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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.
My stuff is rigid, because I bought the hammer drill several years ago and it's been outstanding so naturally when I need new tools I just get another rigid now.
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Milwaukee
Being in Europe, Parkside from LIDL.
Their stuff is really good and the price is excellent.
They also have a performance line a bit more expensive but really good for professional usage
I use Bosch and love it but I have a few Milwaukee tools sprinkled in.
My dad bought me a Kobalt Power drill that was on sale with a battery over a decade ago, and since I already had the battery I just kept buying Kobalt. Their power tools are solid but I've definitely busted a few bits
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?
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.
I got a “new homeowners” tool kit from Ryobi, so I have my light duty tools there (oscillating saw, drill, impact driver, sawzall.)
My heavy duty stuff is Makita - impact wrench, hammer drill, etc.
Recently inherited my dad's collection. It's a mix of ryobi, rigid, Milwaukee, and dewalt (along with a few miscellaneous brands I don't remember). The Milwaukee tool cabinet and work bench are probably my favourite pieces (followed closely by the Ridgid radial arm saw)
Hitachi/Makita/Metabo (Metabo is Hitachi) Some bosch sometimes. I think the saw stop is nice for table saws after using it in a hackerspace, saw it save enough people from losing fingers it seems like a good idea. For woodworking and gardening I mostly use cheap (but not knockoffs from amazon) japanese tools, as long as you clean the blades and keep them sharp they are a really good value.
I use the orange one. I don't know the name. One brand, that way all the batteries fit. They've been fine.
Bosch.
Makita and festool for battery tools. Hitachi for nailers and mafell for some workshop tools
Ryobi saw, weedeater, leafblower, flashlight and handvac that have all been purchased in the past 5-7 years and share batteries. Dewalt drill I’ve owned for 10+ years thats on its 3rd set of batteries but works great. A variety of craftsman, irwin, stanley and snap on hand tools and wrenches and a few harbour freight tools here and there.
ozito is a local brand stocked at bunnings, i wouldnt rely on them to make a living with but they are more than good enough around the house and im so deep into the ecosystem at this point it makes no sense to change
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.
I bought a DeWalt cordless tool years ago. Ended up sticking with Dewalt because batteries are not compatible between different brands.
Honestly surprised nobody has thought of selling an adapter. I could see this working well for contractors of different trades. 1 contractor uses Dewalt, but another uses Milwaukee. That's okay, just bring the adapter and you can borrow the battery from that person(s) regardless of their brand affinity.
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.
I've been pretty happy with the Kobalt 24V Max tools. I've got almost every tool you can think of, tons of batteries, and have been 3D printing wall mounts for them.
got myself some yellow japanese Makita drills!
Cheap ones unless it's something I use a lot, then I pry the wallet open