Home Improvement

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

Always get whichever is available at your local hardware store.

For battery it’s makita.

For corded it’s harbor freight for little used items or whatever is available from Home Depot, usually ryobi.

Milwaukee. I started off my collection with their corded equipment, so I followed the brand when I wanted to get into the cordless tools.

I remember agonizing over this before finally committing to Milwaukee. I knew I'd be stuck in an ecosystem and I wanted to not have different batteries and chargers confusing me.

I'm not paid to shill for the tool company I buy my kit from. They all use the same battery, so it's cheaper to not mix and match.

I would probably only recommend my Bosch sliding compound mitre saw of all the tools I've owned - my only complaint about it is that the laser is not adjustable enough, but cuts are quality, angles are repeatable and I'm broadly very happy with it.

Anything else is much the same as every other tool on the market.

I'm a makita guy but in all honesty it's because I've been in that battery biome for 10 years. I hate the idea of having multiple batteries and chargers. When they change the profile enough to require new batteries, I might jump ship.

And to continue the honesty, I prefer plug in tools most times. I have an impact, drill/light duty hammer drill, 6inch cricle saw, and the 7.25 worm drive. Oh, and the blower for cleaning after work and drying out the jewels.