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I’ve heard good things about Ridgid.

Dewalt , but damn those batteries are expensive!

When I retired I gave away my old collect of odds and ends and bought a complete DeWalt 20V set, whats pictured plus a drawer of saws, etc..

Battery powered tools, Milwaukee.

Ryobi because it was a Christmas gift that was 5 years ago and they are still going.

I have all three impact drivers and the assortment of saws, drills, lights and vacuum.

Around the house and auto DIY - all works on the same batteries no complaints.

They are not go build a house quality but they all work.

I recently found a New-In-Box Porter Cable 3/8" 2620 Variable Speed Drill amongst my 'stuff' in the garage.
I have no idea when I bought it or how many years (or decades ago) - I did?

I just noticed, there is the original wide transparent factory strapping tape still sealing the box...

Also, ONE YEAR WARRANTY

Milwaukee , batteries are the best , although expensive

My two sons both have Dewalt cordless tools so when it came time for me to buy my first cordless Dewalt was the default due to the three of us to be able to interchange batteries. We do some projects together, though not as many as I had anticipated, and it has been handy to have plenty of power supplies available.

Depends...went from Milwaukee to Ridged to Dewalt.
I switched to Dewalt cause I can get them at cost...no brainer.

just a whore here, I've got them all. Recently more milwaukee because they've been innovative with little things that others skip for profit.

I got into Ryobi cheap a few years ago at an estate sale, and can't see any reason to switch. I got several tools and batteries, and they do everything I need them to do. I have abused a couple of them and they still keep going. For the price they do a good job.

I have some of each ,but prefer Hitachi .

I have Bosch for the majority of my cordless stuff with the exception of a Milwaukee cordless port-a-band.

Ryobi at home

Milwaukie at work

What I have learned from this thread is Ridgid tool owners can’t even spell their favorite brand.

Porter-Cable, but son is moving me to Milwaukee.

They are really good, but expensive.

I have all four, but prefer Dewalt and Milwaukee.

Milwaukee here but I’m sure they aren’t all far off from each other.

My son got a deal on a Ryobi set and gifted it to me for my birthday. 6 different tools in one bag; all battery powered. It suits me and my piddling projects. I had a mishmash of Makita and others before. I’m bad about buying from my favorite pawn shops where I can haggle on the price. We have a Milwaukee factory locally and a lot of their products wind up pawned, many in the original packaging. The company is good with their employee discounts especially on overrun items when fulfilling a contract. Of course some walk out of the plant and get liquidated into cash with no questions asked also. They are building yet another plant at Grenada Mississippi.

Ryobi. Like others, I’m not building houses, just piddling projects. Leaves more money for guns and ammo.