What brand of power tools?

[JohnnyEgo]

I ran a mix of Dewalt, Rigid, and Makita for a long time before I replaced them all with Milwaukee. Nothing particularly wrong with any one, and some had particular strengths. The Ridgid drill I had was an oddity in that it had a 1/2" chuck with a metal gearbox, a thing I quite liked and still miss. Their battery deal is a 'lifetime service agreement', not a warranty, and requires registration of each battery shortly after purchase. And you have to go through the time and expense of shipping the dead pack off to them for replacement. Whatever you pick, there is a lot to be said for sticking with one brand with consistent batteries, even where a particular tool may be more or less optimal than something in a different line. And that is what I love about the Milwaukee system. It is not tied to a particular store; I can get the batteries at Home Depot, Bomgaars, Ace Hardware, etc... They are reasonably priced, there are plenty of capacity choices, and the prices scale for amp hours. All a plus in my book.

I have the 18v brushless impact, probably similar to the one in the video that Ryobi allegedly trounced. I have yet to encounter a nut it can't bust loose. Or at least snap off.

[Irving]

The Ryobi doesn't beat the Milwaukee IIRC.

So far, I think Dewalt and Milwaukee have the most votes. That works for me.

[00tec]

I'm pretty sure you have heard of AVE on YouTube. He may not dissect everything, but I would bet you could search any brand plus AVE on the tube and see a bit of build quality

[Irving]

Yeah I got turned on to him a while ago and have been watching regularly. The only one I've seen of a tool I actually have is my worm drive skill saw; then I liked it less.

It's dangerous to have a third party point stuff out to you. My neighbor commented that the fan on my welder was loud. I didn't think his was much quieter, but now running mine has been bothering me. That's the worst, especially since I love my welder.

[00tec]

Yeah I got turned on to him a while ago and have been watching regularly. The only one I've seen of a tool I actually have is my worm drive skill saw; then I liked it less.

It's dangerous to have a third party point stuff out to you. My neighbor commented that the fan on my welder was loud. I didn't think his was much quieter, but now running mine has been bothering me. That's the worst, especially since I love my welder.

Does your welder work? That's all that really matters.

Such is the life of cheapasses, and people that would rather spend money on other shit.
I am included in both categories

[Irving]

Such is the life of cheapasses, and people that would rather spend money on other shit.

Like a JD Squared 32 tube bender.

[00tec]

Like a JD Squared 32 tube bender.

Kinda like when I got a quote of $450ish for a cerakote job and spent well over $1k in tools... other shit

[SouthPaw]

I?ve always ran Milwaukee. I?ve only had one issue with my impact driver that they covered under warranty. After using it, it would make a high pitch whine for 10-15 seconds. It never drained the battery or caused performance issues, just made a weird noise. I recently picked up a Milwaukee cordless impact and can say that were not joking when they said 1400lb/ft of ?nut busting? torque. Project farm provides some real world, un-biased information and IIRC, Milwaukee has always taken the cake. Either way, I don?t think you can wrong with DeWalt or Milwaukee.

[flogger]

Milwalkee all the way. Great warranty and service.

[bradbn4]

Too bad that head to head video used the 1/4" Milwalkee...sort of looking for a 3/8 size review....