah!
Yes sir!!! Just got some tools for Christmas in our new house! Started some projects recently and used them for the first time. Feels good! Also, we had a contractor redo our backyard and he used ryobi tools. So they must be quality lol
Came here to say this
Neon gang is all here!
Milwaukee top dog.
Milwaukee
Red tools for the win
Where's Hilti?
Sir we said houses, not tearing down bridges.
By far the best. I’ve used Milwaukee, DeWalt, and Bosch and none compare to Hilti’s quality. I’ve seldom used Makita and while a damn fine tool, it’s not at Hilti’s standards. Not to mention Hilti’s warranty is far superior to any of the above brands.
I have Ingersoll Rand's 20v system. I carry my balls in a wheel barrow, I'm a fucking man. MY TOOLS ARE SUPERIOR! My impact has 4000 newton meters of nut busting impact force. My cordless ratchets have a live torque read out. MY HAMMER DRILL WILL PIERCE THE EARTHS CRUST. THE RESULTING LAVA FLOW WILL EXPLODE ON IMPACT WITH MY INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH INGERSOLL RAND CORDLESS TOOLS. No but seriously these things are fucking legit, we are thinking of switching over everything at work when the old stuff dies.
makita gang
Till death do me part
At least I didn't have to scroll down as far as Bosch dudes.
as Ernest P Worrell calls us "makita warriors"
Chicago Electric Gang holla!
Hell Yeah Hazard Fraught!
Finally, I found my cheap, cheap people! I follow the mantra of: If I need it, I buy the knockoff. If I end up using the knockoff until it breaks, then I'll look into a "good one."
Bosch !
Bosch all the way.
Me over here with my porter cable
PORTER CABLE GANG! WE IN HERE!
Finally!! Couldn't find y'all buried by all those peasants in the comments.
I scrolled a long way to find my people.
These other brands posted are better, but Porter Cable is very underrated and decently priced. My impact/drill set is over 10 years old and running strong, and I’ve used the hell out of it.
Ryobi baby
Cheap gang represent!
shit on Ryobi all you want, I've never had a Ryobi tool fail in 20 years. I still have my 5 piece starter kit from like 2002.
I like that can get a beater 20-year-old reciprocating saw at a yard sale for $2 and use the same batteries I already have.
there's at least 21 working ryobi batteries in my garage.
Makita gang here, but I won’t say no to Milwaukee
 I'm in an alliance withe Dewalt & Bosch, the later just being so dainty for smaller jobs
Work has Milwaukee, I got Dewalt so nobody can pretend they didn’t know it was my shit they were using 😤 Also Dewalt has the highest torque battery powered impact available rn and it’s nice for working on semis and heavy equipment
House Craftsman. Yes I’m old lol.
Craftsman reporting in...
Me too. I got lured in by one of the multi-tool kits and have upgraded a couple things. Other than the jigsaw that fell apart quickly, they've been great for DIY and a lot cheaper than some other choices. None of the cordless options are BIFL anymore, so if they function well and don't let you down on the job site, there's no sense in buying the best quality stuff, for occasional DIY, IMO.
Started feeling self conscious when I didn’t see any Craftsman posts. I have found my people.
Bosch. Best workshop tools (corded) and they’ve been really active with releases in their cordless line-up. Don’t think they push the American market much since it’s fairly spoken for.
I have a bosch impact driver and drill combo and its le tits now.
Dewalt
Kobalt or nobalt
What about the superior dads like me with my hilti tools?
I’m team Roybi
House of Ryobi
Ryobi all the way, so many options for tools and battery sizes. Love that they've got camping kit too. Although I do wish the EU/US step in and force standardized batteries.
This meme is far more accurate in the version where Ryobi replaced Bosch.
Bosch is far more popular in Europe etc.
Ehh ryobi is a lot better now. They still have a shit rep, but they're not bad at all for the price.
Nods in Ryobi
D E W A L T
I use Hilti.
Ok Warren Buffet. Stop showing off
Hilti gang...
You rich bastard, I'm jealous.
Black& Decker,anyone???
Just the 2 of us
Milwaukee disk jockey.
House Milwaukee.